Big Bay Holiday Park is a family-owned holiday park at 271 Big Bay Road on the west coast of the Āwhitu Peninsula, Franklin, with a Google rating of 3.8 from 78 reviews. The website says the park is closed for winter, but it considers bookings for stays of at least three nights.
The website describes tent and power sites, kitchen cabins and self-contained units, and says the park suits families, couples, singles, backpackers and tourists. Pets are allowed by prior arrangement in motorhomes and caravans only, and dogs must be kept on their own site. The park also uses a wormery septic system, and the website says it is 40 kilometres from Waiuku and 75 minutes from Auckland Airport.
Its Big Bay Road setting near the Manukau Heads makes it a quiet base for exploring the Āwhitu Peninsula.