Ben Nevis Holiday Park Reviews Summary

Facilities

Pros:

• "The campsite had really nice facilities which were mostly spotless."
• "Facilities were spotless, toilets and showers."
• "The wash room was of a high spec with excellent, clean and private showers."
• "Amenities block very good and well maintained, lovely showers with a choice of two settings."
• "Clean and well maintained bathroom/shower facilities."
• "Toilet block was very clean and modern and the shower cubicles were spacious, with plenty of hot water."
• "The toilet facilities were one of the best we have seen."

Cons:

• "The floor in the female showers was dirty with grass & shoe prints."
• "The push button shower hardly stayed on long enough to wash your face."
• "Cleaned twice a day but never clean."
• "Showers/bathrooms were not cleaned often enough or well enough."
• "The toilets and showers were almost always permanently dirty."
• "The wash rooms were not the cleanest floors I’ve ever seen, poor showers."
• "The only dislikes would be having to share facilities with ‘feral’ and lazy humans who don’t know how to clean up after themselves."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "It always start with the welcome you receive at the reception desk which was excellent."
• "Friendly staff at check-in and in the restaurant."
• "The staff couldn’t have been more accommodating and so friendly!"
• "Staff very helpful."
• "The front counter staff were such characters, the banter was great and made us feel very very welcome."
• "The staff were more than helpful."
• "The staff here were so friendly and took further initiatives to help my family out."

Cons:

• "I was stood in the cafe for 30 minutes and went unnerved."
• "Unfortunately a group of young adults were quite loud into the early hours."
• "Every member of staff I had contact with were either rude, miserable or really didn't want to help at all!"
• "One of the admin staff was quite snippy but in fairness she was busy."
• "Staff of the Ben Nevis Holiday Park could be a little bit nicer."
• "No quiet policy? I enjoyed seeing a french classic car club arrive, 2cvs etc, but I was not impressed by their amplified music and laughter at 2am."
• "The only downside to our pitch was people walking through it constantly."

Location and Views

Pros:

• "Brilliant location. Good, flat grass, next to river, great view of the mountain."
• "We loved the views, they were amazing 🤩."
• "Location was beautiful, scenery of Ben Nevis was majestic."
• "The location is fantastic."
• "Great views of Ben Nevis and a river running at the back of the site with salmon swimming."
• "Views really good and Fort William easily accessible."
• "Beautiful views of Ben Nevis."

Cons:

• "The site is noisy because of the nearby road. Wake up at 5:30 am with the noise of the road."
• "Site quite remote and not within walking distance to much."
• "The only one small thing is it was not close enough to town to walk to get food, so I had to drive out every evening to find a restaurant."
• "A bit of a distance into Fort William but there is a bus but doesn't run after dark, taxi required."
• "Couldn't see Ben Nevis as it was shrouded in mist the whole time."
• "On first approach, it appears to be on the edge of an industrial estate and not as rural as I would have liked."
• "The pods were positioned looking directly at the toilet block (we’d stayed the previous night in a pod elsewhere with a view of the Loch)."

Additional Amenities

Pros:

• "You were allowed fire pits as longs as it’s off the ground."
• "The little park and access to the cafe/reception/small shop was a perfect addition."
• "We loved the shop for our evening treats."
• "The cafe was so reasonable priced and the food and coffees we so good 😊."
• "Gorgeous little cafe and good shop."
• "Cafe serves delicious home-made food."
• "The onsite shop is well stocked with basic items and treats."

Cons:

• "Cars for electric hook up camping sites had to park away from tents in designated spaces."
• "The park for the campers was closed off completely."
• "The ‘Dog play area’ doesn’t exist!"
• "The hair dryers in the ladies were broken during our first night there so they were removed (for safety) very quickly but not replaced."
• "Laundry facilities is not serviced often enough as the dryer was paid for 30 mins and machine didnt work at all."
• "The cafe closes at 5pm and then there is nowhere to sit other than your tent."
• "The caffe was advertised to be a lot more to what it was."

General Maintenance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Probably the most well kept, clean and friendly campsite I've stayed on."
• "This is the best campsite I've ever stayed in!"
• "A modern and well maintained campsite. Toilets and showers facilities were very clean and modern."
• "Never in my life I have I seen a campsite with such clean and tidy bathrooms."
• "The facilities were lovely (when they had been cleaned)."
• "The cleanliness is 10/10. Could not fault the facilities."
• "The campsite was really clean and well maintained."

Cons:

• "Pitch that we were on was not well maintained and tended to hold water."
• "The hard standing area was also so rock hard, that putting pegs in for an awning was nigh on impossible."
• "The sites main generator runs all night and would be easily made less audible by being sited in a sound proofed shed."
• "Very loud till early hours of the morning, people playing loud music and there did not seek to be anyone putting a stop to it which is not ideal when travelling with young children or if you have plans the next day."
• "Pitches 16, 17, 18 and 19 are on quite a slope."
• "The waste/grey water drain is not easily accessible to motorhomes when cars are parked nearby."
• "Recycling was a hike away."