Livingston / Paradise Valley KOA Holiday

Quick pros and cons list with a more detailed review below: Pros: View/Scenery Cons: Most disgusting bathrooms you can imagine Smell of human feces throughout the campground Nickle and dime Expensive with few amenities This was the second time that I have stayed at the Livingston/Paradise Valley KOA. The previous time I stayed was during the throws of covid in 2020 in a cabin with a bathroom and was an all around positive experience. This time around, my family and I (2 adults and 3 children) stayed in a basic cabin. The only thing positive about my stay was the setting. We chose to pay more to stay on a basic cabin on the river and it was a treat to enjoy the view each morning and evening. I particularly enjoyed watching the boats get launched on the opposite side of the river. Unfortunately, the view was the only positive portion of the trip. At check-in, I learned that a fire ban was in effect for the campground. I understand that the KOA does not control this, but they should inform potential booking members if there is a fire ban during the booking process. We booked on Thursday morning and arrived on Friday morning. This should have been advertised during booking. No fires significantly impacts the camping experience and it also impacts what we brought to make for meals (meals to be cooked over open flame). Next, we were informed that the main restrooms/showers were closed due to plumbing issues. This left two small outpost facilities with 2 restrooms and showers each for the entire campground. The restrooms that were open were the most disgusting conditions you could possibly imagine. We are talking third world country bad. The floor was rotting out of one of the showers and everything was soaked in water. Feces, urine, and spiders covered nearly every portion of the bathrooms. On the second day of our stay, one of the bathrooms was clogged up and remained clogged for over 24 hours. Trying to walk through the campsite to enjoy the view and scenery was also difficult due to the smell of human feces that was constantly wafting through the campground. It seems this KOA has an issue with its septic, but doesn't appear to be doing anything about it. The smell was so strong at times that it would cause my eyes to water. Finally, this is more of a personal pet peeve, but the main office charges $2.50 for a cup of basic coffee. Not only are most of your facilities not working, but you can't even bother to offer complimentary basic coffee? I paid over $130 a night for a basic cabin and the ability to use the most disgusting bathrooms you could ever imagine. It is clear the owners of this KOA do not care about the customer experience. If you are looking into staying at this KOA, I would suggest that you spend the same amount of money and stay at a hotel in Livingston. You will spend about the same amount of money and have access to infinitely nicer facilities and amenities.

Drove in with a RV and needed to empty the tank, had an issue and needed a mobile tech. Cannot thank Angela and Rich enough for the help, generosity, and hospitality. Ended up needing to stay the night and were so happy we did. This place is right on a beautiful river too. But the staff is what made it a great stay!

My husband and I have stayed at this KOA many times prior. We recently had reservations in 8/2025. We were very disappointed at how run down and unkept this KOA has become. At our site #60, the grass was a burned and dried up, the flower pots all had dead plants in them, our table at our site was covered with grease and food bits. The restrooms at the main store were out of order leaving 3 showers/restrooms for the campground. These restrooms were dirty with trash all over inside. Our previous experience had always been positive but not this time. We will not use this KOA again.

No laundry, main bathrooms out of order, other bathrooms very dirt and no where to even hang your towel while you showered let alone put your clan clothes to change into! We were not told about this until after check in and after hours when we called to ask why ALL of the washers were out of order. We were told "you can go into town to do laundry ". We were on motorcycles. Nice views, but... service... not so much!

Made reservation at this campground months ago and expected to be assigned a site of reasonable quality. Instead, we were given a site (site 74) that was extremely unlevel, no grass or gravel, only black dirt. ||The host team lacks customer service skills and leaves the overall impression that they couldn’t care less. For example, the guide that showed us the site location did not even offer to help my husband back in and when I asked if they had another site with gravel, he answered “it is easier to walk on dirt than gravel.” When I asked the host in the office for another site, there was no “I am sorry..,”; instead, I was made to feel as if I had selected this site.||Our friends traveling with us were given a site that was so tight that could only be entered after their neighbor moved his truck.||I would not recommend this campground.

This KOA is in a fantastic location and the scenery is beautiful. However, there are about 90 camp sites and there were only 5 bathrooms and they were all shower rooms. They had all the bathrooms at the office shut down because of plumbing issues. It was always at least a 30 minute wait to get into a bathroom. When we complained, we were told that if they opened all the bathrooms, they would have to have their septic tank pumped daily. We requested a refund but the manager said the best he could do was 25% off. The whole reason I stay at a campground is so they have access to a bathroom.

Sites are very close together but there’s great shade and it’s flat so those are pluses. Kids enjoyed the activities. Would love it if there was a better trail along the river, it’s a beautiful place in the evening! The gravel road getting to the park is not our favorite but the park itself is nice with very friendly and helpful staff.

This was an amazing spot by the river. The staff were extremely helpful. The facilities are well cared for. Reading other reviews some people don't have accurate or appropriate expectations. We were at the location for 6 days and it was perfect. We saw mule deer in the campground. Amazing sunsets and sunrises from our patio at our trailer. The grounds were cared for not overgrown. The bathrooms and showers were clean and worked well. The road coming in is bumpy, that is a county road so if you have issues please let the county government know. It's a gravel road through fields in rural Montana, kinda par for the course.