Name: Whitianga Campground
Address: 6 Bongard Road, Whitianga, Whitianga, Whitianga, 3510, New Zealand
Rating: 5

Garden

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Family room

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Accessibility

Laundry

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet access

Internet

Barbecue grill(s)

Hiking

Fishing

Barbeque

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Free parking

Parking

Children's playground

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hotel

Whitianga Beach

Buffalo Beach

Whitianga Campground

Whitianga

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treatment

no-window

bay-view

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canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

I arrived at my scheduled time slot. Nobody at reception. Door locked. Found a board with my last name (spelled wrong) and cabin number. Found keys in a basket, drove next door, was unpacking and my husband was in the shower.  The man came to our cabin, opened the door and told me to come pay. I washed all the dishes before using. Ants in the garage bin. We didn’t have garbage in it yet. Sign at the front door said talk off shoes, our shoes were cleaner the floors.

Dirty, rude customer service.

This is on the pricier side for a campsite, and tbh not worth the extra cost. The facilities are dirty, worn and old. It’s quite a long walk into town and the pitches aren’t labelled so when you arrive out of hours you don’t know where you’re supposed to stay. We left after 1 night and opted for somewhere with better facilities

Better places

I never write reviews but here we go! Green mold on bedding, BLACK MOLD on bedding linner, mattress and shower. Some form of mold/rust in the fridge. Urine stains on bedding, bird poo stains on curtains, not vacuumed, cobwebs everywhere, dirty sink, sleeper couch had some interesting stains on it.....and BAD CUSTOMER SKILLS.
 
So when we started settling in we first only noticed that it wasn't vacuumed and a bit unpleasant but we were fine with it. When we were going to bed we noticed the stains on the bedding and started pulling it of little by little until we found the liner with black mold. When we called him to say we were a bit unhappy with the dirty sheets he got mad ... at us! He said "fine come pick your own linin but there isn't much to pick from". Best thing is we weren't even really upset at this point but when we gently and quietly told him we found all types if mold and we were not happy he yelled and said "no no no". He told us to wait even though we said we just want a refund and we will leave. He put us in another cabin and still not what we asked for as there is 5 of us and only 4 beds. We tool it because he was so mad and not ready to talk. 
When we finally settled in (still finding black mold in shower and some kind if rust and mold in fridge) we noticed that this was THE ONE WE BOOKED IN THE FIRST PLACE! It was not much better but definitely beats moldy bedding and beds. We were so upset that he gave us the wrong worse cabin while he had the good one just sitting there.

Up side to it all is that he had complimentary tea and smelly towels and some toilet paper😊

Awful!

I booked this place about 3 weeks before we due to go. And then a few days before we were going to whitianga campground, I got an email saying that we needed to cancel our booking in the cabin as they want some one for that room for longer. They offered a different room but when I went to book that one he said nah it's not available now, you need to pay more and stay in a different room or stay longer.
I have never had this type of  service anywhere. He literally didnt give a sh*t he had just ruined our holiday, it was me my 4 yr old and partner, and then had to explain to her we couldn't go anymore.

He then charged me $15 to cancel the booking which he automatically took from the cancellation and said he would refund and never did!!! This is literally day light robbery.

This is the most disgusting narrsacist service I think I have ever encountered.

There is a much nice campground there I have stayed at before which I will go to again.

I will never even try booking here again.

Ruined and cancelled our holiday

We were a group of 6, 3 couples. The first two couples arrived and explained that we were staying for 2 nights. That should be a total of $40 a night. He said our total for the two nights was $40. This caused confusion, which we questioned and he said that it is $20 a night which we knew. It was his own mistake undercharging us, but we did try and explain that we are staying for 2 NIGHTS!! He then approached our group rudely saying we had not paid which caused more confusion as we had explained clearly we are here for two nights. We were not a group that was trying to avoid paying, however if the owner undercharges us, that is not our fault and we were happy to sort the issue however we were approached by Grant the owner with a rude attitude. He seems to have an issue with women as he directly approached the girls with this negative attitude and when the boys in the group would approach him, he did not have an issue. I would recommend finding another camp ground if you are in Whitianga.

So bad!!!!!

Booked the campsite with a big discussion on how we needed a large site. Arrived and it took us at least 30 mins to sort our our site. 1 token each for shower was extremely stingy I thought. I would expect 1 token included per night. Then we went to the summer concert and arrived back at 10.30 to locked gates. Apparently it was on the sign by the gate...considering we weren't even shown where the toilets were, not surprising we didn't know other rules on signs!! Won't be back

Average at best

What an awesome two weeks. My partner and I stayed here for two weeks, the most welcoming lovely friendly staff always there for us what ever the need.
Nice peaceful amazing clean place for a get away. 
Will definitely be going back.
A big special thank you to Cheryl you are so lovely kind and caring A++++ see you soon with our 9 kids keep up the amazing work 
From talissa and tony

Amazing

if you like to wake up itchy and also with cockroaches running over you,then this is the place for you. old dated extremely run down and very dirty. and some what creepy.  not enough kitchen facilities. repair work around the place is really rough. curtains hanging of rack with fly poop. need tokens for 4minit showers. alot of work needs to be done to bring up to standards especially for the price. junk laying around everywhere. But  on the plus side, i think my vaccinations are up to date!

Booked to stay here as its advertised as "pet friendly"; its cheap-as-chips and that's about it.
Run by an ageing hippy, with a few more as residents, its not associated with any of the holiday park associations and that is perhaps not surprising.  Close to the beach is the best thing one can say, so if you are a young surfer or budget traveller, may suit you well, otherwise, give it a miss.

You get (almost) what you pay for...

We stayed in a self-contained unit. It was okay for the price just needed work like a broken handle on one of the main draws in the kitchen and one window had slipped so there was a gap to the outside. The double bedroom was on a slope and since the bathroom was right next to the bedroom it was on a slope too. The vanity in the bathroom was atrocious, it was full of dust and the shelf had fallen down. The microwave was on top of the fridge-freezer which was big sized. The microwave was definitely child proof as I am 6 2  and struggled to see in it. This cabin had a tv which was great and good working appliances.The man in charge was very friendly. What you pay for is what you get.

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