Waikawa Bay Holiday Park

A nice little camp ground to base yourself. Great facilities, very nice staff.

Stayed in a cabin overnight. Very roomy ,clean and comfortable. Thought it was very good value for money. Staff were helpful. Would definitely recommend.

We were caught up in the recent ferry cancellations and found Felicity (owner/manager) to be so helpful and accommodating.

A nice camping site close to Picton and the marina, although slightly overpriced in my view. Very friendly staff, they proactively gave us some advice on the walks to do in the area, which we really appreciated. On the website it says there’s wifi, but in fact there is a very limited amount of data per person; in my opinion this should be specified on the website.

We loved our stay , we booked a quirky cabin for three nights and ended up staying for another three. All the facilities were very clean and tidy.This camp had a really nice feeling . We will definitely be back and highly recommend it .Bria and Dene

We booked a powered campsite on the 21st of December 2022 at 3:42 pm for 3 nights, from the 29th of December to the 31st of December clearly explaining that we will arrive at midnight on the 29th .We were allocated campsite 43 and there was no objection to it. They requested credit card details to confirm our booking.We arrived at midnight on the 29th and parked our campervan on stand 43 and went to bed. When we woke up in the morning, we were surprised by another camper that have squeezed in so closely that we had to climb over their gear to get out the door. I turned my campervan around so that we could set it up and at least get in and out the door without climbing over other people.The park office opens at 9am. I waited until 9:05 am and them phoned the cell phone number on the door for assistance. A staff member came to the office, I explained that we came in at midnight and that we will be leaving the morning of the 31st. I was charged $176 for 4 adults for the stay till the 31st. We used to pay a lot less and got a NZMCA discount in the past, which was refused. I paid it without any objection.Shortly after paying, my wife and I left the campsite. Felicity, the manager, came to our campsite at 10:14 am. They were uncertain of payment. My son called me and I confirmed that we paid in full for our stay. At this point Felicity started to argue with them that we have checked in too early. My son offered to pay for any difference in charges straight away.Felicity left, just to return at 10:21am with a male support person. They were extremely rude, hostile and offensive. They were borderline racist. Told the kids to go crawl back into the hole they crawl out of. She belittled my son and talked down to him. They were threatened that if they don’t vacate the campsite immediately the AA would be called to remove the campervan.Since we were not at the campsite and couldn’t return to resolve the issue, we still don’t know what the problem was, we tried to call the police to mediate the dispute. We got hold of the police at 12:39pm. The matter was referred to Picton Police. Picton Police called us at 1:24pm and again at 2:28pm. The police officer called us back to inform us that Waikawa Bay Holiday Park said we were not welcome at the campsite and that I will be refunded my money. Felicity did not provide us with any explanation for this decision. The police officer simply said it was a civil matter. Of the $176, I was refunded $88.Our children decided to be non-confrontational and left the campsite at about 10:30am. I returned the next morning to collect my power cord and found that the campsite was occupied, clearly double booked.It cost me over $1000 to fly our kids from Auckland to Christchurch. It cost $400 in fuel to travel to Picton and back and worst of all it ruined our family holiday after a very tough year where my wife had to recover from cancer.

Wonderful place to stay, clean and tidy and staff were very helpful. Would definitely stay again.Highly recommend

powered sites for caravans very hard to get into.Nit suitable for long vans.

Lovely clean and quirky budget cabin, good internet, clean and tidy campground great price. Will be our first choice next time we are in Picton!