Lake Ruataniwha Holiday Park

Lake Ruataniwha Holiday Park

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Lake Ruataniwha Holiday Park

Welcome to Lake Ruataniwha holiday park.

With Lake Ruataniwha right in our doorstep , Mount cook in our backyward and and canals full of fish 10 minutes away. Lake Ruataniwha Holiday park has some quite spectacular surroundings making this the ultimate holiday destination!

You can choose from several options, Studio motels, cabins, powered and non-powered camping sites. On site we have a small shop with the basic range of groceries,we also have free use of hot showers to our guests.

Details

Feature Value Info

Organisation

Lake Ruataniwha Holiday Park

Commercial organisation

Location

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzieTwizel

Categories

  • Activity__camping_grounds_holiday_parksCamping Grounds
  • Activity__dump_stationDump Station

Operating Season And Hours

We are open 8:00am - 8:00pm everyday.

Directions

To Coordinates

Coordinates

-44.27206213283

170.067758560181

Latitude
-44.27206213283
Longitude
170.067758560181

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Reviews

    ✓ Pet-friendly

    ✓ Relaxing atmosphere

    ✓ Hot water available

    ✓ Clean facilities

    ✓ Friendly staff

    𐄂 Feels industrial

    𐄂 Noisy environment

    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 1
    5%
    9/10 0
    0%
    8/10 0
    0%
    7/10 3
    16%
    6/10 5
    26%
    5/10 0
    0%
    4/10 2
    11%
    3/10 2
    11%
    2/10 2
    11%
    1/10 4
    21%
  • 5.0/5

    We stayed in our own self contained caravan with our two little dogs.

    We found it great, will be back. Found it very relaxing. Make sure you take milk as they only sell small packets,.

    Reviewed 6 months ago

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    Gary and Carol

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    I thought this was a joke we pulled in drove around and drove straight off.

    One of the worst campsites I have seen in NZ. Looked like a filthy industrial site with long term homeless people living in caravans. Took one look at the facilities before driving off. Tourists need to be warned as this was not how it was marketed on the website with beautiful views of the lake etc.

    Reviewed 7 months ago

    Julia McGregor's avatar

    Julia McGregor

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Hell hole.

    I wouldn’t recommend your dog staying here. Just don’t.

    Camped next to a long term family. No peace. Dogs intruding, kids bicycling in our campsite, 4 wheelers parked on our site. Noisy until 11pm. Facility run down.

    Reviewed 11 months ago

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    Big Al

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    The WORST camp EVER !

    Toilets looks old and it's very smelly,worst of all it's looks like a haunted toilet. Good thing the hot water is good. Kitchen has a heater but no kitchen utensils. Highly recommend NOT TO EVEN try to go! Horrid experience

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

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    Bao

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    (very) old facilities and mainly Kiwi holiday makers and regulars.

    Showers good, kitchen has chairs, tables, fridge/freezer, hobs and water cookers but no pots, pans, utensils.

    Wifi isn't great. NZD 20 pp is a bit steep for this camp, I think.

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

    Vincent's avatar

    Vincent

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Good campsite and nice little cabins although the beds are pretty hard.

    What is pretty annoying is that the kitchen is absolutely not equipped. The only thing they have are toasters, hubs and water boiler. Pretty useless if you're traveling without kitchen equipment. Other than that, nice people and nice facilities.

    Reviewed almost 8 years ago

    Marjis Vrancken's avatar

    Marjis Vrancken

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    We stayed again, Dec 2010, what a change, new signage, clean facilities, happy staff, more gravel scattered here and there, Im re-rating this from a 2 to a 7, keep up the good work..

    Jan 2009 - What a tip, go anywhere else.

    There's acres of safe playing for the kids, the Lake at its doorstep with safe swimming bays to the side and the rowing course nextdoor. A 30min walk into Twizel passes the morning quite nicely. Showers are hot but fickle, everything works in the kitchen and washing machine have a reasonable charge.

    But the buildings (except for the new Motels) haven't seen much improvment since they were built in the early 1980s, they are generally grubby, spiderwebed and roughly cleaned out, windows with months of accumulated flyspots, street lighting only half working, potholes get bigger every year, broken supports for watertaps, sun faded signposts etc. The camp shop doesnt cater for anything more than the peak holiday demands, ie no papers, milk from mid/late January.

    Fat lazy owners who couldnt give a toss.

    Only improvement I could detect for 2008 was free handwash dispenser in the tired shower blocks.

    Reviewed almost 14 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    jhwjhw's avatar

    jhwjhw

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    We stayed in our own self contained caravan with our two little dogs.

    We found it great, will be back. Found it very relaxing. Make sure you take milk as they only sell small packets,.

    Reviewed 6 months ago

    Gary and Carol's avatar

    Gary and Carol

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    I thought this was a joke we pulled in drove around and drove straight off.

    One of the worst campsites I have seen in NZ. Looked like a filthy industrial site with long term homeless people living in caravans. Took one look at the facilities before driving off. Tourists need to be warned as this was not how it was marketed on the website with beautiful views of the lake etc.

    Reviewed 7 months ago

    Julia McGregor's avatar

    Julia McGregor

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Hell hole.

    I wouldn’t recommend your dog staying here. Just don’t.

    Camped next to a long term family. No peace. Dogs intruding, kids bicycling in our campsite, 4 wheelers parked on our site. Noisy until 11pm. Facility run down.

    Reviewed 11 months ago

    Big Al's avatar

    Big Al

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    The WORST camp EVER !

