Up there with one of the best sites I’ve stayed in 3 months travelling round NZ.

Firstly $30pp per night for a powered site in a tourist location like this is great, soo nice to have a solo rate, thanks.

You can walk anywhere and everywhere, to the lake, into the village, to the church.

Bathrooms are spotless and showers were hot and spacious.

Lots of ducks and birds around the site too.

Reviewed 3 months ago

Amazing location, only 20 mins drive on the most spectacular road down to Mt Cook village.

Only $35pp for a powered site in a location like this I’ll take.

You get a choice of site which is good as a lot aren’t level but the night skies are awesome.

Wifi was good. Only negative was there was only 2 toilets and 4 showers in the bathroom which wasn’t enough for the amount of people staying there. Queues in the morning for the bathroom isn’t great.

But other than that it’s a good site and much cheaper than staying in the village with better weather!

Reviewed 3 months ago

Nice place.

Unfortunately I was there on the rainiest of days and so basically parked up and survived the day inside the van!

$35pp for solo traveller in small van is a little steep but standard for Top10.

The bathrooms are very clean and the showers are hot and spacious with changing room which is good.

Free WIFI which helped immensely!

Reviewed 3 months ago

Had a powered site for 1 night, only $25pp.

Lovely friendly lady on checkin.

Had the choice of powered sites, only a couple of caravans there bar me.

It’s right by the beautiful river, the sunset was beautiful.

Kitchen was spacious and had all the pots and pans you need.

Bathroom is just a portaloo currently whilst they expand.

Free wifi which worked well.

Really lovely setting and peaceful nights sleep!

Reviewed 3 months ago

Stayed here on a powered site for a week.

After 8 weeks of travelling around NZ, this has to be up there as one of the best overall campgrounds. Pretty much every van site has lake views, the facility hub is basically like a decent hostel. Bathrooms are spacious, heated and cleaned regularly.

The kitchen is big, just remember you need to bring all your own plates and utensils etc as they don’t provide (understandable as I’m sure people nick stuff)!

Just really nice place and only 400m or so down to the marina and the brewery 🙏

Reviewed 4 months ago

All now run as part of the CurioScape site which has the cafe, penguin watching etc aswell.

Amazing spot right on the mighty ocean. It’s a massive site with sites everywhere.

Unfortunately it’s $50 for a powered site even just for 1 person which differs to most sites where they do per person.

Decided to stay though as it is a great spot to watch the amazing waves.

The bathrooms and kitchen looked clean and you need a code to get in.

No penguins unfortunately.

Cafe closed at 3.30pm and only opens in winter at night if multiple people book ahead.

Amazing waves and sunset though and listening to the waves as you fall asleep no more than 50m away is cool.

Reviewed 4 months ago

I stayed on a powered site for a couple of nights.

The camper sites are at the back of the site in the trees which was nice and quiet. There are tables around each site although they are old and dirty.

It’s generally a nice site but some buildings and parts of it are looking a little tired.

There is a free sauna and spa pool which is nice but the pool is cracked and peeling too.

It’s an easy walk into the village and there is a bar at the front of the site but even that there was no one behind the bar when I went in and couldn’t get served!

It’s nice enough place to stay, just needs a bit of an uplift in certain areas.

Reviewed 4 months ago

Nice little site on the road just after the township.

Pretty quiet, nice gravel powered sites. Bathrooms were heated which is nice but only 2 toilets and showers!

Nice surrounding views. Just loses a mark for being $40 for solo traveller with small van, expensive in comparison to most other places.

Reviewed 4 months ago

Great little place right in town but very quiet.

The owner Charlie is a top bloke and very helpful. I was feeling under the weather so just wanted somewhere to put my head down for a few days and recover and this place was great. $25pn for powered site, an extra $2 for a hot shower.

Bathrooms are decent, there’s a kitchen, a laundry and a games room if you want it.

