A good place if you need a spot near Auckland or Piha. There are spots on less of a slant and we didn’t find it to be an issue. The bathrooms were freshly cleaned around 5pm. The water fill is slow but works. The visitor center is really nice and a good place to hang out if you need out of the heat

Basically it's a carpark on a hill, but it felt safe and there's a nice walk you can do from it. There's flushing toilets and a water fountain.

Beautiful view from the lookout and nice facilities. Plenty of space. Sucks you have to pay but probably the best you will get in the area. All the parking spaces are on a slight angle but it’s not too bad.

Visitor center parking, very quiet, and very clean restrooms. Well located for hiking. Too bad the parking spaces are on a slope...

This is the parking lot of the Arataki Visitor Centre. Restrooms, drinking water, and benches are available. There are beautiful views of the valley. Around 5/6 p.m., many workmen arrive after work and wash their hands there. It gets noisy from 7 a.m. onwards because the work begins. A very bright lantern is on all night, shining into the car. It's OK, but not worth 17 NZD. There's nothing better in the region, though. As a solo female traveler, I felt comfortable.

We arrived in the dark so the beautiful view was a lovely surprise to wake up to. Toilets behind education centre open 24/7 which were clean. Tap water in front of the education centre. Visitor centre well worth a visit before you leave. Booking process was a pain, you need a NZ number to make an account (we grabbed a travellers SIM card from Spark at Intl airport)

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Really enjoyed staying here! Lovely little walks around in the forest and great visitor centre to visit. Toilets have a little washing sink outside which is ideal if you want to wash your dishes and save your own water.

6/10 for the following reasons -had to pay - it’s really basic, it’s fine and didn’t mind sleeping here (felt safe etc) but it’s literally just a carpark. Nice view though. But felt it’s a lot of money for what it is…. - the parking spots are all slanted and at an angle so didn’t sleep the best But like it’s fine. Nice toilets. Just annoying had to pay as we’ve been to heaps nicer ones for free. Only stay if you have to

Really nice and quiet spot. We were with one other Campervan. Lovely short walks around and amazing views. There are public toilets on the right side of the visitor centre, open all night.