Waikanae Beach TOP 10 Holiday Park

8/10

Excellent

23 Jul 2026

Merianne

Lovely sized family space, short stay but great accommodation thank you

10/10

Exceptional

16 Mar 2026

Peter

Staff are brilliant, pools great, rooms clean & tidy, location amazing, what more could you want. We are booked in again on our way back

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Dec 2025

Jamie

Eveything was great. The location, amenities, playground and we could see our kids from the balcony which was a bonus

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

05 Apr 2025

krystal

Clean and tidy family unit, reception were so friendly and helpful

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2025

Richard

Nothing unique but a standard motel as one would expect.

Didn't like? Having to book on line as I believe booking sites are screwing the industry.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jan 2025

William

Awesome place, friendly staff, very comfortable accomodation, highly recommended.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2024

Christopher

Great views from the apartment we stayed in.

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2024

Jasmine

Loved the beach Bach was perfect for a group/family and walkable to beach. Grateful that it was safe with the rising arm gate which would let you in with the swipe card. Do wish the property we stayed in was fully gated including car so kids could run around the yard we had but it’s close to the main driveway for the holiday park. Doesn’t affect score as it was such a perfect spot and Bach/house loved it

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2024

Toni

Amazing upgrade has been done and made the place even better to stay definitely stay again!!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Apr 2024

Alexandra

Child friendly, great and helpful staff, clean and tidy and felt safe with the children walking around the park.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

27 Apr 2024

Megan

Decent sized unit with everything you need for a family stay. Close to the beach and walking distance to town. Some noise from the road but not too bad.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Feb 2024

Verified traveler

Family oriented

I had booked another property, but had to rebook my entire trip after testing positive for Covid and that hotel was not available.

This is a very family oriented complex with many different kinds of accommodations. All That was available for me was their apartment, which was fine though I really did not need all of the kitchen facilities. I did appreciate all that space for a change though.

The bathroom had soap and towels left over from the last guest.

I made the reservation with Hotels.com which requested a deposit for my three nights stay. But they charge me for the full stay ahead of time. And I’m observing that this may be a problem with Gisborne accommodations: my original pre-Covid hotel, charged me for the full stay six months out ahead of time. I wrote that property and requested a refund which they did give me. I definitely suggest guests in Gisborne keep an eye out that the payment and payment arrangements are what they agreed to on Hotels.com

Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Feb 2024

Cynnelle

Awesome apartment. View was stunning.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Dec 2023

Jaime

Location

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2023

Darylene

The only reason we gave a 4 was due to the pool being closed one day of our stay otherwise it was absolutely awesome

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jul 2023

Kenneth

We really enjoyed that the property was intersting and engaging for our son. The heated indoor pool was a favourite. My wife and I like being so close to town and the beach. The room was spacious and comfortable but the cooking facilities were cramped and some basic untensils weren't provided. Overall though we really enjoyed our stay.

8/10

Excellent

11 May 2023

Mike

Great convenient place, excellent staff and room was clean.
Only fault was the shower pressure was terrible.
Basically dribbled out the shower head which could do with replacing.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

18 Nov 2022

Melvyn

Friendly welcome when checking in. Need your key to get in to the property when you go past the office though. It’s a sensor gate. Variety of rooms to choose from. I stayed in a 2 bedroom unit. Bunk, single and queen. Has a small lounge but modern bathroom. Welll kept and enough for my family and me. Don’t know if it was worth the $300 though but grateful to get the room at the last minute.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

06 Nov 2022

Brianna

Great site!, staff were super friendly, kids loved the pool & playground. Will definitely be back 😊

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

26 Sep 2022

Moana

Our stay was wonderful. Close to amenities and an all round relaxing atmosphere.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2022

Don

All the hotels were full and this was an acceptable alternative for 2 x travellers on business

Business

8/10

Excellent

04 Feb 2022

Lorraine

Beautiful location plenty to do

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2022

Sion

Had a great experience. Great facilities and great area to be around. Can’t wait to be back soon.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2022

Bronie

Loved how your right by the beach, so close to town. Air conditioning in rooms. Lovely stay for 2 nights

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jan 2022

Glenda

Close to beach children friendly swimming pool. Room small but adequate

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2022

Markus

Nice little cabin , 50 meters to the beach

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jan 2022

Sally

Cost effective stay for those looking to past through for a night. Be warned, you will be woken early (before 9 am) to ensure you leave at 10 am sharp!

