Bay of Islands Holiday Park

Nice and clean Really friendly and helpful staff

Our first night on a site in our RV and probably a good thing because we didn't have anything else to compare it to at that point! Good points - a small site, supermarket over the road and only a 10 min walk into the town itself. Not so good - receptionist Jan maybe needs a bit of work on her communication skills - comes across quite abrupt. Have to pay for hot water - not something we've found in subsequent sites as we've travelled round. Showers have very little ventilation so you end up still wet even after drying off! Overall a fair experience but could be drastically improved with just a couple of minor tweaks.

Friendly staff. I told them the cutlery and crockery are different as they supplied in the cupboard. They brought us hips. The wonderful thing is a little fridge inside the cabin. No need to label and put into common fridge. I like the marquee and enjoyed cooking and eating the meals there. Love this holiday park

We arrived Monday the 23rd January and left today the 29th January fo avoid the next weather bomb. Thoroughly enjoyed the stay. Plenty of room and good amenities. Certainly worth every penny. NZMCA members discount. Only 8 kilometres Paihia and 9 kilometres to KeriKeri and about 12 kilometres to KawaKawa. It has a lovely pool and plenty of powered and non powered sites. The staff were very friendly.

Thank you so much for having us at short notice. Very nice owner. Thoroughly enjoyed staying the 2 days. Very good price. Will return if in this area again. Highly recommend this holiday park. Thank you again, from Michelle, Joe & our 4 legged girl Nala from Whanganui.

This park had friendly staff, but was EXTREMELY BUSY they literally packed in tents on top if each other which didnt look good, I was lucky to have a self contained campervan so parked up in my spot OK. I had concerns over cleanliness of the toilets, showers, kitchen and wash basins. All dirty, floors dirty. Showers were mouldy and smelt of mould. NOT HOT SHOWERS. ALL THE WATER IS DISCOLOURED A LIGHT BROWN. Therefore even though they said fine to drink, i did not drink the water. This camp felt like it could definitely do with a deep clean and make over. I was glad to leave the facilities behind me. Even though this place is cheap I have stayed in much nicer cheap options and wish i had just stayed at a DOC site than here so think twice before booking long term stays. Also midges/mosquitos if no breeze as close to river.

Booked and paid for 2 nights in advance for powered RV site and family trailer tent. Unfortunately because of extreme weather in Auckland 370mm rain fell overnight and a state emergency order we were unable to get there due to land slips and flooding. Please note there are NO REFUNDS or Discounts as a good will gesture. Really really disappointed with this holiday park! Wouldn’t ever stay now and definitely wouldn’t recommend. A poor show!!!!

All I can say is, DO NOT STAY HERE! If you enjoy getting spoken down to, bullied and humiliated infront of a camp site then this is the place for you!!! - [x] As soon as you arrive on the campsite you can tell by the atmosphere that everyone is very clicky especially residents and the site owners. Let me start by saying this campsite is practically a building site! The water is undrinkable, the ladies showers are a building site and the showers and toilets that work are filthy, the kitchen that is the 2nd class campers kitchen is horrendous, nothing works and everything is dirty. We actually ended up wasting all our food brought because there wasn’t even an over which we mislead via a very rude telephone call with Jenny. Murray…where to start with this guy! For the past month myself and my partner have travelled NZ and never met a rude local until our last night in the country which was completely ruined by the park’s worker, Murray. Without boring you with the patheticness of this story, Murray watched my partner accidentally put bread into a recycling bin rather than the rubbish bin… rather than approaching our van with a “hey guys just to let you know, the bin you threw you’re rubbish in was recycling but the rubbish bin is just next to it”… but no we got this guys lean up our van, and question why my boyfriend just threw the bread in the recycling, when he tried apologising, Murray proceeded to challenge him and belittle him by stating “it’s written all over the bin”. We’re a young couple in our 20s who he clearly thought he could bully…not to mention that we were his PAYING CUSTOMERS! I’m not sure Murray was very happy when he was challenged about the way he spoke down to us as though we were victims to his bully like behaviour, as he then told us to leave his park but refused to refund us with a “good luck with that” when asked for a refund. It’s clear Murray really really loves his bins as he walks around the site all day long checking them. The behaviour of the workers is shocking and the state of everything on the site is almost as bad!! Avoid this place like the plague, we felt so unwelcomed and personally attacked here! It’s completely ruined our trip and we’ve left NZ on a downer because of this hell hole!

Wish I could give it zero, genuinley don’t know how these new owners have any good reviews. Can Honeslty say it’s the worst site we have been on after travelling the north and south islands extensively. Bathrooms filthy dirty no hooks on doors etc. also we’re not cleaned once during the stay and it was obvious (wet tissues near sinks for duration, tissues on floor and waste in toilets) water was only luke warm not “hot” camp kitchen was beyond words, nothing worked and just plain filthy. Could of dealt with this as we could cook in our own van however Jenny and Murray are the rudest people we had the misfortune of coming across. Attitude on the phone and when checking in. Murray constantly checking what everyone’s doing and left us feeling quite uncomfortable. Made my girlfriend feel especially uncomfortable and came across very creepy. Threatened us for using the wrong bin on accident and spoke to my girlfriend (aged 25) like only a bully would! He humiliated us Infront of other campers trying to enjoy there stay. He Made us feel uncomfortable the whole stay as we didn’t want to be around him. He spoke down to us the whole time whether it was because we were young and he felt he had “power” over us or he is just genuinley not a nice guy. We wanted to leave however he told us “good luck” when asked if we could have a refund and leave. We are not the type to complain at all as we are very open minded however this was our last night in NZ and we felt it had been completely ruined and was such a shame to end our trip on such a bad note. They are both in the wrong industry if they can’t speak to people with respect. The whole bin issue could of been handled so well however Murray chose to be aggressive, entering our van and swearing at my girlfriend. We were both very shook up for the rest of our stay and couldn’t wait to leave unfortunately. I can only hope that this review helps other young couples or infact any other guests steer clear of this site until new management takes over. I am sure management are going to reply to this so I look forward to there response