Hawke's Bay Holiday Park on Onehunga Road in Bay View is a small, intimate park built for motorhomes, campervans, caravans and tents. It has more than 50 large sites, powered and non-powered, and many have fresh drinking water and grey water drainage. We hear the park is not taking bookings for the foreseeable future, so check before you go. Directly across the road are tennis courts, lawn bowls, pistol shooting and a children's playground, and a surf casting beach is 300 metres away for a walk or a jog.
The park is six kilometres from Napier by car, or about 30 minutes on the Hawke's Bay cycleways, which suits a park built around big vehicles and tents. Crab Farm Winery is within walking distance, and the park holds a reserved table there for guests on Friday evenings, when it opens for dinner. Mission Estate and Church Road wineries are five minutes' drive away, and summer fruit and produce stalls are a short walk north. In Napier, the art deco architecture and the tree-lined Marine Parade are the main draws. Our pick in Bay View for a motorhome stay near the wineries.