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 9 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 9 months ago

It’s a nice quiet spot away from the road.

You have to book online and get an entry code otherwise you can’t get past the barrier.

$25pn for powered site for solo traveller and there’s nothing else around for food or anything.

It’s basically just a field sectioned off into sites.

The bathrooms were ok although a few of the showers and toilets were closed for winter.

Decent enough place to stop if you need one as there’s nothing else around much else around. No WIFI though.

Reviewed 9 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 10 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 10 months ago

Stayed on a powered site for 4 days.

Really nice park, walking distance to the lake and to town. Friendly helpful staff.

Bathrooms are warm and clean, showers are hot.

Free unlimited wifi.

And only $24pp in winter.

Reviewed 10 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 9 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 9 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 11 months ago

Nice site, great location.

Lovely lady on reception gave me a powered spot right near the water, beautiful spot to watch the sun go down.

Only 1 of the facilities blocks were open so only a couple of toilets and showers for everyone but seemed to work out ok.

Kitchen and laundry on site too if required.

20 min walk into town and/or Countdown supermarket at the end of the road.

Reviewed 11 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 10 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 11 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 11 months ago

Nice concrete powered pitch which is good after all the rain.

Nice and quiet. Only $20.

Friendly staff for check in. Showers cost but they give you the coins which is nice.

There’s a kitchen and hangout space.

No WIFI though

Reviewed 11 months ago

Great little place about 7km off the main highway.

Nice and quiet

Stayed for 1 night on my way down to get the ferry. Met with Judy who was super lovely and friendly, she showed me around and I had the choice where to park up. $30 for a powered site.

Bathroom and kitchen were very clean and the whole place had a lovely vibe, even though not many people around.

And FREE unlimited WIFI (other campgrounds pls take note!) 🙌

The Cossie Club is 200m away for food and drinks if you need.

Reviewed 10 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 11 months ago

I stayed for a couple of nights whilst not feeling too well and needing some rest.

It’s a decent enough site, you can tell it’s a little on the older side and has a lot of permanent residents living on or around the site.

But it has all the facilities you need and is only a 2 month walk through the site to the beach.

For the amount of residents there it was still very quiet. There is a store just outside the main gates too for essentials or a 10 min drive to Opitiki for supermarkets etc

Reviewed 11 months ago

It’s a proper old locals pub right on the ocean and they have 2 powered spots in the car park for $25pn.

The pub was packed with locals on a Saturday night watching the rugby and it was a nice atmosphere.

The car park was pretty quiet too even with people leaving the pub etc.

The pub has been up for sale for a while supposedly so who knows what happens in future but I enjoyed my night here.

Reviewed 11 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 12 months ago

Right in the middle of town, there’s about 10 spaces.

I was first in at 5pm but it soon filled up. Great location and suprisingly quiet for where it is. A few really clean public toilets at the end of the car park, along with a few pubs which was great! 😀

Reviewed 12 months ago