Reviews

Bill Dees

To say this campground is rustic is to good. Dirt roads and sites. Sites are cramped together. The staff were friendly and helpful. That's the only positive thing I can say. I will not stay here again. I-95 noise is loud!

Luke Cruver

I got this KOA as a cheap place to stay on our way home from a round trip road trip to Florida. This ended up being one of our favorite places to stay on the whole trip! I got the basic tent site with no hook ups and I couldn't be happier. There is a beautiful lake view directly outside the window of my tent, a small beach and swim area, fishing dock, boat launch, play ground, mini gold course, and so much more! The campground was nicely spaced and quiet. Everyone was incredibly friendly. Bathrooms were large and clean, comfortable enough fir a nice shower after a long day or swim. The staff were super helpful and kind! At the time of stay they offered complimentary coffee on an arcade/social area in the same building as the camp store. I did not partake however the pizza and wings they offered smelled and looked delicious and the offered delivery to your camp site! They also offered ice and wood deliveried to campsite! The area was nicely shaded by trees but not overbearing so! We loved this so much that we are already planning to come back to this KOA in the future to take full advantage of the lake access for fishing, boating with family! Definitely come check this KOA out!

Nichola Derbyshire

Stayed one night on Site 13. $80 for Basically one giant ant hill. Woke up to the inside of our brand new travel trailer infested with ants. Even in the bed. Obviously very little pest control is being done. Took us two hours to clean up and we are still finding ants hours later. Manager gave us a refund and was apologetic. Did not use any facilities as we were too busy killing ants. Location is great. Nice dock on the river. Couldn’t even enjoy the sunset as the chairs were covered in ants. Ladies in the office were very nice. Please sort out your ant problem as it is ruining your business.

Bradford Chase

This isn’t one of the nicer looking KOAs I’ve seen. I kind of wonder why KOA lets it remain on their list. The grounds are well used and worn, with a rustic appearance. The tree cover is all tall pines with few mossy oaks. The campground is set up so all the sites sit parallel to each other in rows perpendicular to the lake so only a few have actual lake views down by the water. The buildings are old and dated and the bathhouse desperately needs to be renovated and updated. They were clean, but really old and in poor condition. Worst part was the site has lots of sugar ants. Everywhere. My RV was constantly having ant trails show up inside. Terrible. They clearly don’t do any insect control. The internet service is horrible. It is slow and drops out regularly. Don’t count on it if you need connectivity for work. Fortunately I had my Starlink mini and was in a site with a clear view of the sky. I stayed two nights in mid September and it wasn’t too crowded and the campground was quiet. I didn’t notice I95 as much as some other reviews suggest. The staff is great and everyone is very friendly and helpful but I am sure I would not come back. There must be something better available on. The lake.

Kara Allen

Disappointing Experience at KOA I recently stayed at this KOA campground and unfortunately, it was the worst one we've ever in 50 years visited. The bathrooms were dirty, which was a major turnoff. We were also plagued by bugs, ants coming in the well water lines. All over my brand new camper. The sewage flies seemed to target your eyes and mouth. Very Unsanitary! To top it off, the water wasn't working during our stay, although they did manage to fix it within 24 hours. No refund was offered. The well water quality left much to be desired. My dog ended up getting sick from it. We had to switch to bottled water. If I could give a negative rating for the physical campground, I absolutely would. Please note this is NOT an handicap accessible campground. The only redeeming quality was the staff, who were friendly and helpful. Mike was outstanding! SO helpful! However, until significant renovations are made, we won’t be returning.

William Hotchkiss

Excellent. Quick one night stop because it was on our way but it is really nice, clean, and well organized. Lots of activities by the lake if you bring kids. Beautiful sunsets don't hurt! We will be back.

robert king

All and all an awesome place with good staff. Only complaint I can find is the second day we we were there our neighbors had an annoying kid who kept coming to our campsite. Not the koa fault just killed my experience. But the lake the pool the put put the bathrooms and showers were excellent. Came out this year and no pool yet it's 80 degrees when are they planning on opening the pool?

Bud Jackson

It's a clean and well organized campground. We pull a very big rig and had no problems getting in or out. The shower/bathrooms were older but clean as well. The campground is right against a very pretty lake (lake Marion) and our site had a beautiful view. There is a playground for The kids, a fishing dock, boat ramp, Beach area and pizza delivery right to your door. Almost all the sites we saw were pull through. Some sites only have electric and water but many are full hookup. The only slight negatives are that there is nothing but dirt sites (that we saw), our site was far from level, and the dump station is on an offset loop not on the way to the exit.

Brenda Williams

What a jewel. We only stayed one night but will go back for another visit. Facilities was well kept and the staff was so friendly and inviting. After a long day on the road it was nice to have a pizza from the onsite store delivered to our campsite by the time we were done setting up. The lake is beautiful with a nice beach area. We will be staying longer next time.

Thomas Hastings

My wife and I spent one night here out of necessity but would definitely return to actually visit and relax. It’s right on the Santee lake and even though we didn’t have a lakefront site we could still easily see it from ours. We didn’t get to just walk around and check things out but the staff were very friendly. I did use their restroom and it was clean. We did like how there were many birds active and chirping, there were some squirrels, we love all the critters. It’s right off I-95, getting to it is simple. It can be a little tight in some spots but anything should be able to get through where your rig will fit. Our site did require a good bit of leveling. Plenty of water pressure, will definitely want a pressure regulator. They serve Hunt Brothers pizza from the office. You can call and place an order, they’ll charge it to your card on file if you’d like, they’ll even deliver it to your site. And the pizza was phenomenal!! Overall we were pleased and would be happy to visit again.