McLaren Vale Lakeside Caravan Park

Locate good. Paid in full in April 2022 and while we were travelling in December received a email saying that we owed money. Price increases of $72.00. Had to paid after phoning them. Questioned the matter 3 times and the last office staff I spoke to said that she will email the Owner RUTH and get her to contact us. Never happened. I will never stay at another Discovery Park again. It was also reported to the gentleman that ride to 4 wheeler bike that the previous person next to my site that there’s dog dropping that needed to be pick up. He couldn’t even do that. This caravan park should be reported to the health department not enough toilets in the morning. Please reimburse the extra charge as we were not giving enough notice of the increase and were not able to cancel booking. Site 149

Big park, quite taken aback by it's size. Nice grassed areas throughout for van and car. Ladies toilets and showers clean, but water pressure in ladies showers not so good. My husband said a couple of men's toilets had paper jammed in them, and smelled of urine, and shower doors were a bit mouldy. However, all and all, a pleasant stay being close to the town and wineries etc

Stayed on a powered caravan site for a Viscount Caravan owners meet up and it was an amazing weekend. The park is lovely, beautiful entry and grounds. Clean amenities. We will be back in 2024.

Tidy, but noisy. Whilst the facilities and camp kitchen were great, tidy clean and well supplied; we were not impressed with management for allowing amplifiers and speakers for a mini concert across from our tent site. All they could say was they were allowed to continue until 10pm (they started at 4pm) This was very inconsiderate for the other park uses and disappointing for us as we hoped for a peaceful night.

This site has so much potential. Great location.The staff were overworked and well underpaid.The guests were charged premium rates - - $78 for a powered site per site and the site was full to capacity - but no extra staff for cleaning and ablution block was inadequate and filthy partly due to feral guests. Once a day cleaning was not enough.Bins were full to bursting - skip bins needed at the busiest periods.The pool was cloudy, tennis court not looked after and whole park is run down.Owners need to give as well as take!Everyone we talked to over 7 days were unhappy.We will not be going back - complaint being forwarded to G'Day Parks.

Absolute poor customer service. Booked a large family holiday over the Easter long weekend paid in full a month in advance but due to family complications was forced to cancel. Rang them to advise of this and was told they couldn’t refund unless the sites could be rebooked which is more than fair. Waited until closer to Easter and was told I would receive phone calls explaining the process but never did. Went and saw them over the Easter break to find the four sites we had booked had been fully rebooked and promised reimbursement directly after Easter. Two weeks later and many non returned phone calls from the mystical Ruth who was suppose to make this happen still no result. If you planning a holiday here make sure no family emergencies happen as they will not care and simply keep your money. They also run a off the books business out of the front office as all purchases ie bags of ice or ice creams must be done in cash which only suggests tax dodging to me. We never stay here ever again.

Very disappointing for the price we paid. Although the location was superb, we felt the amenities block was very tired and no attention to detail in the cleaning. We enjoyed our stay because it was so handy for touring but compared with the park we are now in on the Yorke peninsula, McLaren Vale need to lift their game!!

Let's start with the positives. It's an outstanding location, within walking distance of the mainstreet, supermarkets, distilleries and various wineries. The park is idyllic, surrounded by nature with beautiful trees and most sites well grassed.In a great opportunity for the park, there are many areas for improvement. It feels and presents as tired. The shared amenities such as shower and toilet block need an update and more regular attention. Great to have tennis courts, but they are almost unusable due to their poor condition. The tree canopies, while picturesque, need to have the lower branches trimmed on various sites. For larger vans, it can be very difficult to near impossible to fit into sites and extend the awning. The front office only accepting cash (and no eftpos provision) for ice creams seems a tad archaic. It was good to have a coffee and food van on site, but its 8am to 11am opening hours each day was strange.In summary, the park is one of immense opportunity. The sheer scale of the park is a huge asset. With considerable investment, it has the opportunity to become a major destination park. The location certainly warrants it.

We stayed at the park for Australia Day weekend and were surprised at how big the park was, despite the size it was very quiet. Sites were generous sizes, with grass!!! although we nearly had a mishap when our site was changed unbeknownst to us before we arrived due to another camper asking to extend their stay. Luckily we just fit so it worked out. Kids enjoyed the pool and riding their bikes in the ample space. Dogs got lots of love from other campers. Excellent location to visit beautiful wineries in the area. Toilets and other amenities were clean and tidy. Lots of work going to to tidy the park so don’t be put off by cranky reviews. We are planning to come back and explore the area further.

Arrived at park to be told as we’re staying only one night would be extra (apparently 2 nights min) and we were too early, told to go to rv park and come back after 12 noon, or pay an extra $20 to get in earlier, just for an powered van site.(not like we were after a cabin) and the lady was extremely rude about it all. Will never be going there again!!!!!!!