Gon Camping & Strandstua - Reviews

auto-translated: We discovered this site through NorCamp.
Beautifully situated. Pure tranquillity at this time of year.
It was very interesting for us to find out who runs this campsite:
Gon Camping is owned by Larvik Juvente. Juvente is a youth organization that campaigns for drug-free development, peace, tolerance and equality.

We live sober on this campsite.

auto-translated: The campsite has a fantastic swimming area, a volleyball net, a football pitch and a playground. A dream for children.
The campsite is right by the water and beautifully flat, making it pleasant to camp. The sanitary facilities are very clean and secured by a code, but could do with a refurbishment.

auto-translated: A small campsite on the outskirts of Lavik. For caravans, motorhomes and tents there is a meadow with electricity. In the main holiday season, it can certainly be crowded and cramped.
To bridge for an early ferry departure to Denmark from well suited.

auto-translated: After a two-week tour of Norway, we took the place for two nights as a last stop before returning with the ferry Larvik-Hirtshals, because we wanted to enjoy some sunshine in the south in the archipelago. The place itself is very beautifully situated with a great bathing bay and sunny rocks. With the tent you can camp on the meadow near the bay but you get a place assigned, which we can only explain with the fact that it must have been so crowded last summer (before Corona). Now it was very relaxed, so that we also found it exaggerated that you were not allowed to put your car next to the tent. The sanitary facilities are ok, but we have seen much better ones. Somehow the place does not have as much charm as many smaller ones in the interior at the fjords. And a cheek: We were simply charged 300 NOK per night, although we read on the internet site later in the evening that a tent with 2 persons costs 200 NOK. By the way, electricity MUST be added (included in the expensive price), whether you want it or not! When we complained about the price the next morning, we were given back 100 NOK... The argumentation was that we had a medium sized tent with room for 4 persons, which is 250 NOK (for two nights 500 NOK). So they tried shamelessly to rip us off, so pay attention to the price! All in all we have the impression that the place uses its location close to the ferry terminal and does not need to motivate people to stay longer or come back. For 1, 2 nights but still very good thanks to the surroundings!

Tents get a place on the other side of the line. There you have a beautifull view at the sea/ Larvik fjord. The car goes on a parking lot after unpacking. The sanitair and kitchen (small but very good equiped) are very clean. The beach at the camping site is very good. During the day its quit and you have a lot of space. There is only one big minus for tents on Gon camping. Every morning there is noise because people who got to catch the boat break up very early.

auto-translated: For a night before departure by ferry, it's okay, but I have not experienced such a mass processing ... The seats have been assigned, everything was squeezed with RVs and tents, so you're sitting on your lap... quite a mess. But very nice public beach next door. Sanitary facilities are i.O., showers for 10NOK for 5 minutes, kitchen is very small.

auto-translated: It was good for one night. There is only a very small kitchen. Warm shower costs 10NOK (coin fee required)

auto-translated: very simple place, Sanitäranlahen goes like this. For a night to reach ferry i.O. Better bring cash with there card payment only conditionally possible. Beach is very nice, limited space 10, the rest of all campers.

auto-translated: Payed for one night camping, for 2 persons with car 175NOK.

Meadow, for camping, was neat and clean. Fortunately, there was a larger meadow for camping or for "those who are travelling through the rain", because on the site itself there were some caravans, which probably will stay there for a long time. However, the same picture showed up on all campsites which we have rattled a few kilometers south before. Caravans as far as the eye can see...

Sanitary facilities a little old and not always clean. Should be accessible also by a PIN at the door, only for campers (so far I have not seen such a thing in Norway yet), however, the whole did not work also and the doors were open.

On the same meadow, only separated by a rope, a youth camp took place, which made falling asleep in the evening a little more difficult.