Parklands Marina Holiday Park
Location: 10 Beach Road, Picton, nz
Star Rating: 4 Stars
Property Type: Holiday park
About this Property
Family-Friendly Accommodation
Parklands Marina Holiday Park in Waikawa is the perfect family getaway with an outdoor pool, jumping pillow, and children's playground, ensuring endless fun for the little ones.
Convenient Amenities
Enjoy the convenience of a communal kitchen, shared bathroom facilities, and self-service laundry. For fishing enthusiasts, there's a dedicated fish cleaning area, while the covered outdoor dining area with BBQ facilities is ideal for gatherings.
Ideal Location for Outdoor Enthusiasts
Located near Picton in the Marlborough Sounds, surrounded by nature, the holiday park offers easy access to a range of outdoor activities including boating, walking, diving, and fishing.
Book your stay at Parklands Marina Holiday Park for a memorable family retreat amidst nature's beauty.
Important Information
This property does not accommodate bachelor(ette) or similar parties.
Please inform of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
Swimming pool: Closed from Thu, May 7, 2026 until Thu, Oct 22, 2026
Policies
Check-in: 02:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Electric bicycle charging station
- Parking
- Non-smoking rooms
- Swimming pool
- Terrace
- Family rooms
- BBQ facilities
- Tour desk
- Shared lounge/TV area
- Shared kitchen
- Kids' outdoor play equipment
- Paid WiFi
- Outdoor furniture
- Fence around pool
- Staff adhere to local safety protocols
- Guest rooms disinfected between stays
- Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
- Physical distancing rules followed
- Cashless payment available
- Fire extinguishers
- First aid kit available
- Sanitized tableware & silverware
- Invoice provided
- Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
- Smoke alarms
- Shared stationery like menus, pens are removed
- Guest room sealed after cleaning
- CCTV outside property
- Process in place to check health of guests
- 24-hour security
- Security alarm
- Billiards or pool table
- Access to nearby outdoor pool
- Playground on site
- Beach umbrellas
- Pool sun loungers
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Internet access
- Games
- Private picnics
- Exercise/lap pool
- Japanese garden
- Secured parking
- Fishing nearby
- Swimming nearby
- Bicycle-friendly property
- Electric bicycle charging station
- Paddle boating nearby
Rooms Available
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Family Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Self contained family unit - 4 people)
1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds
Furnished balcony/patio with park views
Layout - Bedroom
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Kitchen with stovetop, microwave, cookware/dishware, and coffee/tea maker
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, and rainfall showerhead
Practical - Iron/ironing board (on request)
Comfort - Heating
Need to Know - No housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Kitchen
- Stovetop
- Toaster
- Toilet paper
- Free WiFi
- Rainfall showerhead
- Furnished balcony or patio
- Bedsheets provided
- No housekeeping
- Soap
- Toothbrush and toothpaste available
- Toothbrush and toothpaste not available
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Family Suite, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Kitchen (Self contained family uni)
1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds
Furnished balcony/patio with park views
Layout - Bedroom
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Kitchen with stovetop, microwave, cookware/dishware, and coffee/tea maker
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, and rainfall showerhead
Practical - Iron/ironing board (on request)
Comfort - Heating
Need to Know - No housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Kitchen
- Stovetop
- Toaster
- Toilet paper
- Free WiFi
- Rainfall showerhead
- Furnished balcony or patio
- Bedsheets provided
- No housekeeping
- Soap
- Toothbrush and toothpaste available
- Toothbrush and toothpaste not available
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Standard Cabin
Our standard cabins are one room units with TV, table and chairs. They have an outside sitting area and share the communal bathroom and kitchen facilities.
All beds are made and towels provided.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- TV
- Seating Area
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Private entrance
- Electric kettle
- Linen
- Outdoor furniture
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Smoke alarm
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Studio Self Contained
Our studio units are fully self contained one room units. The units have a private toilet, shower, kitchen, TV and the queen bed is made up. They have a private outside sitting area.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Seating Area
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Kitchen
- Private entrance
- Dining area
- Electric kettle
- Stovetop
- Toaster
- Linen
- Outdoor furniture
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Body soap
- Smoke alarm
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Kitchenette Cabin
Our kitchenette cabins have a fully self contained kitchen, TV, table, chairs and drawers and share the communal toilet and shower facilities. They have a private outside sitting area.
All beds are made and towels provided.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- TV
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Seating Area
- Microwave
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Kitchen
- Private entrance
- Dining area
- Electric kettle
- Stovetop
- Toaster
- Linen
- Outdoor furniture
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Trash cans
- Wine glasses
- Cots
- Smoke alarm
-
Standard Cabin
Our standard cabins are one room units with TV, table and chairs. They have an outside sitting area and share the communal bathroom and kitchen facilities.
All beds are made and towels provided.