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

31 Oct 2021

Mike

The facility was nothing like the picture on the web site. There are no motel units as the picture suggests. The accommodation is rows of cabin size rooms with no cooking facilities. These facilities are located in communal use areas.. Similarly if you need private bathroom cavities you have cabin with ensuite facilities. Wotif descriptions are grossly misleading. The cost through Wotif is dearer than the usual tariff

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Oct 2021

Hester

A+++

Nice and clean, highly recommend.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

very pleasent

Business Friends

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Was reasonably priced for being right on the beach and at short notice, late check in was easy and when I booked over the phone the guy was friendly and helpful.

The bed was pretty uncomfortable and the duvet had a couple of stains on it which wasn’t ideal but other than that was happy with our stay

2/10

Poor

20 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

My refund

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

Great stay

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

awesome people... awesome price... awesome place

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

18 May 2021

Verified traveler

Value for money was disappointing.

Business_and_leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 May 2021

Verified traveler

Very basic kitchen...

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

13 May 2021

Verified traveler

The room wasnt clean ie toiletpaper stuck on mirror and on showerfloor with ants Stain on wall by toilet Couldnt use one communal kitchen as shut .Overpriced for what it was

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

11 May 2021

Verified traveler

Clean and comfortable.

Business_and_leisure Self

4/10

Poor

09 May 2021

Verified traveler

I thought I had booked room with bathroom toilet..was disappoint ed room only ...but facilities. Not too far from room an d clean..

Business Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2021

Verified traveler

We could walk where we wanted to go

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2021

Verified traveler

Good facilities

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

26 Apr 2021

Gerard

Not good value !

The Waikanae Holiday Park is very good as far as holiday parks go, with clean spacious facilities. The park even has a covert heated swimming pool, children's playground and tennis court. My cabin had a bunk bed and table and three chairs, nothing else. I had to use communal shower, toilet and water supply. Considering all this, I must say, the accommodation at the Waikannae Holiday Park was the least value for money stay I have ever had !

Self

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

Great stay but the staff made it extra by going out of their way to accommodate our requests - we really appreciated it. We also appreciated their consideration for our mobility limitations so we were located right next to our parking spot. Will definitely be back. Thank you

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

Great location, comfortable bed, really clean, but cabins in need of refurbishment. Bathroom very dated and worn. Other rooms are newer so experiences may differ!

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

13 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

Over priced room with nothing in it, did have a shared kitchen and shared toilets & Showers

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

The weather was awesome.the camp is always clean and has friendly staff ,always willing to help with any enquiries

Friends_and_family Partner

4/10

Poor

06 Apr 2021

Verified traveler

Room partially made and sort of clean.... no cooking equipment, plates or utensils available anywhere...

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Stayed in 2 bedroom unit. Very old and tired. Stained carpet and creaky doors.
Shower pressure terrible, chipped paint and old. But clean , clean floor and sheets.
We used fold out couch - which had old sheets on it. Maybe they werent expecting us to pull it out?!.
Air vent in bathroom was full of fluff and looked like it hadnt been cleaned in years.

Parking is super tight - we have a people mover and it was a nightmare if the other cars were there.

However. Friendly lovely staff.
The pool is awesome. Cool slide.

Games room is poor - the one arcade game - air hockey was broken.
They had a chessboard but had broken parts.
Good playground for little kids.

