Dickson Holiday Park

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The owners are lovely and down to earth. Elena took the time to help us find a place that suits our needs best. The park is beautiful, surrounded by trees and hills, plus the Tararu river goes right through, ending with a gorgeous waterhole inside the park. We only needed a place to stay and ended up having an incredibly enjoyable time, and can't wait to come back and check out the hiking trails nearby. Totally worth it:)

Friendly staff, all of the facilities were really clean. I got some useful tips from the reception staff on spots to swim in the creek, and they were happy to take my details to look out for me when I was hiking solo to the Pinnacles summit. Can’t fault it for the price of a bed in a shared dorm! Good location and a decent amount of options for cooking (oven, grill, hob, toaster, BBQs). The avocado tree across from reception also was a great bonus - I was gutted that there weren’t any ripe enough to eat over the few days I stayed.

It is with a heavy heart that I have to give this super low review, and cannot recommend this Holiday Park to anyone staying more then one night and using the Holiday Park as a pass through traveling up the Thames Coast. My family and I have been using this Holiday Park regularly for 20 years and twice in 2023 we have had to tolerate rude, entitled and incompetent customer service from Lisa with her "what you see is what you get" attitude (yes Lisa actually said this), we are unable to further tolerate in the future. #1 Tip for the Holiday Park is Lisa as first point of contact has to go! Four nights stay in Caravan D at $120.00 per night (peak season) Unpowered tent sight on a flat level section $60.00 per night, next to the Pioneers Kitchen. Holiday Park was not busy over peak season. Car parks available.

A very popular old school Holiday camp site. We stay there often. Clean, tidy and eco friendly. Great location to township and coastal beaches. Management are friendly. Cleaning staff are efficient and helpful. Well be going back to stay this summer as well. The swimming pool is clean and a definite bonus in for an evening swim after all day at the beach.

We thought we would see how the new owners had changed the camp after the old owners had lost interest in it. And the new owners are no better!! The standard of cleanliness in the ablution block did not exist. They should read their own signs in there Toilets stunk no replacement towels etc

So my son called as he had heard Dickson Holiday Park was open for long term rental. He spoke to a gentleman on the phone who confirmed they are. He asked if my son is working? Yes, my son replied. He is doing a building apprenticeship for a well regarded local builder. How old is he, the man asked. 18 my son said. Was it just for him? Yes, single accommodation, my son replied. We do have something available he said, come over after two. We did. We arrived to the property, called the phone as the office was unattended. We let the woman on the other end of the phone know that we were the ones here to see the cabin available for long term rent. She came down, let us in and demanded to know if we were vaccinated. "No one is allowed on site who is not fully vaccinated". We produced our vax passes and she had to go off to get her phone to scan our passes. She then returned, scanned our passes with shaking hands. Once scanned in, she told us that there was no long term rentals available. We said the man said there was. She asked how old my son is. We said he is 18, so she started to tell us how they don't rent to anyone under 40! She also asked where he was from. We said Thames. She then told us that they don't rent to anyone local.....as "why can't you just live at home!" She was SO rude and obnoxious! I don't believe she was telling us the truth at all as the man would have said these things, over the phone first! My son is clearly NOT 40 or older....but he is a gorgeous shade of brown. Such a good, handsome lad. He has told me he gets treated differently because of his darker colour, but this time I saw it with my OWN EYES!! Heart breaking to see Racism alive and well in our small town. Shame on you Dickson Holiday Park. How dare you treat my son so poorly. How about get out of the dark ages (no pun intended) and pull your head out. Does not matter, he has found much better accommodation at Tapu now. I don't want him anywhere near toxic people like yourselves. Utterly disgusted in you!