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    Lake Maraetai

    Free CampsitesTaupo, Waikato New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Lake Maraetai

    Free CampsitesTaupo, Waikato New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Lake Maraetai
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    Review Summary

    193Positive
    Negative6

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    Lake Rd,Mangakino
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    Reviews

    10 Reviews

    Anonymous
    Mar 14, 2026
    Positive

    Great spot, outside cold shower, great views. Can get busier on weekends but didn’t bother me. ***TOILETS CURRENTLY CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, but there’s a public one about 2mins drive up the road by the cemetery!

    Sharon
    Mar 9, 2026
    Positive

    Great spot, especially if you have kids with a playground. Clean, calm and good amount of space

    Anonymous
    Feb 21, 2026
    Positive

    Highly recommend staying here. Very calm. Quite busy at weekends.

    Anonymous
    Jan 26, 2026
    Positive

    Nice and relaxing spot. Playground and water platform on the lake. Toilets and outdoor cold shower. Lots of spaces. A bit of music from a nearby car early evening.

    Anonymous
    Nov 23, 2025
    Positive

    Clean place, calm and relaxing ! You can enjoy the lake with a platform on the water, toilets are clean, barbecue on the sport and outdoors showers

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    Elisa
    Oct 28, 2025
    Positive

    Amazing spot!!! -very clean bathroom with mirror and sink -lots of parking spot -barbecue -lake view -playground for kids -tap water -good signal

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    Maddy
    Oct 5, 2025
    Positive

    Great view, lots of space, play area / grassy area nearby. There’s a coffee truck open some days onsite. It’s a great starting point for walking/cycling the river trail. Phone signal & clean loos.

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    Anonymous
    Aug 7, 2025
    Positive

    Great place, very clean flush toilet, barbeque hot plate, plenty of parking, drinking water tap, near lake and amazing view... 😍😍

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    Anonymous
    Jul 1, 2025
    Positive

    A very beautiful campsite at the end of road and by the lake. Super quiet when I was there. Toilets are the cleanest I’ve seen in my travels here. Late nights and mornings are very foggy. So if you’re driving around this time, take extra care. Cute Cafe about a 3 min drive called Atas cafe! Good stuff there.

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    Jessie
    Apr 21, 2025
    Positive

    Really nice place to park, we arrived early evening and there were plenty of spaces you can park overnight in either car park. Toilets were clean and there is drinking water but doesn’t come out that fast. Decent phone signal and very pet friendly. Lots of dogs running around :)

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