The bar and restaurant were closed although on their flyers it says they were open in low season (it was the end of september). There was only a high-priced pizza counter.

But god the staff are rude. They really make you feel like you're just there for the money.

*** (02/06/2016 15:08)
What a lovely place! I have been going there for a few years now and i love it. The campsite has the best direct access to the dune...

The campsite security is a total and utter joke. People were parking in the campsite car park and walking past pitches while lugging paragliders up to the dune. We did get issued with a pretty blue wristband each though when we first arrived to prove that we were entitled to be on the site... So that made us feel a whole lot better. Also there's no visible security patrols at night. Well no... That's not actually true. There was some nervous looking kid wearing an armband who drove a golf buggy around the site occasionally. He didn't actually do anything about the noise though and he looked as though he'd run screaming home to mother if anyone were to challenge his authority.

There were groups of drunken single youths creating noise until 2 or 3am. We had what appeared to be a group of gibbons a few pitches away from us who used to regularly communicate, by shrieks, grunts and shouts, with what were apparently a group of howler monkeys who were camping up on the part of the site laughingly named Beverly Hills, a strip of sand that is more akin to the Gaza Strip than anywhere like its namesake. There were also youths hanging around the toilet blocks at night. My wife found that really intimidating.

Fun fact: this camp ground is getting smaller and smaller every year because the dune is moving towards it.

Also there's only one waste disposal point, right up near reception, and that was normally overflowing when we were there. So if you are considering camping at the far end of the site you’ll have a ten minute walk with bags of rubbish to dispose of it, and when you get there? Well I suppose that you could always just toss it on top of all of the other bags of rubbish that surround the overflowing skips.

*** (03/09/2017 04:51)
The rentable huts are ok, though small, cold, badly maintained (wooden steps rotting, makes snapping noised and starts to split in half as you put your full weight on it) and unstable (we could feel it moving when someone moved in the bed on the opposite side).

*** (28/08/2016 23:23)
Nice camping direct at the Dune. There are easy and difficult accessible places for campers and caravans. So before saying yes, first inspect the pitch.

Bottom line: Don’t go there in low season, unless you
* bring your own bed linen and toilet paper,
* want to spend quiet (boring, one might say) holidays,
* don’t care if you don’t have wifi or got an internet flatrate in France
* have a car and can buy stuff in Arcachon.

The staff are mainly surly youths whose average age looks to be about 14.

*** (26/07/2016 18:45)
We spent a night at this camping. We were located in the tiniest place I've been in a campsite (half of it concrete and the other half sand) and quite far from the toilets. I asked for the prize and they said 31€ per night. To my surprise when I went to pay as we were leaving we were charged 45€ with no explanation but a piece of paper with the prizes they never showed me before and ignoring completely what they told me the previous day. Very unprofessional and rude.

*** (14/09/2017 17:59)
Great camping site. Close to the Dunes. They could really do with more rubbish bins in site. As there system for recycling is great to be honest.

*** (28/08/2017 06:56)
The toilet and wash facilities on this site are like something from a refugee camp, there's no toilet seats, no toilet roll, not even a toilet roll holder to hang your own toilet roll on, and no sanitary bins. My wife had to resort to taking a plastic sandwich bag with her to the toilet to dispose of her sanitary products in our rubbish before we took it to the waste disposal area. Some of the women on the site weren't as considerate...

The shower cubicle walls are just partitions, so water from people showering washes through the toilet cubicles. Just make sure that you keep any clothing off the floor while you're using the toilet and you'll be fine. There's no plugs in the sinks and only one pre-set mixer tap per sink, so you brush your teeth and shave in lukewarm water. Likewise, the water in the pot wash is lukewarm and again there's no sink plugs, so there's no chance of getting anything grease free. I ended up washing my pots in a bucket of boiled soapy water on my pick up truck's tailgate.

*** (31/10/2017 01:47)
Stayed here for a week in June..pricey drinks but very clean and good facilities.

The beach is "near" but don't underestimate the descriptions. It really is a sheer climb. Good luck getting a family up there, impossible for anyone with mobility problems to get up there

*** (04/10/2016 14:42)
The mobile home we stayed in was very small. There was only paper bed linen that is laid upon the mattress and wrapped around the pillows – not very comfy. Toilet paper is not included which they didn’t point out in advance. Wifi is also not included and extremely expensive.

*** (16/08/2016 17:55)
Ideal for visiting the dune, nice site. Easy cycling into Arcachon

+ nicely located, directly by the dune in a forest
+ a bus ticket to Arcachon costs only 1€ (for a 15 km ride)
- no real bed linen
- no toilet paper
- no free wifi
- overprized items
- bar and restaurant closed
- first bus to Arcachon leaves at around 11 am, last one from Arcachon to the camping site at 7.30 pm

*** (23/09/2017 23:51)
Expensive place with more or less poor facilities. Not really dirty but not that clean either. There is a small supermarket which is nice. The only thing why I am visiting this place the third time is the direct access to the dune. The sunset is awesome and you only need to go down in the evening. This year most of the direct access was blocked by fences because of the movement of the dune caused by all the people going up and down :O

The pitches are sand, okay, you're virtually on the beach so that's understandable, but they're also filthy and covered in pine twigs. Our five year old daughter managed to dig up old tent pegs, random pieces of plastic, a couple of rusty beer bottle caps, some broken glass, a recently used condom and some small change. What would it take for the staff to rake over the pitches before the next people arrive?

Our key was left at the "restaurant"(it's a trashy bar) due to us arriving after reception closing time (7pm). Walking up to the bar I see a lady on her phone behind the counter, before asking I question, I check if she speaks English. "English?" I ask. And after a short pause I am answered with a "No" with the tone that you would expect if you'd just asked if someone they despised was their partner. She gestured to a small queue of drunk French at a till. So I headed over paperwork in hand ready to ask.

The supermarket offers no fresh fruit or vegetables except for shallots. Everything is overpriced. We’ve booked five nights but decided to leave after the third night.

The noise from the club house goes on until 1am most nights so best of luck trying to get to sleep at a reasonable hour.

All that this place is, is a huge camping farm with one sole aim... And that is to separate the holiday maker from his money as efficiently as possible and with the minimum of input...

And the cost for camping at this hell hole? Over £650 for 14 nights.

There is a speed limit of 10kph to keep pedestrians safe. Most campers stuck to this and drove safely. The staff on the other hand hurtled 'round like total and utter lunatics on golf buggies at around 30kph, I had to snatch my daughter off the alleged road one day as two staff members who appeared to be in a world of their own bore down on her without even looking where they were going.

A guy strides over from somewhere behind the counters and going by his clothing I genuinely couldn't tell if he was a paraglider, camper or employee. He asks what I want and just asks for the surname. I provide that and am simply presented with an envelope that he spills the contents of over a plastic garden table in this "restaurant". He points me to a map of where my hut is, some keys, and demand some ID which he later explains will be returned to me tomorrow morning. I presume to guarantee them getting paid.