Motuoapa Bay Holiday Park

Motuoapa Bay Holiday Park

29 Rankers Reviews

4 Face-to-Face

Details

Feature Value Info

Organisation

Motuoapa Bay Holiday Park

Commercial organisation

Location

North IslandTaupo RegionTurangi

Categories

  • Activity__camping_grounds_holiday_parksCamping Grounds

Operating Season And Hours

Nov-Mar 7am-10pm
Apr-Oct 8am-9pm

Directions

To Coordinates

Coordinates

-38.9340092065749

175.870985984802

Latitude
-38.9340092065749
Longitude
175.870985984802

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Reviews

    ✓ Beautiful lakefront location

    ✓ Good value for money

    ✓ Well-equipped facilities

    ✓ Friendly and helpful staff

    ✓ Great views

    𐄂 Noise from nearby highway

    𐄂 Mosquito issues

    • Massive, oversized camp sites.
    • $25pp for a non powered self contained vehicle.
    • Great place right on the lake.
    • One of the friendliest campsites in NZ.
    • Very nice camping spot on the lake.
    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 5
    17%
    9/10 8
    28%
    8/10 2
    7%
    7/10 2
    7%
    6/10 5
    17%
    5/10 3
    10%
    4/10 1
    3%
    3/10 1
    3%
    2/10 2
    7%
    1/10 0
    0%
  • 5.0/5

    Massive, oversized camp sites.

    Backs onto lake. Friendly and tidy owners. Only negative was strict checkout time but not a dealbreaker!

    Reviewed about 1 month ago

    Natasha's avatar

    Natasha

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Great place right on the lake.

    Very quiet despite being on the main road. Free hot showers. Toilets and shower areas are a bit dated. Washer and dryer available for $2 each. Owner very friendly and helpful. Lovingly run place.

    Reviewed 12 days ago

    Stephan Roeder's avatar

    Stephan Roeder

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Very nice camping spot on the lake.

    Very friendly staff, we got a beautiful spot by the lakeside, very calm location even if it is near to the road. Clean facilities.

    Reviewed 28 days ago

    Nadia's avatar

    Nadia

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Gorgeous location, we stayed right next to the water in an unpowered site.

    Nice and quiet, the service at the front desk was wonderful and the services were well equipped.

    Reviewed 7 months ago

    Bex's avatar

    Bex

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Super endroit très calme au bord du lac, bien mieux entretenu, calme et moins cher que le gros camping au bord du lac un peu plus tôt sur la route quand on vient de Taupo !

    Je recommande, cuisine en très bon état, douches nickel

    Reviewed 9 months ago

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    Elisa Neve

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    WiFi, showers, plumbed loos, power, top up of water and dumping spot is what you get for your money.

    Great views.

    Reviewed about 1 year ago

    Abi's avatar

    Abi

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    $25pp for a non powered self contained vehicle.

    Since there isn’t too many free option in the area I thought this was well worth the money for convenience to Tongariro Alpine crossing the next day. They have all the amenities and most importantly well maintained/clean. My only issue was mosquitos!!! Those pesky things got into my van and were buzzing around my head all night haha but that is no other than my fault

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

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    Vanessa

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Quiet place, simple place just what we need, really nice people accommodate us.

    Nice view on the lake.

    Reviewed about 6 years ago

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    Romain

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    The location of the camp site is excellent, right on the edge of the water.

    Only two showers though and water pressure is pretty weak. No more coin operated shower which is great because there is no way I can shampoo and conditioning my hair in under 6 mins.

    Reviewed over 6 years ago

    UNITED STATES
    Qi Moss's avatar

    Qi Moss

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    One of the friendliest campsites in NZ.

    right on the edge of lake Taupo. Easily fitted our 6 berth van into the lake view site. Facilities are great and very clean. There is also wi-fi that reaches most of the camp if you need to stay connected. Also great coffee vendor near the marina. Can't wait to go back there.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

    UNITED KINGDOM
    David Williams's avatar

    David Williams

    Customer

    Hi There,

    Thank you for your comment. Things have changed alot since you would have stayed last, so we look foward to having you stay again and seen all our new exciting changes !!

    NEW ZEALAND
    deanna brosnahan's avatar

    deanna brosnahan

    Representative

  • 4.5/5

    Great place right on the lake.

    Very quiet despite being on the main road. Free hot showers. Toilets and shower areas are a bit dated. Washer and dryer available for $2 each. Owner very friendly and helpful. Lovingly run place.