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- TV
- Seating Area
- Heating
- Shared toilet
- Private entrance
- Electric kettle
- Linen
- Outdoor furniture
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Trash cans
- Cots
- Smoke alarm
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Deluxe Family Room
The fully equipped kitchen has a stovetop, a refrigerator, kitchenware and a microwave. This family room features a seating area, a patio, garden views and a private bathroom. The unit has 3 beds.
Max Occupancy: 5 (5 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Seating Area
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Kitchen
- Private entrance
- Dining area
- Electric kettle
- Stovetop
- Toaster
- Linen
- Dining table
- Outdoor furniture
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Wine glasses
- Cots
- Body soap
- Smoke alarm
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Family Room
The fully equipped kitchen has a stovetop, a refrigerator, kitchenware and a microwave. This family room features a seating area, a patio, garden views and a private bathroom. The unit has 3 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Seating Area
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Kitchen
- Private entrance
- Dining area
- Electric kettle
- Stovetop
- Toaster
- Linen
- Dining table
- Outdoor furniture
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Wine glasses
- Cots
- Body soap
- Smoke alarm
Guest Reviews
- Jacob (9/5): -
- jing (8/5): 卫生间不在房间里 让我意外 - 房间干净。环境安静。 卫生间不在房间内。
- McGregor (8/5): - Good parking, location. Comfy beds.
- Louize (10/5): -
- Claire (10/5): Beautiful place. Highly recommend - Beautiful and clean with a super comfortable bed. Friendly staff. There wasn’t anything I didn’t like.
- Wendy (8/5): -
- Leratooo (10/5): - Very good and the staff in particular are very very friendly and welcoming
- Bettina (8/5): Spacious, quiet park like setting - Staff were friendly The rooms were a good size and clean.
Parking was easy and we had 2 long (9 metres+) vehicles
Beds were comfortable but a bit soft for us.
Modern decor with well equipped kitchen. Yay! a set of decent sized bowls for cereal or pasta. Dim lighting.
No face cloths/flannels provided, only towels The liquid hand soap was watered down making it really hard to keep in your hand.
- Joanna (9/5): Excellent and would stay there again. - Immaculate toilet facilitites.
Tidy cabins , nicely set out & homely.
- Ana (10/5): -
- Meryl (9/5): Very helpful friendly staff -
- Evan (10/5): -
- Romain (9/5): -
- Guadalupe (10/5): - Everything was perfect. We went with our kids and we found it a perfect place to stay with them
- Fletcher (6/5): -
- Ben (10/5): It's a yes from me. - Everything Nothing
- Lynette (9/5): I would recommend the holiday park especially for families - The cabins were very spacious and clean.
We had a television that actually worked.
The setting was beautiful, lots of trees, outdoor seating and the cabins were quite spaced out.
- Jason (10/5): -
- Lee-Anne (9/5): -
- Raewyn (7/5): Great location before an early morning ferry crossing - Great location and friendly staff Was surprised not to have an ensuite bathroom given the cost of the accommodation
- Andrew (9/5): - Lovely site quiet but vonvenient Site used by ferry passengers some people coming in or going out thro the night
- jean luc (8/5): - Presque tout Rién
- Brandon (10/5): -
- Guy (7/5): Friendly staff, clean facilities, easy to find. - Very picturesque, worth the short trip out from town.
- Anthony (6/5): -
- Neville (7/5): - Nice and clean
- Marie-Luise (10/5): - Sehr komfortabel und sauber. Sehr nettes Personal.
- Keiran (10/5): Great value - Great staff. Child friendly facilities everything was clean and well presented. Would highly recommend this holiday park! Leaving.
- Karen (9/5): Loved it booked again already - Private quiet helpful friendly staff. Modern clean ex amenities King bed ?!! Could reach husband
- Rehr (10/5): - Clean and comfortable, great position and close yo Marina to eat.
- cindy (10/5): -
- kane (10/5): always a pleasure to stay here - as always... clean an tidy, great location.
- Leanne (10/5): - Very helpful staff
- gagö (8/5): -
- Nina (9/5): -
- Tim (8/5): -
- Michelle (9/5): -
- Butler (7/5): - Access to town. When booking, it was stated the room had a bathroom/toilet included.
Wasn't so. Booking.com gave false information. Not happy, that's 2 strikes.
- Tamás (10/5): -
- Lan (8/5): -
- Annalese (7/5): - Very clean staff were friendly and a beautiful setting Nothing
- Barbara (9/5): Lovely quiet camp site, thoughtfully designed. - A nice quiet site, we stayed in a cabin with veranda & wasn’t overlooked as each property was well spaced out.
- Angela (10/5): -
- Kate (9/5): - Great service, clean and tidy
- Froukje Spaak (8/5): - Compact cabin with everything we needed.
- Gein1 (8/5): - Arriving after midnight, a map was provided but finding the numbers on the huts was near to impossible.
- Veronique (9/5): Super - Tout Rien
- Katherine (7/5): - The location to the marina where we were during the day. The unit was hot and there was no air conditioner available. While we had all doors and windows open for an hour before going to sleep.
