Mighty River Domain, Lake Karapiro — Hotel in North Island

Not the best experience. The lady at the reception was great and helpful, and I really appreciate the service. The facilities looked new and of high quality, but they could be applied so much better. OK here we go. You want to save water and our precious energy. I get it, and I'm all FOR it. But surely there are better ways to do this than a motion sensing shower. The female bathroom has no light switches, but a sensor light. During my 10-min shower, the light turned off FIVE times. OH and it gets better. Moving around in your shower doesn't count as 'moving' to the sensor apparently, so I had to literally walk out of the shower, completely naked, freezing, with soap or water on my body, and move like stupid to get the light back on. Meanwhile, the precious water cannot be turned off, because you can only turn it on to get around 2 mins of water. When I was putting soap on me, putting shampoo on me, or storming out to get the light back on, the water won't turn off. And when I actually need the water to rinse myself, the water refuses to turn on. I could have taken a 5 min shower, but the stupid system took me more than 15 mins. Meanwhile, my friend, who has finished shower and was putting his clothes back on, got wet all of a sudden because the water 'sensed' his existence. I strongly doubt how much water and electricity this system will save, but it definitely left me the worst shower experience. You guys have such a lovely place and great facilities....

We have stayed here many times over the past years. A place to catch up with friends from around the country, unfortunately 4 motorhomes were turned down when wanting to book as we were told they were full.The next day we turned up for the Powerboat racing and surprise,surprise there were vacant sites, not full at all. The worst thing was that another couple we spoke to booked in on Thursday and were told they had to pay for 3 people per night even though there were only 2 of them and this was at a higher rate because of the racing even though the racing was only on Saturday and Sunday.This couple had traveled from the Bay of Islands and had stayed at the camp before but NOT on these terms!! What is going on Waikato!! From now on we will be staying at another motorcamp where the Hosts were friendly and welcoming, thankyou Leamington Motorcamp you have created a...

The Mighty River Domain is a fabulous spot, with easy access to Lake Karapiro. The camp itself has good facilities although some of it is a bit run down. Neither of the hand dryers in the lower mens toilets worked, nor the interior lights during the night. One of the hand dryers in the ladies also didn't work. One of the ovens in the shared kitchen just didn't heat. Over the long Waitangi weekend the cleaning also seemed to not happen on the public holiday when the camp was at its busiest?! We had some concerns about access controls and did notice that people seemed to be able to enter without being properly checked for vaccine passes. On the positive side the staff were very friendly and helpful. Fantastic location almost made up for the issues though and the pricing...