Bay of Islands Holiday Park
Reviews
Destiny Edmonds
Ranking: 9/10
Highly recommend beautiful place to stay especially with a huge group like we had. Lisa and her partner (managers) went out of their way to make my dads 50th and our stay at the holiday park memorable, fun and relaxing. Quiet and safe and clean. We had heaps of noisey kids and sometimes adults and we had no issue. Has a park and pool and sports gear to hire. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PROPERTY for groups big or small. The only downside id have to say was the staring neighbour in the motor homes (who stays and works there) and the fact you HAVE to be vaccinated. Id love unvaxxed to enjoy that place as we did.
Thank you Lisa for the awesome stay !
Joe reddick
Ranking: 10/10
I have been here twice with our church ladies ministry trip & both times our stay was perfect, staff were absolutely awesome, kind, helpful & considerate.
Made a third booking for my little family holiday. We are excited..Great work team...
M&Z
Ranking: 9/10
Excellent price for facilities. $32 for 2 people & a dog on unpowered site. Free hot showers! Clean and Tidy!
Recieved a warm welcome on check in. Greeted by camp cat Nato aswell. Loved the river, ducks and birdlife around the grounds.
Would definitely stay again. Thankyou
Gareth
Ranking: 10/10
Nice park right by river perfect for our little family. Very friendly and helpful managers. Facilities a bit older but clean and tidy and seemed like a massive amount of toilets and showers for campground size. Highly recommended enjoyed our stay here.
B Woodman
Ranking: 10/10
Lovely clean facilities, warm non metered showers, first time stay close to paihia waitangi kerikeri waipapa awesome family break away from home, great river swimming spot and pool would recommend, lovely friendly helpful staff
Tiaan Kotze
Ranking: 9/10
We where very sceptical booking here as it was a drive out of Paihia.
Turned out to be a great spot between Paihia and Kerikeri. The hospitality was amazing and we were free to enjoy the camp grounds and the river.
Would love to see some updates done to the bathrooms and kitchen though, but otherwise it was an great experience staying with Bay of Islands Holiday park.
Sharmila Patel
Ranking: 10/10
Best place to book for.. I come during the summer every year... best place and best customer service.
Linda
Ranking: 8/10
Price: $20,00 for one person with power
Location: Close to the road but no disturbance. A side beautiful river.
Toilets: good and more than enough
Shower: are good
Kitchen: basic but good hot plates not very powerful to cook
Laundry: are present, no experience with it
Ian & Wendy
Ranking: 7/10
Stayed for one night, very quiet while we were there and had a pitch by the river. Cooking facilities not very good with only individual hobs which took ages to work, it was a bit dirty in places and showers, kitchens need a bit of updating. The hosts were very nice and I don’t’ know how they manage on their own, as things are beginning to show. We hired a couple of canoe’s and a lovely trip up the river to see the waterfall.
Sailorboy
Ranking: 9/10
Great campground. Good tent sites, but you should avoid pitching under the eucalyptus trees if it's windy - they have a penchant for dropping limbs! Hot showers were free and a complimentary wife allowance of 1gB a day is provided. Was unable to log in from my tent, and had to walk to the kitchen to do this. Only downside is there's a TV in the kitchen which some campers insist on turning on. Surprised it hasn't been sabotaged!
Grumpster
Ranking: 9/10
Amenities plentiful and very clean
Owners friendly and knowledgeable.
Would recommend it.
Be careful putting coins in bbq, it gets a bit hungry. Otherwise great place
Bay of Islands Holiday Park responds:
Hi there,
Glad you enjoyed your stay with us.Hope to see you again soon.
Kind regards,
Grant and Leigh(Managers)
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Cameron
Ranking: 9/10
Fantastic facilities , lots of very clean toilets and showers, free (limited amount) WiFi and very friendly staff who helped us when we arrived after hours. 5 mins drive from haruru falls, the beach, Whaitengi treaty grounds etc. Was truly lovely. Powered site about $40 for two.
Bay of Islands Holiday Park responds:
Hi Camerron,
We are happy that you enjoyed your stay with us and looking forward to seeing you again.
Kind Regards,
Grant and Leigh(Managers)
Lizzie
Ranking: 9/10
Very friendly welcome and very clean!! Toilets were great and other facilities spot on too! Would recommend to anyone 😊
Mehdi
Ranking: 10/10
Very nice campsite and very good value for money. Great playground for kids.
FraserM
Ranking: 10/10
What a wonderful place! We will be back in summer and will bring more family next time!
We had the two room cabin and it was beautiful, better than many hotel rooms I have stayed at! Next time we will try camping, the camp facilities look lovely and well maintained.
The property is only a few minutes drive to towns and all amenities but the river running alongside the whole camp is so calming and beautiful that I would happily just sit and enjoy it all day.
We are keen to try the Pizza Oven when we come again, if I had of known it was here I would have brought more supplies!
Don't miss this place, it's calming and beautiful! Everything you want in a holiday without the major price tag!
Anja Röhrich
Ranking: 9/10
Large nice camp ground with some cabins. Huge kitchen and many free showers/toilets, lounge with TV and pool billiard, kids playground, small pool. The camp is directly located at the river. Watch your children! And after sunset millions of mosquitos. Free choice of our pitch. Most pitches are under big trees with picnic tables. "Far away" from Paihia. Have to move the camper van to get to town (7.5km).
Antoine Greiller
Ranking: 8/10
Very good place near the river. We stayed here for one night. We paid $38 for 2. Toilets and showers were clean.
Sophie
Ranking: 8/10
Really nice place next to a river. Very green and lots of birds. Specious campsites and a lot of shade from the trees. You can use a kitchen but bring your own pots and pans. It's a very relaxed place and they let us pick our own spot. We paid $32 for a tent and 2 people. Showers are free. A bit old but ok, clean and plenty of them. It's about 6 km from Paihia.
John Treasure
Ranking: 8/10
Really friendly and helpful staff, facilities clean.
Denise & Maciej Holzer
Ranking: 2/10
Too expensive for the infrastructure - toilets not very clean.
Frans
Ranking: 8/10
Nice small camping at the lake.
Walker
Ranking: 8/10
Good surrounds and ammenities.
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Caroline & Jochen
Ranking: 9/10
Near a river, beautiful spot, good facilities.
Jon_and_Family
Ranking: 10/10
Lovely setting and excellent, very helpful staff.
It's a bit out of town but pick-up by Dolphin Encounters was arranged for the bay boat trip.
Hire their kayaks and paddle upstream.
Selina Mueller
Ranking: 10/10
Very helpful staff, nice location at the riverside.
Andreas Scholl
Ranking: 10/10
Wonderful location, very friendly park.
Barry
Ranking: 9/10
Good first experience of camping. Quiet.
Remro
Ranking: 8/10
Clean, complete, top location.
Nick
Ranking: 7/10
Decent facilities but too far from town.Nice if you want remote forest location.
Ed
Ranking: 7/10
Good and clean.
M and H Lunn
Ranking: 8/10
Riverside location, very pleasant.
Groen
Ranking: 8/10
Simple, clean, nice people, good interact
Bill Nash
Ranking: 8/10
Well run site, 40 min stiff walk into Paihia.