Literally 1min walk into the small Tairua township where’s there’s a supermarket and a few good places to eat.

Recommend.

Reviewed 5 months ago

Lovely little site off the main road but only a 2 min drive to the pubs and restaurants.

Nice guy who runs it, you can see he cares.

Kitchen is a bit old but feels warm which is nice.

Bathrooms are standard fare but nice and clean.

Wifi unfortunately doesn’t reach the powered sites but the Irish bar in town solved that!

Would recommend.

Reviewed 4 months ago

Awesome spacious site, basically in a seperate zone in the pub car park.

But it’s surrounded by mountains, each powered space is big enough to spread yourself out.

Murphy’s on tap in the pub too, good food and a nice atmosphere. Maybe a few too many kids on a Saturday night for me but can’t win em all eh!

Reviewed 4 months ago

It’s an ok place.

The drive down there on the peninsula road is stunning.

The site itself is typical older NZ site. Only $24 for a powered site which was good.

Bathroom was clean but cold.

Maybe I got unlucky as it was wet and rainy but in general there’s not a lot in Portobello, the pub was empty, the cafe closed and 1 general store. Felt a bit bleak.

Reviewed 4 months ago

Stayed here on my drive back from up north, as it was getting dark.

Bit suprised it was $35pp pn for a powered site at this time of year and seeing I was the only van staying outside of the cabins they had.

Clean but cold and drafty bathrooms. Clean and spacious kitchen. Very small dump site.

Free Wifi but kept dropping in and out

Decent and quiet enough site for 1 night but just a bit overpriced for what it is.

Reviewed 5 months ago

Turned up just as it was getting dark off the ferry.

$30 for powered site. Quite a few residents there it seems but made it feel quite homely.

The facilities are definitely on the retro style but kinda like it.

Bathroom was cold though and couldn’t get any hot shower water.

Nice spot for 1 night though. Free WIFI which was great and doesn’t seem to the norm unfortunately at a lot of sites!

Reviewed 4 months ago

Decent place with concrete campervan sites which helps after so much rain.

The girls at reception were very friendly snd helpful.

Bathrooms and kitchen were ok but shoeing thier age a bit, although very clean.

Worst and most annoying bit is the 500mb max WIFI you get given, I mean come on, get with the times, this literally lasted 20 mins. The coverage on site without isn’t great either, can’t believe we still live in times where wifi isn’t free for all at some places!

Reviewed 5 months ago

This place is closed from May 1st to October 1st.

No mention of that anywhere on here or Google, just a sign on the locked gate. Frustrating after a long drive!!

Reviewed 6 months ago

Lovely place right on the beach.

Space for about 8-10 vans. I got in about 5pm and took the last space on the front.

Quite a few people come down to walk their dogs on the beach but generally it’s a quiet spot and people were very friendly. Amazing night sky too!

Reviewed 6 months ago

Great place tucked away in the trees, away from the road.

Run by a lovely Vietnamese lady, powered site was $22. Toilets and shower was clean. And although I didn’t use it the kitchen was huge and clean with all amenities. Very peaceful at night.

Reviewed 6 months ago

Looks like a new or renovated holiday park.

Lovely spacious sites for each van with a dump site at each plug-in, amazing!

The bathrooms are like a salon. 5 toilets, 5 showers and 5 sinks each with a mirror. Even music playing so you don’t feel lonely in there!

New pub literally on site/next door which is decent too and saves on driving.

And only $30 for a powered site for all this. Amazing. The best so far!

Reviewed 6 months ago

Nice spot by the beach.

I parked in by the fence by the beach but even though it didn’t look too muddy, I had to be pulled out by a lovely guy staying there. He said the owner had warned them not to park there but didn’t put any warnings or bollards up!

Other than that it was very quiet.

The showers are hot but in general the toilets are indoor outdoor and pretty cold.

Kitchen was also indoor outdoor.

Reviewed 6 months ago