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Donegal House Irish Hotel, KaikouraCommercial organisation |
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South Island ▷ Kaikoura Region ▷ Kaikoura |
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Reviews
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Reasonably priced stays -
Great food, especially steak
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Clean toilets and hot showers
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Beautiful natural setting
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Welcoming host
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We arrived late at night in the dark in our van.
Harriet Bramley -
Great place to stay with our campervan.
Florian Werner-Zilch -
Would highly recomend this place!!
Susanne -
The spot is really beautiful and so is the pub.
Dik Troost -
Water on each site.
Tomas Talpa
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Absolutely the best.
Reasonable price of $30 for power and water. Had drinks and dinner at the hotel. The food, service and ambience was first class. Would always be happy to come back here.
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All of the other campervan sites in town were closed so I ended up here… thank god!
This place is a gem, I had the best meal of New Zealand so far here, if you like steak I would encourage you to order it! Absolutely delicious and a wonderful unexpected stop on our journey. Not to mention its very reasonably priced and simple to get a spot for the night.
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Had a nice stay at Donegal House.
Easy check-in process, we just popped by the bar and paid $20 for a powered site. The bathroom and toilets are clean. Cold shower is free, hot shower is $4 ($2 coins only). Good option to stay if your campervan is not “self-contained” according to Kaikoura’s standard! Great beer too.
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Very good place.
Lots of spots, and only 20 NZD pr. Night for a powered spots. Clean and Nice toilet facilities, with hot showers coating 2x2 NZD coins. All in all, would recommend.
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27Apr24.
2 adults in motorhome.
There are 30 powered sites with fresh water . Sites are partitioned.
In addition a number of unpowered sites, possibly free?
Powered sites $20. $4 for showers.
Restaurant has good selection of beers. It was very busy early in the evening but not so much later (when we were leaving!)
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We found this spot after looking for quite a while for freedom camping.
We were a bit late (7 PM) and could only find horrible sites. Then we found this gem. It only costs 20$ for 2 people. There's is plenty of spaces (and there were only a dozen campervans when we stayed). The car park is set in nature next to a beautiful big pond with loads of ducks and birds.
There's an Irish pub & restaurant, which unfortunately was closed for restoration work the day we were there. But we would have loved to try it! We found the place had a great vibe to it.
Host was welcoming, toilets were clean. There are showers (free for cold and paid for hot).
We'll definitely come back here if we're in the area again !
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Great crack!
Lovely out in the country with the horses , Canadian geese and ducks. Showers $4 for 4 mins is a bit steep but had good pressure and were clean. No soap in the toilets though. Level gravel parking area.
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We highly recommend this site for a peaceful quiet night.
Set out in the country but not far from the main area of Kaikoura. Plenty of room for parking even big caravans. There is the use of toilets and showers (paid) at Donegal house. Pets are also allowed. At the Irish pub they do excellent meals with a friendly fun environment.
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Great spot, not far from Kaikoura town.
Great food and lively bar. Staff were lovely people and helpful. Would highly recommend.
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We were pleased we stayed here over other choices in the area - such good value for money ($20 unpowered, $30 powered) and great hosts to boot!
We parked our camper down the end of the massive parking lot and had a stunning view of the snow capped mountains and only calves and horses for neighbours. Well appointed bathrooms, showers are $4 for 4minutes of hot water but in reality they go for much longer than that and they were extremely clean when we were there. The owners were super accomodating organizing breakfast for us to take away and we had a delicious dinner at the pub run on site.
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Great facility with clean toilets and showers.
$20 for unpowered site. Lovely setting with amazing views of the mountains. Really nice Pub on-site with great food. Don't leave without trying the Chowder.
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The spot is really beautiful and so is the pub.
But ... it is not a free place. We had to pay $20 without electricity and $10 more with electricity. It is more than worth it.
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The review given 4 months before this one about free camping is either out of date or false: all sites are $20 plus another $10 for a powered site - yes, there are powered sites now.
This is clear on all signs upon entry to the site.
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$20 dollars for unpowered sites & $30 with power.
Pay at the bar on arrival. Plenty of sites when we stayed near the end of Feb. Nice setting in the country side amongst the farms with view of the mountains. Toilets to use & $4 hot showers
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Not free anymore for SC vans, they acted surprised when I told them it was supposed to be free and I had to pay $20.
This doesn't include hot water (sink or shower).
The camping is otherwise ok, you have a nice view and it is very quiet
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Absolutely the best.
Reasonable price of $30 for power and water. Had drinks and dinner at the hotel. The food, service and ambience was first class. Would always be happy to come back here.
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All of the other campervan sites in town were closed so I ended up here… thank god!
This place is a gem, I had the best meal of New Zealand so far here, if you like steak I would encourage you to order it! Absolutely delicious and a wonderful unexpected stop on our journey. Not to mention its very reasonably priced and simple to get a spot for the night.
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Very good place.
Lots of spots, and only 20 NZD pr. Night for a powered spots. Clean and Nice toilet facilities, with hot showers coating 2x2 NZD coins. All in all, would recommend.
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Had a nice stay at Donegal House.
Easy check-in process, we just popped by the bar and paid $20 for a powered site. The bathroom and toilets are clean. Cold shower is free, hot shower is $4 ($2 coins only). Good option to stay if your campervan is not “self-contained” according to Kaikoura’s standard! Great beer too.
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27Apr24.
2 adults in motorhome.
There are 30 powered sites with fresh water . Sites are partitioned.
In addition a number of unpowered sites, possibly free?
Powered sites $20. $4 for showers.
Restaurant has good selection of beers. It was very busy early in the evening but not so much later (when we were leaving!)
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We found this spot after looking for quite a while for freedom camping.
We were a bit late (7 PM) and could only find horrible sites. Then we found this gem. It only costs 20$ for 2 people. There's is plenty of spaces (and there were only a dozen campervans when we stayed). The car park is set in nature next to a beautiful big pond with loads of ducks and birds.
There's an Irish pub & restaurant, which unfortunately was closed for restoration work the day we were there. But we would have loved to try it! We found the place had a great vibe to it.
Host was welcoming, toilets were clean. There are showers (free for cold and paid for hot).
We'll definitely come back here if we're in the area again !
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Great crack!
Lovely out in the country with the horses , Canadian geese and ducks. Showers $4 for 4 mins is a bit steep but had good pressure and were clean. No soap in the toilets though. Level gravel parking area.
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We highly recommend this site for a peaceful quiet night.
Set out in the country but not far from the main area of Kaikoura. Plenty of room for parking even big caravans. There is the use of toilets and showers (paid) at Donegal house. Pets are also allowed. At the Irish pub they do excellent meals with a friendly fun environment.
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Great spot, not far from Kaikoura town.
Great food and lively bar. Staff were lovely people and helpful. Would highly recommend.
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We were pleased we stayed here over other choices in the area - such good value for money ($20 unpowered, $30 powered) and great hosts to boot!
We parked our camper down the end of the massive parking lot and had a stunning view of the snow capped mountains and only calves and horses for neighbours. Well appointed bathrooms, showers are $4 for 4minutes of hot water but in reality they go for much longer than that and they were extremely clean when we were there. The owners were super accomodating organizing breakfast for us to take away and we had a delicious dinner at the pub run on site.