Camping Nelson

Very nice place. We stayed in our own tent, with other campers around us. Located near three small grocery shops, and five restaurants (Amazing pizzas next door, make sure to reserve a table 1 day before). Best view to the sunset, and you can walk right out in the water with fish and sharks. Enough toilets and showers (hot water after 5 pm). Small kitchen with everything you need. There is a place to sit inside with tables when its raining, also plenty of outlets to charge your electronics. There is wifi, but the speed is spotty. Every facility is cleaned every day by the nice people who runs the place. The only thing we could use was sharpened knives ind the kitchen and more frequent replacement of sponges and towels in the kitchen. We recommend this place.

Wonderful camping location directly on the beach. The facilities are totally sufficient for a campsite. I liked especially that there is so many showers and toilets. You can hand wash your clothes or give it to the laundry service of the neighbouring hotel (1.500 franc). Be prepared that there is roosters and very noisy nocturnal birds. Bring your ear plugs if you are sensitive. I really enjoyed my stay, met wonderful people and will definitely try to come back. Highly recommended.

stop blaming the attitude of the managers. it's true, they are not friendly. but it is the only camping on the island, you can find gardens to set up your tent in local houses on airbnb... but for the cheap price, who cares about the smile or not of the managers? you will see them 5mn when you arrive and when you leave. they don't bother. ||otherwise..... the location is perfect. the field is clean, the equipments are great, bathrooms are clean, and it is quiet. the access to the beach is a must, and watching the sunset from the camping is also a must

We stayed here in October 2015 and it was the best budget option we could find in Hauru Point. The place is very basic, but functional. The toilet block had a lot of showers and toilets and was fairly clean. The location is really convenient, just on the beach and there are picnic tables to sit on throughout the green. There is also wifi that works across most of the area. No real complaints, it's budget and basic, but good value.

The sunset was right in front of the beach, incredible stunning view! You can camp here or choose a room, please choose a room with fan. Shower room was good, I saw some comment complained about laundry, since I am a backpacker, I washed it by hand at the sink and hang my clothes outside the room, no problem. There was a shop nearby, you can buy grocery there, and cook in the kitchen. There were few cats in the kitchen, very cute. The sea water was very clean, you can snorkel anytime, I saw sea anemones all the time. A very peaceful place, while my leaving, I didn't check the bus time correctly, and miss the only one bus to the airport, I did hitchhike and arrived the airport luckily.

Overall, I'd say this is a good and affordable option for young travellers. Pretty beach right by the property and a short walk from a market, roulette's and a few hotels that you can take whale watching tours form and rent kayaks/paddle boards. The owners were a little strange and won't help you out with anything other than checking you in, but they were pretty chill when I lost the key to my room. My only real issue was that I was a single female traveling alone and their son, who is 34 or thereabouts, was ALWAYS wasted in the evenings. My first impression of this pension was walking to the beach and having him and causin start cat calling me. Later that night, he went looking for me and found me in my room, in my pajamas and asked me to come drink rum with him and wouldn't leave until I promised to come find him later (which was a lie obviously ). I don't think I need to explain why this was inappropriate. This happened again during my stay. Also, one night he played music super loud until 4 in the morning and there were families with little kids and babies camping and staying in the rooms. Also totally inappropriate. He's a nice enough guy but just way too over the top and inappropriate when he's wasted, which is every evening during the week and ALL weekend long, no exaggeration. Anyway, the other people staying there were awesome. The daughter of the owners was really nice, just the son gettin wasted and coming to my room in the night was an issue for me.

Amazing camping, clean and tidy, just in front of the ocean. Awesome view for sunsets. Kitchen, wifi, showers, toilet, etc. It's next to the grocery store restaurants. Laid back atmosphere. Totally recommend. (2500 xpf per night person in tent)

This is a rather basic campground that is currently undergoing a lot of renovation work. As long as the common areas and kitchen are under construction you probably should plan on having a car when you stay here. There are not many places to go in the area and no where in the campground so sitting in your car would be the place to relax and read, eat, etc. in the evening. Nearby shops and businesses have most services and supplies you would want but they close up early, by 6 or 7. A major benefit to staying here is the free and fast wifi. Other reviews are critical of the owners. I would not describe them as unfriendly as others do, just approach them as being French rather than Polynesian. They are efficient and professional and friendly enough by French standards. They were fine from my point of view. The camping area is divided into two areas, with different prices. If you opt for a more expensive beach campsite, you will have the advantages of wifi reception and proximity to the pleasant beach. If you opt for a lawn area campsite it costs less and you can park your car next to your tent. They are both a short walk to the shower and toilet areas. The showers are adequate and the toilets are somewhat grungy but have toilet paper (unlike many campgrounds in French Polynesia). There are literally no electrical outlets at all to recharge anything. Either charge it in your car or plan on asking the owners for permission to plug in during office hours. This is very inconvenient if you stay here at night and go out and about during the day--after a couple of days your devices will all be dead. All the rental cars have cigarette lighters but I don't think any have USB ports (think basic French cars here, totally unlike anything you may have rented in, say, Hawaii or Queensland.) So, bring a USB adapter from home, and a small inverter if you need wall current. The campground fronts a beautiful stretch of beach, with moderately good snorkeling and swimming right off the beach. Very good sunsets from the beach. There are nice picnic tables near the water but you will want to have mosquito coils and bug spray as there are lots and lots of insects. The grass is soft enough in all the sites that a footprint is probably not required. There is enough space that any size tent would work. The bathroom block is short on sink and mirror space so shaving and so on is a tad hard, but there is a big common sink that works to wash clothes and dishes. Overall a mixed bag but a good choice for this price and the best choice for campers on Moorea. If you are hard core and low budget you could camp for free off the record on some of the network of trails accessed from the Belvedere overlook parking lot but in this climate a shower and the amenities that Nelson offers is worth the price, and the ocean and underwater attractions just off the beach are a great bonus. I would stay here again. Once the kitchen and construction projects are complete this will be a much better value.