Overall - we didnt think was “top10” standard. But was ok.
Beautiful beach and awesome pool. But not worth the price for such old rooms.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

20 Mar 2021

yvonne

Even on a rainy day.

easy to find location , great by the beach, comfortable, handy to teaturant, amazing swim compleax on site.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Fantastic central location. Friendly helpful staff. Immaculately maintained. Quiet. Good soundproofing in cabins.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Waikanae Hotel, East Coast

Bedding, linen, rooms are cleanly presented. Ablutions showers, toilets, washing facilities are tops. Kitchen and bbq facilities tops. Access by personal fob key best I've experienced. Parking spaces are genetous. Bays could be of wider width. Large indoor swimming pool was under used due to close to beach I guess.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Close to beach and a nice takeaways across the road.

Business Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

This place has a great beachfront location and good amenities. Cleanliness and service was faultless. The place is showing its age here and there. There's a very busy road nearby, which is no aid to a restful sleep at night.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

Great lkcation good price snd helpful staff
Ideal sce kn tbe beach. Food outlet over the road
Would stay there again

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

22 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

No storage for suitcases, food and in the bathroom, no where for toilet bag and no towel rail. Everything had to live on the floor. Even the small bar type fridge which should have been raised up was also sitting on the floor.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

The holiday park was next to the beach and close to town. Unfortunately it was noisy during the week with trucks going to and from the port along the road behind the park

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

On the beach basically fantastic walking good food and drinks across the road

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2020

Lyndon

Great facilities and great atmosphere and friendly staff

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Nov 2020

Rozella

Compact unit close to Beach in Gisborn

Compact unit with firm double bed and two bedside tables, and two bar stools. Nowhere to put your bag other than the floor, and nowhere to sit other than on the bed itself.
No airconditioning unit in the room, but it did have a sliding window

Business

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2020

Verified traveler

Great location, by the beach, near city centre!
No more to add 😎

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

13 Nov 2020

ann

MAKE SURE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOLLOWED.ANN.

BOOKED IN FOR 2 NIGHTS BUT ON GETTING THERE ONE NIGHT BOOKED IN SO HAD TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR SECOND NIGHT.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2020

Verified traveler

Excellent customer service, prompt communications and really easy to deal with

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Oct 2020

Coen

Nice beach stay

Great convenience so close to Gisborne.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2020

-

Lovely accommodation and PR is super accommodating.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

20 Jul 2020

Clair

Our event was cancelled so the staff did not get to stay at your premises.
We look forward to trying again when the weather is a little more stable.

Business

8/10

Excellent

19 Jul 2020

Verified traveler

Liked the fact that you have to use your key to enter all areas. Nice safety feature. Bed was u fortunately hard and lumpy

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2020

Leane

Very suitable for families. Warm with a heat pump and electric blankets much needed during winter. Only thing was all the beds were very hard :(. Thanks for having us.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Jul 2020

Mark

Really clean, nice kitchen facility and showers/toilets. But a very high price of $100 per night for a basic cabin, no kitchenette or bath facilities. Full facility motels are just $40 more.
Quite good overall but over priced

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Jun 2020

Eugenia

Quite expensive for the tiny cabin with shared facilities. The place itself is beautiful. Close to the beach.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 May 2020

Reon

Cute clean rooms, great service , the girls loved the awesome pool

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Thank you Waikanae Top Ten for an enjoyable stay. This was our 2nd time staying with you over recent years. It is an excellent location, handy to town and the beach and foreshore walk terrific.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Feb 2020

Bunyard

Great location on the beach and close to everything

8/10

Excellent

20 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Location great. Noise from rooms and smokers outside..yuk

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Location is excellent and convenient when touring around the east coast.

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

The unit was very neat and tidy and the overall cleanliness and condition of all the facilities were excellent.

Business Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Close to the beach and town unfortunately people do not care and leave their rubbish strewn everywhere which is unpleasant and unfortunate

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Location friendly welcoming staff who were happy to go out of the way to make our stay as pleasant as possible

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Fantastic location, super spacious room, very clean, great amenities, lovely pool.

