Motueka Top 10 Holiday Park — Hotel in South Island

We are currently touring the North and South Island in our own campervan and have stayed at over fifteen Top 10 sites over the past 3 months. We booked to stay at this site for a week and it was the first time I have felt uncomfortable and overwhelmed with the volume of caravans and groups crammed onto the 8m x 8m pitches. If you have anything larger than a 4 man tent and a gazebo then my tip would be to book 2 sites to give you some breathing room as the powered sites provided are far to small and very close together so you have to get on with your neighbour and be prepared to listen to there conversations. Once you’ve pitched your tent there is no room for your car. This leads to people abandoning and squeezing there cars where ever they can find a space.

I fully understand that we visited during “peak” holiday time and many kiwis are taking advantage of exploring there own country but I feel this site did not put customer comfort first. The non powered area looked empty and we were envious of the space and quiet that they had!

The bathrooms struggled with the volume of guests and I think a busy site like this really could do with putting time restrictions on the showers to prevent people taking half hour showers which left the walls and ceilings dripping wet.

On a positive note all the facilities were of a high standard, the pool is excellent for family’s. The kitchens and bathrooms were kept clean and the close proximity to Motueka high street and surrounding areas was spot on for a visit to the Abel Tasman. There’s a small on site shop selling all the essentials and the usual laundry ($4 wash $4 for 40 min dry) TV room and games room. The kids enjoyed the jumping pillow and films shown each evening.

There is also a wood fired pizza 🍕 van onsite on fridays.

I am sure that during off peak times this site would be very pleasant to visit.

The only other negative point I’d like to make was how the owner/manager (Ben) was very keen to make sure we left bang on 10am, he literally circled us from 9:45am on his ride on lawn mower, we found this behaviour pretty strange when there were still many more campers still packing up around us. We understand that grass needs cutting but surely this could wait until we left?

I feel my review is fair and hope that this Top 10 site can take my points on board without being...

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