Cable Bay Holiday Park is a holiday park at 805 Cable Bay Road in Hira, Nelson, with powered and non-powered grass sites for campervans and tents. The website says the park is a base for walks, kayaking and a day at the main beach. Cabins sleep two to four people on two sets of bunks, with bottom sheets and pillows supplied, and guests bring their own bedding. Fresh water is on site, and there is a well-equipped kitchen and BBQ area. The park has no dumping station, for environmental reasons.
Prices as at 2026 are $90 for a cabin for up to two people, $28 per adult per night on powered sites and $26 per adult per night on unpowered sites. Children aged 5 to 13 pay $15 and infants aged 4 and under pay $5. The hosts can explain the farm walks and local history. The bay takes its name from a telegraph cable that reached New Zealand in 1876, and a cable station once stood here. Our pick in Hira for a family holiday by the beach.