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

21 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

I booked this unit through Expedia. Was charged more than 20% more than the going rate. The unit was as basic as you could possibly get.
Very disappointed for the price I paid.
Would never stay there again or book through expedia.

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2020

Leslie Alan

Pleasant place to stay.

The location is excellent, right on the beach and with a couple of restaurants in walking distance.

It's close to the town centre and a pleasant 20 minute walk from the harbour.

Good facilities for children.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

The best of beach life with everything available for the whole whanau to enjoy. Swimming pool, bouncy pillow my mokos enjoyed the time they had.
A great distraction from the recent loss of a much loved papa - our reason for being in Gisbourne

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Didn’t like fence around property - likes all the activities available

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2019

Brent

Back again

Back for 2 nights, even though school holz was quite, cleaners need to check behind tv cabinet but hey all good

8/10

Excellent

10 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

The pool is a hit for the kids and the location is central to everything

Family

6/10

Pleasant

04 Jun 2019

Raymond

the holiday park was just ordinary, price to high for what was in the room, bunk bed, small table, 3 chairs, and a jug, plus a wall heater.

6/10

Pleasant

20 May 2019

Ronald

Top Ten Holiday Park Stay

When I booked this site, I wasn't aware that we had a room with no Facilities we were told we had to share Showers and Toilets etc, so we had to pay an upgrade to get at least our own Shower (Average) and Toilet. other wise it was suitable , we have stayed in Top ten in a previous visit to NZ and it was \"Hit & Miss\" then ,the staff at the office were very nice and helpful, but in future we may not choose Top Ten again

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

The location, the layout and the comfort and choice of a cabin, a ensuite cabin etc

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2019

BT

Great well priced place, good facilities and staff

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

Very well located and easy walking distance to shopping centre,

8/10

Excellent

12 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

handy to everywhere i needed to go. walking along the beach was great.

Friends_and_family Partner

4/10

Poor

08 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

The Expedia description did not indicate our room did not have a toilet. Had to use shared toilet and shower facilities. There was a shared kitchen facility on site,in a separate building, but no plates or cutlery and cooking utensils in very poor condition. Also there is a $2 charge for a towel. Kinda hard to shower without one. Unless you like roughing it give this one a miss.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

The central location of the holiday park enabled my partner and I to walk to the places we visited. We were able to leave our car at the park which for the duration of our stay in Gisborne for a family celebration.

Friends_and_family Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Nice accom. Stones throw from beach. Female shared bathroom/toilet was adequate but my partner said the males ablution block was awful both days (we stayed one night. Room was very tidy but TINY for the cost. Well set up for families with young children. Conveniently close to town/supermarkets/restaurants etc.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

'While it was what it is I is not my first choose of accommodation I will try and avoid this type of accommodation
That's not to say it was an OK experience

8/10

Excellent

05 Nov 2018

Gwynell

Delightful stop by the beach

Quiet comfy unit with fluffy towels and crisp white sheets, good sized bathroom and kitchen and bbq nearby. Close location to the beach, city and Sunshine Brewery.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Nice hotel, very clean and tidy didn’t have any issues with the room. We were pleased that the there was no limit on when you had to return to get through the site gates.

8/10

Excellent

26 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

Nice, tidy, simple accommodation at a great beach setting

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2018

Vince

Easy walk to the beach. Lots of amenities for kids and adults. Bathrooms were clean and well maintained.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Feb 2018

Duncan

Missing cookware and utensils

The room was reasonably comfortable and clean and the service was generally OK, but we were not warned in advance that we would be required to provide our own cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery. This requirement is quite outside our previous experience. Also although the kitchen was spacious and clean, it had a rather unpleasant aroma, which reminded me of stale cheese.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Feb 2018

Max

OK place to stay

Was a nice room (double room suite) but the bed was squeaky and very uncomfortable. But other than that it was nice and the staff I found absolutely amazing, very friendly and inviting.