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John Wekking
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South Island ▷ Coastal Otago ▷ Karitane ▷
Waikouaiti Beach Motor Camp
Basic but well run camp, no broken appliances, weathered timbers, sticking doors etc.
Spacious grounds, clean toilets, showers, well equipped kitchen, kids playground, sheltered if you plan your parkup up. Friendly managers, tavern next block along if you feel like a meal out.
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Lumsden ▷
Lumsden Camping Ground
Standard Camping Ground, like you remember from the 1960/70.
Small but adequate facilities, a few showers, smallish kitchen etc.
Bring the kids bikes, cricket set & soccer balls and you wont see them for hours. No bouncing pillows, sandpits, jungle gyms and no Top10 extortionate pricing either.
Briefly, its clean, tidy, small and cheap.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Akaroa ▷
Akaroa TOP 10 Holiday Park
Owners couldnt workout if a pet was allowed or not, half closed one ablution block, then reopened it and closed the other half?
Showers just trickle out hot water, if you want some force with it, it goes cold quickly. Faulty power points, needs finger board for signage and a few more paths. Nice spot though, 5min walk to town through bush track.
We would like to take this oportunity to apologise to all our guests who have been inconvienced by our ongoing hot water issues. We suffered a major failure as a result of the earthquakes, and in order to avoid a complete shutdown for a prolonged period repairs were made. These proved unsuccessful so a whole new system was installed, and we are pleased to report it is now up and running, so the recent lack of hot water supply and pressure is a thing of the past.
We thank you for your comments and assure you that issues raised in these reviews are acted upon in order to present the most enjoyable stay that we can
Sincerely,
R.Russell
Director
Akaroa Holiday Park
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Karamea ▷
Moria Gate Arch Walk
Well maintained tracks, good signposting, great views, recommended.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Haast ▷
Thunder Creek Falls
Just a few minutes walk to see an impressive waterfall, good parking nearby.
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South Island ▷ Coastal Otago ▷ Oamaru ▷
Victoria Park Camp and Cabins
Modern, clean & tidy, close to town, quiet location, reasonable pricing, recommended.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Haast ▷
Haast Beach Holiday Park
Expensive for what you get, owners scrimp with maintenance, low wattage bulbs everywhere in large buildings so low light levels.
Gravel driveway sinking into mud.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Hanmer Springs ▷
Hanmer River Holiday Park
Nice, clean & tidy, friendly owners, quiet location, smallish campsite, well worth the visit.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Westport ▷
Coaltown Museum
Very interesting museum, lots of info on all sorts of West Coast history, gold, timber, coal etc.
Well worth a visit.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Westport ▷
Cape Foulwind Walkway
Easy walk, good track, lots to see if you read the DoC info boards first, at the carpark.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Karamea ▷
Oparara Arch Walk
The road in is a little tight in places, but the walking track to the Arch is great, the cave spectacular, highly recommended.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Karamea ▷
Karamea Domain Camping Ground
A real gem, due to accessibility of a house with kitchen, bunkroom, showers, toilets, library, tv, plenty of room after being cooped up in MHome due to incessant rain.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Amberly ▷
Amberley Beach Camping Ground
Based on cost, well worth the stay, power, toilets, rubbish bins, pets OK, recommended.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Greymouth ▷
Central Park Camping
Yes, you are parked close together but thats made up for by the proximity to central Greymouth, just two blocks away.
Challange service station below you so easy walk for papers, milk etc. Clean toilets & showers. Doesnt let under 40s in campervans stay, resident prefer the quiet life, gate chained close at 9pm
The comment on under 40s does not apply , Respectful visitors are welcome
Steve Harris
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Fox Glacier ▷
Gillespies Beach Campsite
Smelly toilets, limited parking but close to historical gold mining area, plenty of walks available.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Haast ▷
Pleasant Flat Campsite
Nice location, great views, toilets, water, DoC info boards.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Hokitika ▷
The Hokitika Glowworm Dell
A highlight of our west coast holiday, very very impressive.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Karamea ▷
Mirror Tarn walk
A two minute walk off the Moira Arch Cave walk, very nice tracks, well signposted.
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South Island ▷ Queenstown Region ▷ Glenorchy ▷
Kinloch Campsite
Not that much room to park, plenty of firewood and right on lake shore, great views as well, toilet smelly, Kinloch Lodge just across the road, handy to Elfin Bay, Routburn and Lake Sylvan.
It rains a lot here, so be prepared, trees shelter NWesters, open to south.
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South Island ▷ Queenstown Region ▷ Glenorchy ▷
Kinloch Lodge
We had dinner there but didnt stay in lodge, but what we saw was very nice, clean rest rooms, everything nice, neat & tidy, meal was very nice as well.
Recommended.
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South Island ▷ Queenstown Region ▷ Glenorchy ▷
Glenorchy Camping Ground
Frontier camp, run down, dark & grubby.
The place seems time warped in the 1970s, amenities are basic and not that clean, spiderwebs, non working lights, huts sitting on ground at all sorts of levels, a general sense of despair about the place.
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Balclutha ▷
Balclutha Motor Camp
Clean, modern, tidy, well kept, nice owners.
Needs a kids playground and clearlite roofing near kitchen cleaned then Id give it a 10. Very good, recommend.
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Invercargill ▷
Beach Road Holiday Park
Clean enough where it counts, shame about the rest of the place, run down grounds, overgrown vegetation, rooms with 2-3 paint schemes, permanent residents in rundown campsites, plenty of room though the
camp sites are smallish, a bit depressing really.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Methven ▷
Methven Camping Ground
New caretakers have transformed it from dirty & dingy, to a destination worth staying at.
Its not Top10 quality, but has reasonable facilities, friendly owners, spacious grounds, reasonable pricing to, CASH Only though.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Hanmer Springs ▷
Culverden Domain
OK for what you pay.
The building and facilities are a little tired, reasonable sized kitchen, good showers but water pools on floor, free washing machine, toilet block a bit basic, power points limited to one small area. Close to town, lotsa of room for the kids to play but no playground. RTeasonably clean & tidy.
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South Island ▷ Mount Cook - MacKenzie ▷ Twizel ▷
Lake Ruataniwha Holiday Park
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.
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South Island ▷ Coastal Otago ▷ Oamaru ▷
Waitaki Waters Holiday Park
Nice, clean & tidy, great grounds, buildings & facilities very, very good.
Only the kids playground lets it down a little. Recommend A+++
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North Island ▷ Auckland Region ▷ Miranda ▷
Miranda Tasman Holiday Parks
Very sorry to leave this park, great staff, clean & modern facilities, great hot pools, I want to go back and we will one day, highly recommended.
Best HPark in NZ.
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North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Omokoroa ▷
Omokoroa TOP 10 Holiday Park
Very nice place to stop, friendly owners, clean as facilities, spacious grounds, great hot pools, recommend.