Wharariki Beach Holiday Park
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Wharariki Beach Holiday Park
The most amazing beach in New Zealand, best seen at low tide. Magical sunsets, rising moon and rising sun. A photographer's dream.
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South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Golden Bay |
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All year round 24/7 |
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Small facility but with everything you need.
Peter Adams -
Such an amazing location!
lols512 -
Nice Place.
Sabine -
A basic campsite in marvellous landscape.
York Tüchelmann -
Beautiful place.
Oonagh
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Well worth the journey to trek to this lovely location.
A great spot to launch into great hikes - the beach and hilltops!
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Good smaller site, as far north as you can stay near the Spit.
Site probably only 30% occupied mid January! Decent facilities and great lounge / kitchen / veranda seating areas. Good size private sites in lower area, larger open area for bigger vans. The beach / dunes are a good 20/30 minute walk away and there's a surprise in a wee café in the beach walk car park.
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Ok place to stay as there are not many options.
Receptionists was friendly. Clean toilets, nice and spacious kitchen it even has little fire place to make it cozy in rainy evening. Enjoyed morning coffee on patio. As per price - yes, there are other camps where you can get shower etc for this price in other places in NZ, but still ok for budget travelers if you want to see this area.
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Nice place with good facilities, lovely big kitchen and common area which was great since it was blowing a gale when we were there!
Pitches a little small in places but they gave us one as sheltered as they could which was nice for the tent in a storm! $2 for hot showers for 5 minutes which was understandable as they’re mostly off grid by the looks of it!
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Nice campground with proximity to awesome views and walks.
Good facilities for middle of nowhere. Was nice to be able to sit inside with friends around a big wooden table and eat dinner after a long time camping.
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Facilities were clean & I liked our site.
No reception at the campground but tip: there’s a tree on the trail to the beach after ~200 m After the First gate where I had reception if you dont want to spend $10 for 1GB. Shower 2$/6min.
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We booked this campsite thinking we would get a powered site, a dump station, drinking water, hot showers, wifi and a place to recycle our rubbish.
The only thing available was a powered site. Wifi and hot showers were only available if you payed extra,which seems a bit unfair as you already pay enough for your site. The location is beautiful though, and the long dump toilets were mostly clean.
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Ok camping with power, internet 10$ for 1 gb and only compost toilets.
The view at the beach is with the ride
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Didn't check amenities here at end of world but would go again just for beautiful surroundings.
Bring your own supplies.
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Beautiful place.
Camp has the feeling of a friendly tramping hut. Pay extra for showers etc. No wifi and don’t pay the $10 for theirs as there’s very little reception.
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Well worth the journey to trek to this lovely location.
A great spot to launch into great hikes - the beach and hilltops!
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Good smaller site, as far north as you can stay near the Spit.
Site probably only 30% occupied mid January! Decent facilities and great lounge / kitchen / veranda seating areas. Good size private sites in lower area, larger open area for bigger vans. The beach / dunes are a good 20/30 minute walk away and there's a surprise in a wee café in the beach walk car park.
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We booked this campsite thinking we would get a powered site, a dump station, drinking water, hot showers, wifi and a place to recycle our rubbish.
The only thing available was a powered site. Wifi and hot showers were only available if you payed extra,which seems a bit unfair as you already pay enough for your site. The location is beautiful though, and the long dump toilets were mostly clean.
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Ok place to stay as there are not many options.
Receptionists was friendly. Clean toilets, nice and spacious kitchen it even has little fire place to make it cozy in rainy evening. Enjoyed morning coffee on patio. As per price - yes, there are other camps where you can get shower etc for this price in other places in NZ, but still ok for budget travelers if you want to see this area.
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Nice place with good facilities, lovely big kitchen and common area which was great since it was blowing a gale when we were there!
Pitches a little small in places but they gave us one as sheltered as they could which was nice for the tent in a storm! $2 for hot showers for 5 minutes which was understandable as they’re mostly off grid by the looks of it!
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Ok camping with power, internet 10$ for 1 gb and only compost toilets.
The view at the beach is with the ride
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For 22,50$/person for an unpowered site you’ll get an nice looking campsite and very friendly personal at the reception.
You’ll also get a pit toilet, not working hot shower (despite the extra $2), a dryer that doesn’t dry, no option to put your rubbish, no WiFi, no mobile service. You decide.
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The location is great, and the sites are not too small, but overall, value for money ain’t great.
I’m don’t know why some people have rated this place so high, as the stories all seem the same as ours:
- expensive (why should one have to pay for showers at this price?)
- grumpy manager
- kitchen is ok, but has nothing unless you ask for a kitchen pack from the manager (see note 2)
- wifi is expensive and only works if you sit outside the office
A day trip to the beach from elsewhere would be our advice.
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I was quite looking forward to this campsite, but unfortunately, the reality was disappointing.
For a rather high price of $53 for 2 people and one van per night, the experience was underwhelming. Upon arrival, we found out that the showers cost an additional $2 for 5 minutes, there was no phone signal, and Wi-Fi was an extra $10 per 1GB. We were really disappointed.
To make matters worse, the campsite allocated the spot next to us to a family who parked two cars there, set up a tent village, and made noise from the moment they arrived until we left. So far, this has been the worst campsite during our stay in New Zealand.
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Nice campground with proximity to awesome views and walks.
Good facilities for middle of nowhere. Was nice to be able to sit inside with friends around a big wooden table and eat dinner after a long time camping.
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Facilities were clean & I liked our site.
No reception at the campground but tip: there’s a tree on the trail to the beach after ~200 m After the First gate where I had reception if you dont want to spend $10 for 1GB. Shower 2$/6min.
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Didn't check amenities here at end of world but would go again just for beautiful surroundings.
Bring your own supplies.
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Camp looked very tired.
Needed garden maintenance and a general tidy up. Laundry facilities need upgrading. Wouldn't put my clothes in that machine. Access road needs maintenance as it shook our campers to bits. The lady on reception was very helpful. 20 minute walk to beach was well worth it. Huge caves and baby seals.
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Beautiful place.
Camp has the feeling of a friendly tramping hut. Pay extra for showers etc. No wifi and don’t pay the $10 for theirs as there’s very little reception.