Luoma's Surfers Paradise Camping Attn: Sue Rose

Wonderful place with awesome view over the see Very friendly staffs!

Very friendly owners I thought nothing about handing over $35 to pitch a tent in the boat trailer parking area of a mobile home parks next to their dumpster and the fish cleaning station the night before trash pick up day. I was offered the one and only actual tent camping spot for an extra $5. I hadn't really budgeted for the premium package. I also accepted the fact i would have to pay for a hot shower in the morning. Some folks may not like people backing a boat trailer a few feet away from their tent but I don't mind if they don't mind my dog barking at them. Even a garbage truck beeping in reverse for a few minutes as dumpster gets dumped didn't bother me there was a bass boat protecting my tent and my dog loves barking at beeping trucks . My dog apparently appreciated the stirring of scents more than me, but it is the dogs vacation too. Having rising early that morning not particularly hungry anymore or motivated to grill until the aromas settled down some. I decided a hot shower sounded like a little slice of paradise, but had forgotten I had to pay for water until I had undressed and didn't bring coins. But the toilets are clean and well stocked and it's free! I really enjoyed that part of my morning the best so far so we decided to get going while everything was still funny. I have camped near many dumpsters and this is maybe my second favorite. San Diego has much better park dumpsters for free. The town is very beautiful Luoma's beach area has water access. It isn't the most dog fun area do to the speed of the road in front of the house and no sidewalks in the neighborhood. Would I recommend camping here for the $35 package? I like to tell my friends and family about that night so...I don't know. Super nice lady and the dude told me all about the old farm and how everything looked and I enjoyed that so maybe if they remembered me they would tell me more about the area some more.

I would like to have been able to give this local business a better mark, but I cannot. We stayed for the holiday weekend, with my mother-in-law having booked site 18, more than 2 months prior. We arrived to find another rig set up in that site. After trying to place us into other permanent sites, which later had their owners return, we ended up sharing the site with the other group. Our squatters were very nice folks, and we made the best of it, but we paid full-price, the owners made sure of that, and were not apologetic for their clear error. We should have left, but had driven 12 hours to be together with family before school started. We basically avoided camp, just using it to sleep. The spot was beautiful, as the pictures from another reviewer last year, show, but the service was not good, and the stinky bathrooms/showers kept me on the prowl for public restrooms when we were in town. Its a shame, with the setting, this place could be a gold mine, but currently, its a ghost-town.

Was there a couple of weeks ago. Could not have asked for a better site right on the lake everyone there was friendly both staff and residents . A nice little private beach that was clean the campgrounds it self was clean and quiet. Looking forward to returning before the end of the season.

Pictures are getting mixed up with locations. Pictures taken in PAVILLION are privately owned by Joe Pierce. Other pictures are Luomas