I’m not really a camper so I’m less than thrilled to be experiencing this much nature to begin with. First impression: the girls at the office were less than helpful. We arrived a bit before the person who made the reservations and they basically told us «you’re out of luck» and told us we had to wait for them. They didn’t tell us we could get verbal confirmation to go on to our sites over the phone from the person who booked. When the person who booked arrived they were again rude and not super helpful when it came to our questions. Our sites weren’t bad. Mine was up on a hill, Awesome if if rains but otherwise meh. The bathrooms were super close and the water was right beside one of our other sites. The showers apparently don’t work? Or at least the ones attached to our washroom area. We turned them on, nothing. The bugs are HORRENDOUS right now. Swarms of Mosquitos, something called a fish fly for most of the afternoon and apparently ticks are rampant in the area(we didn’t find any but we didn’t hike or hang out in the long grass). At dusk there was this odd humming sound which we then realized was all the bugs! Bring bug spray. And a bug shelter. Kids are out yelling pretty early(8am) which isn’t the parks fault but if you want some quiet, bring earplugs.
Jenny N.
Place rating: 2 Toronto, Canada
We all know that Provincial Parks can get pretty busy with families camping on weekends through the summer. If you’d like a little more peace and quiet, I’d definitely recommend a mid-week stay. The sites don’t offer a lot of privacy and are quite close together. Although we were camping in tents we had an electrical site and it was too far from the washrooms to make a trip in the afternoon, let alone in the middle of the night. The beach is ok. The shore ranges from soft sand near the campsites to very rocky down at the south end. The rocky parts weren’t so nice, but the sand was great and the water was a good temperature once you were in. We didn’t see any bike rental facilities and most campers seemed to bring their own. Washrooms ranged from very clean at certain times of the day to abysmal in the evening hours. There were SO many spiders here at this time of year. If you have a fear of them, it may be something to think about before you book. I would not camp at Rondeau again. We had fun, but it was the company, not the facilities or the park that made it.