    Toilets looks old and it's very smelly,worst of all it's looks like a haunted toilet. Good thing the hot water is good. Kitchen has a heater but no kitchen utensils. Highly recommend NOT TO EVEN try to go! Horrid experience

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    Bao's avatar

    Bao

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Good for last minute stop , not sure in height of summer as looks like plenty of permanent sites , very big camp ground lots of options from motel to tenting , clean facilities and friendly staff all you

    can ask for

    Reviewed about 2 years ago

    Knighty's avatar

    Knighty

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    (very) old facilities and mainly Kiwi holiday makers and regulars.

    Showers good, kitchen has chairs, tables, fridge/freezer, hobs and water cookers but no pots, pans, utensils.

    Wifi isn't great. NZD 20 pp is a bit steep for this camp, I think.

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

    Vincent's avatar

    Vincent

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    At first sight this places makes an bad impression.

    Entance area is mainly occupied by long term or permanent caravans.

    The tent sites are in the back. Along the perimeter there is still some flat and grassy spots. Showers are great. Kitchen is not equipped (apart from hobs, oven, cookers and toasters) but there is a fridge to store your stuff

    For 20 dollar per person per night the price is quite high.

    Reviewed almost 6 years ago

    DenD's avatar

    DenD

    Customer

  • 2.0/5

    Dreadful.

    Far away from the lake, terrible WiFi. What's the sense of 10 GB on one device with hardly no connection?

    Reviewed about 7 years ago

    Arnie Siewert's avatar

    Arnie Siewert

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Good campsite and nice little cabins although the beds are pretty hard.

    What is pretty annoying is that the kitchen is absolutely not equipped. The only thing they have are toasters, hubs and water boiler. Pretty useless if you're traveling without kitchen equipment. Other than that, nice people and nice facilities.

    Reviewed almost 8 years ago

    Marjis Vrancken's avatar

    Marjis Vrancken

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Everything OK, but this is a large one.

    Kitchen absolutely not equipped.

    Reviewed about 8 years ago

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    Szymon Stoma

    Customer

  • 2.0/5

    Very large park but full of old permanent caravans with no distinct site markers.

    Very old amenities. Big sign at entrance stated 'No lead, no dog' but there were dogs wandering about and leaving poo as they went. Just as well we had a fully self contained motor home.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Diane Klasen's avatar

    Diane Klasen

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    No view of the lake, free hot showers which worked well, kitchen clean and did the job.

    Camping area needs working on (in wooded area with little shelter).

    Reviewed almost 9 years ago

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    Jacqui Hutchins

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    It was not that bad for me.

    They had a huge area and lots of space for our tent. Kitchen was clean. Bathroom was ok. $36 for 2 was a bit steep for the place though. The lake was a short walk and Twizel town centre was 10 mins ride.

    Reviewed almost 10 years ago

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    Natalia Lukito

    Customer

  • 1.5/5

    Very disappointing camp.

    We had to unexpectedly stay a night in Twizel due to a flat tyre on our camper van. We were tossing up whether to stay here or in Twizel camp ground. I should have listened to the previous reviews but thought it would be nice to be beside the lake because when I looked up their website it is called the Lake View Motels and holiday park. But there is no view of the lake from the camp. Instead the camp is full of old caravans, many set up permanently with make shift fences. The toilets and showers are old and cold, dirty and full of insects. The water was hot, that was the only positive. The feel of the camp is very feral and we did not enjoy our stay at all and left the next morning as soon as we could. The worst thing was they still charged $46 for 2 adults and 1 child. Would never stay here again.

    Reviewed about 11 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    Kiwix3's avatar

    Kiwix3

    Customer

  • 1.0/5

    Very old, dirty sites.

    Very old toilets and showers. We would not go there twice!!

    Reviewed almost 12 years ago

    GERMANY
    Abee and Suess's avatar

    Abee and Suess

    Customer

  • 1.0/5

    We have stayed in many camping grounds and holiday parks, this has a five star price tag with 2 star facilities.

    For the cost you would expect it to be similar to a Top 10 Camping Ground "HOW EVER IT IS NOT"

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in November 2011

    NEW ZEALAND
    Funtimes01's avatar

    Funtimes01

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    We stayed again, Dec 2010, what a change, new signage, clean facilities, happy staff, more gravel scattered here and there, Im re-rating this from a 2 to a 7, keep up the good work..

    Jan 2009 - What a tip, go anywhere else.

    There's acres of safe playing for the kids, the Lake at its doorstep with safe swimming bays to the side and the rowing course nextdoor. A 30min walk into Twizel passes the morning quite nicely. Showers are hot but fickle, everything works in the kitchen and washing machine have a reasonable charge.

    But the buildings (except for the new Motels) haven't seen much improvment since they were built in the early 1980s, they are generally grubby, spiderwebed and roughly cleaned out, windows with months of accumulated flyspots, street lighting only half working, potholes get bigger every year, broken supports for watertaps, sun faded signposts etc. The camp shop doesnt cater for anything more than the peak holiday demands, ie no papers, milk from mid/late January.

    Fat lazy owners who couldnt give a toss.

    Only improvement I could detect for 2008 was free handwash dispenser in the tired shower blocks.

    Reviewed almost 14 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    jhwjhw's avatar

    jhwjhw

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    what a dump!

    The holiday park is run down, messy and resembles a building site (as at Sept '09)! I wouldn't let my dog stay there let alone human beings! Very very disappointed and the staff were unhelpful and extremely rude - they need to get their act together or close - one or the other!!

    Reviewed about 15 years ago

  • 1.5/5

    Bad kitchen equipment.

    Reviewed over 15 years ago and experienced in March 2009

    GIBRALTAR
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    Rissmann

    Customer