    Reviewed 12 days ago

    Stephan Roeder's avatar

    Stephan Roeder

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Very nice camping spot on the lake.

    Very friendly staff, we got a beautiful spot by the lakeside, very calm location even if it is near to the road. Clean facilities.

    Reviewed 28 days ago

    Nadia's avatar

    Nadia

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Massive, oversized camp sites.

    Backs onto lake. Friendly and tidy owners. Only negative was strict checkout time but not a dealbreaker!

    Reviewed about 1 month ago

    Natasha's avatar

    Natasha

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Gorgeous location, we stayed right next to the water in an unpowered site.

    Nice and quiet, the service at the front desk was wonderful and the services were well equipped.

    Reviewed 7 months ago

    Bex's avatar

    Bex

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Super endroit très calme au bord du lac, bien mieux entretenu, calme et moins cher que le gros camping au bord du lac un peu plus tôt sur la route quand on vient de Taupo !

    Je recommande, cuisine en très bon état, douches nickel

    Reviewed 9 months ago

    Elisa Neve's avatar

    Elisa Neve

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    WiFi, showers, plumbed loos, power, top up of water and dumping spot is what you get for your money.

    Great views.

    Reviewed about 1 year ago

    Abi's avatar

    Abi

    Customer

  • 2.5/5

    Price is ok, $54 for an unpowered campsite by the water.

    pro’s your by the water, and the showers were pretty decent.

    con’s the highway is right behind you.

    Hot tip.

    Avoid using the washing machine and drier if you stay here almost like I threw my clothes into the lake, then put a fan on them for $24 most expensive wash load of my life.

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

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    Ben

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    $25pp for a non powered self contained vehicle.

    Since there isn’t too many free option in the area I thought this was well worth the money for convenience to Tongariro Alpine crossing the next day. They have all the amenities and most importantly well maintained/clean. My only issue was mosquitos!!! Those pesky things got into my van and were buzzing around my head all night haha but that is no other than my fault

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    Vanessa's avatar

    Vanessa

    Customer

  • 2.0/5

    Very expensive with 25$ pP for a non-powered site.

    Bad showers, for all campers 4! Two of them for both genders. Everything is very old und need to be renovated!

    Reviewed almost 6 years ago

    Maria's avatar

    Maria

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Small campsite for $20 pp with campervan.

    Nearby the lake, but there was not much of a beach to go for a swim. Facilities were fine but bit outdated, two showers for men and two for women. Kitchen was pretty big and a barbecue outside. Electricity at our spot did not work. Very friendly campsite managers. Should have been cheaper, not real value for money. But it is nearby the Tongariro Crossing shuttle pickup point (30 minutes)

    Reviewed about 6 years ago

    NETHERLANDS
    Pim Brackenie's avatar

    Pim Brackenie

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Quiet place, simple place just what we need, really nice people accommodate us.

    Nice view on the lake.

    Reviewed about 6 years ago

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    Romain

    Customer

  • 2.5/5

    Simple parking, not really a camping, just space for park and a kitchen facilities.

    Room units seems to be nice, but for vans slot, there’s not too much.

    Sink, 2 tubes, one for cold other for hot water, this is not good for winter, much better would be 1 tube for both.

    The worst of the 10 campings I stayed.

    For me was just like a parking

    Reviewed over 6 years ago

    Esther's avatar

    Esther

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    The location of the camp site is excellent, right on the edge of the water.

    Only two showers though and water pressure is pretty weak. No more coin operated shower which is great because there is no way I can shampoo and conditioning my hair in under 6 mins.

    Reviewed over 6 years ago

    UNITED STATES
    Qi Moss's avatar

    Qi Moss

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Nice staff but site was quite crowded, had tents pitched on powered sites which made things a bit tight.

    Toilets and Showers clean. Good access to Taupo boat launch sites, fish cleaning facilities on site too.

    Reviewed almost 7 years ago

    Keith Salway's avatar

    Keith Salway

    Customer

  • 1.0/5

    On arrival we where going to book one night possibly two the owner said for us to decide because she only wanted to make out one receipt so we found a nice site facing to water and thought nice so booked

    two nights. Our mistake for not checking out the bathrooms and kitchen which are small and very old showers either scalding hot or icy cold but the one shower is free. We paid cash for the two night and first morning at eight asked it we could get our money for the second night because of the noise and mosquitos and where told no. So please beware and do not make the mistake we made and stay here, of the whole of the 28 days we have been in New Zealand both islands this ranks as the worst.

    Reviewed almost 7 years ago

    Tim Claiborne's avatar

    Tim Claiborne

    Customer