Huntly Camping Grounds - Huntly Camping Grounds 5 Taihua Road

Only made it to the locked front gate. 'Vaccine pass required' it said. Discrimination at its best. Glad I took my money somewhere else!

Beautiful and tidy looking Camping grounds will visit again one day

Great stop off when in transit north or south. Pet friendly and welcoming hosts

We called and the office was closed, and the woman who answered was quite curt in letting us know they had already closed. We were in Hamilton and it was our last night in New Zealand and I had forgotten to book a place to stay (we were in a campervan). We drove to the Hamilton holiday park to see if we could just pull in and stay the night and pay in the morning (as we had per the manager's advice in Kaiteri Beach), but there was a gate. We called all the local motels and holiday parks, and they were all closed. My fiance was really frustrated and tired (he was the one driving all day, and it was my job to book the place we were staying) and went to sleep in the back of the campervan. After almost two more hours of searching, I realized I would have to just drive from holiday park to holiday park heading north towards Auckland (where we were flying out the next day). I went to Huntly simply because it was the next closest option. It was after midnight by this point, and I was exhausted and needed to find a place to stay. When we arrived there was no gate (hallelujah!) and three open powered campervan spots. I hooked us up, and read the chalkboard that said, "Overnight campers park in spots 2, 3, and 5" (or something like that), and there was an honesty drop box cut out in the office door. I was a little frustrated because if the woman had just said, "Yeah, go in and park, it's $40/night and the office opens at 8 so you can pay then or drop it in the honesty box" we could have been there and sleeping three hours earlier. The next morning the man (her husband?) came by and just said, "Office is open," so obviously the fact that we had stayed was not an issue, and he was making the rounds, so I was again frustrated but also relieved that we weren't going to have a fight with the office about coming after they had told us they were closed. That being said, they were both really lovely. We had a bunch of food stuffs to offload since we had been traveling in the campervan for the duration of our trip, and the woman from the office took all of it to bring to the kids at the local school who didn't get breakfast. That made me super happy, because I HATE to waste food. When I was taking the open half gallon of milk to the kitchen (to leave in the fridge in case campers wanted it for coffee/breakfast) she stopped me and said, "You're not going to tip the milk out, are you?" Which sounds silly, but I really appreciated the fact that she wasn't going to waste anything. We had been fretting packing since we had packed all of our clothes in those vacuum space bags, and when I was paying for the night I saw a vacuum in the office and she let me use it to seal down all of our bags. As we were finishing up packing they came over to the camper and asked about our trip, and then gave us a lovely Maori magnet from Rotorua. Despite our miscommunication the night before, they were, hands down, some of the best hosts we had on our trip, and sent us on our way back to the States on a high note.

Beautiful wee spot by the lake. Lovely friendly hosts. The place is spotless and the grounds immaculate. Would highly recommend staying with these guys. They are how people used to be before the world started going nuts!! Thanku very much.?

Amazing little spot. Great views and clean facilities.

Beautiful little camp ground!!! Staff are awesome, super nice and extra accommodating!!! Excellent facilities, lovely and clean and a very well equipped kitchen. Nice peaceful spot right on the lake...lots o locals walk the track each day and all are so friendly. Dog friendly all year round, dog activity parks 2 min walk along the lakeside. I've camped in many places, this nice camp ground is definitely up the top of the ladder for me. LOVE IT!! Thanks Ben n Co ?⚘?

Tidy campground, clean bathrooms, serene locality (just by the lake), close to all shops and affordable! If you are planning to camp in and around Waikato, do consider this place.