The stove was VERY slow to poach our eggs.
- Amy (9/5): - Fabulous stay, had all we could need and comfortable.
- Holger Pohlmann (9/5): -
- Alan (9/5): Pleasant. - Overall very comfortable and conveniently situated for our visit. No need for change.
- Natasha (10/5): Quiet camp with a bouncy pillow - Bouncy pillow and sandpit was great for the littles. Quiet camp feel. Bed was comfy. Clean. Room felt a bit cramped. Didn’t feel like we had any privacy, people walked up and down our patio(?)
No beach or trail access
- Joanne (8/5): Short stay but comfortable - A very comfortable room
- Sarah (9/5): -
- Sarah (9/5): -
- Edward (8/5): -
- Pierre (9/5): -
- Trish (10/5): -
- Abigail (10/5): Beautiful room with everything we needed. - Very comfortable room with beautiful furnishings. There was a very homey vibe and care had been made to ensure you had what you needed. Even had decent amount of milk. Thank you
- Patrick (9/5): very good - It was all very comfortable and private.
- Clinton (9/5): -
- Raewyn (9/5): Thank you for your kind hospitality - Privacy, nice clean little unit. I think the wifi may have been affected by the terrible weather also. I was allowed to check in early which I really appreciated as our first flight was at 5am, we arrived in Blenheim 9am and weren't due at conference until 430pm. I was able to catch a quick nap and freshen up Nothing, I would definitely stay there again
- Sarah (10/5): -
- Christy (9/5): -
- Ruth (10/5): -
- Ilona (9/5): -
- Kate (8/5): - Clean and great location, lovely camping grounds. A squeaky bunk bed made sleep pretty difficult
- Hayden (9/5): -
- Nithil (7/5): -
- Geoff (9/5): -
- Kara Nicole (10/5): Helpful and accomodating hosts, very good location and comfy beds. - It was very clean, beds were very comfy, location was good (near the centre, beach and Karaka Point. Hosts were very accomodating despite the date changes, overall good experience.
- Te Ahorangi (9/5): Really lovely staff. Tidy cabins, grounds and shared facilities. 10/10 will be back! - Really nice little place to stay, wish we were there for a little bit longer. Tidy, quiet little cabins, clean pool & was nice and cold.
- Catherine (10/5): A gorgeous location for our stay in beautiful Picton. Handy for hikes and the Marina. - Clean, comfortable, well equipped cabin in beautiful location. Nothing
- Tania (10/5): -
- Amie (8/5): Would stay again the lady at the reception was lovely and helpful. - It was clean and tidy Play ground is a bit sad
- Guylaine (8/5): -
- Corle (8/5): -
- Lisa (9/5): Clean and well equipped - The one bed unit was perfect, has everything you need and was super clean with a very comfy bed. The staff were friendly and helpful
- Rudi (9/5): -
- Alasdair Smith (8/5): -
- Ellie (10/5): Nice place to stop over on our way. - Very Clean and peaceful.
The staff were very nice and friendly.
The kitchen was well equipped and lovely to use.
- Stu (10/5): -
- Nevan Bridge (8/5): I was catching the ferry early in the morning. Bed and room were excellent. Very quiet. - Ease of registering along with very pleasant office staff. room and facilities were clean and comfortable Distance from the main town and ferry.
- Liz (8/5): - Great facilities
- David (9/5): - Loved the quiet space. Nothing. Loved it all.
- phillips (8/5): -
- Nerolee (10/5): Lovely quiet place to stay. - It was very neat and tidy. Close to everything. Kids loved the pool, jumping pillow and playground.
- Graham (10/5): Relaxing place - Very helpful receptionist, easy to get around, clean and tidy grounds and rooms, good restaurant up the road, Jolly Roger ,
- Carolina (10/5): -
- Bruno (8/5): Pratique - Une étape sur la route après le ferry
- Raewyn (10/5): -
- Maggi (9/5): - No shampoo provided
- Albert (9/5): - 位置优越,员工非常友善,房间整洁舒适 無
- sharon (8/5): -
- Jan (8/5): Had a party to attend so only needed room to sleep. The cabin was very clean and comfy and all facir -
- KM (9/5): - The place was good Access to toilet from rooms. Not to expectations
- Nicol (10/5): - Absolutely loved the bed, so comfortable! Didn't stay long enough
- sharon (7/5): Every thing is tidy and The staff is friendly. Hopefully, the Wi-Fi would be fixed up when I return. - It’s very tidy bedroom. The kitchen facilities are also nice. The Wi-Fi didn’t work for my night.
- Rosie (10/5): Extremely pleasant, lovely surroundings, very pleasant and helpful staff. - Everything was very clean. A few signs in the kitchen explaining how the cook tops worked, and where the power switches for turning the power on to the cook tops was.😁
- Aat (9/5): -
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