Ventura Ranch KOA in de Verenigde Staten

Stayed in beginning of Nov 2022 Site type: Back-in, Water / Electric only, 50 AMP THE GOOD Staff: Very nice folks and really helpful. Peaceful: Very quiet campground. Kids playground: They have an amazing playground and places for the kids to be active and climb through trees. Location: Gas pumps 5-10 min away. Sites: Spacious spots. Grounds: Clean and nicely maintained! Office/Store: Good sized store. Some grocery items and a good amount of RV stuff. Lots of gifts available. Wildlife: The peacocks are everywhere and we loved it. THE BAD: Safety: There seemed to be lots of folks that drove really fast through the campground's main road so we did not walk our pups outside of our circle (Birch) Sites: All dirt and a touch of paved sections. So was a bit muddy (rained for a couple days). Price: Quite pricey for not having sewer hookups Facilities: No laundry available. COULD BE BETTER: Not good or bad Wifi: Typical campground wifi. Could not connect to it.

3 jaar geleden

Of all the KOA’s I have stayed at this one has the most potential to improve. Only had partial hookups in a smaller trailer so we had to use the campground restrooms and showers. They are filthy. What’s funny is they have a sign posted outside the restroom saying they clean them daily from 11am-2pm but it has probably been several months since anything was touched in there. Spiders, bugs, cobwebs all over the place including next to the soap dispenser at the sink. If I could give 0 stars on cleanliness I would have. From the B loop you also have to walk up a good 20 stairs to get to the restrooms and showers- fyi. The kids liked the jumping pad and swimming pool. Pool was kind of dirty too, but good place to spend some time in the sun or shade. The ropes course, zip line, and climbing wall look fun but they only open them certain days of the week and the timing was off for us. There is an additional cost for that. My biggest issue with the fun kids stuff is that it is a hike down a steep path from the RV sites. I liked that the KOA here also had activities planned as well. Like building bird houses and doing tie dye shirts. My pad was good prob second best in the B loop. Had a couple loose bricks that we tripped over a bit but otherwise it was fine and had some decent shade. Didn’t like the fact that I was paying $80+ per night for only partial hookups though. This place appears to have some longer-term residents using all of the full hookups right now. You have to drive through downtown Santa Paula to get anywhere. Not a big deal but it will take a good 30-45 min to get to Ventura or the beach. Maybe would stay again…. Maybe.

4 jaar geleden

Beautiful campground BUT came here for swimming bc our Spring Break forecast was 90+ degrees and they wouldn’t open the pool! They don’t open it till May. Which makes zero sense bc it’s solar heated and plenty warm enough in March and April to swim. Very disappointing. They should say on their webpage that the pool is closed. Kids had fun with jump pillow and zip line course (son said “outstanding!”), arts and crafts, and swimming in the creek and the (relatively shallow) watering hole. But the real problem was the bugs so I wish we’d brought something for that. Biking was fun but more for little kids (mine are 11 and 13). Campsite felt private with trees around it. Awesome but very loud peacocks! Good camp store with ice cream. We will definitely come back.

4 jaar geleden

Officially my favorite campground, I will go back again and again. We stayed after the summer rush but loved having the place to ourselves. Peacocks roam around freely and there’s plenty of stuff to do for kids. There’ a giant poo, jumping pillow, rock climbing wall, playground and all kinds of daily activities. The sites are spacious and come with a set of patio furniture (in the Pine area). There’s a nice convenience store on site. We enjoyed walking around the (very large) property and everything was very well kept. We took day trips to Ventura, Santa Barbara and Ojai but we would have been just as content exploring the area around the campground. Downtown Santa Paula is very cute and easily accessible. We loved the seclusion of this campsite and all it had to offer. We are headed back again this summer.

4 jaar geleden

We stayed here for a quick night last winter and just went back for the thanksgiving break. The campsites- the campsites are small but clean, ours had a fire pit, picnic bench and a small grassy area. All our neighbors were all very nice. If youre able to get one of the sites along the outside on the top or bottom of the oval, these seemed to have more space and privacy (B47 or B36-40 or C63-70) Amenities- there is a little clubhouse with showers that are clean although they do not drain well. The store is pretty basic but it had firewood and a few other things you might need. Kids activites- there are a lot of kids activities including a jump pillow, a gem mining area, zip lining, a dirt bike course, a bigfoot walk and a hay ride. There was also a movie under the stars one night. Many of these activities had an additional fee so come prepared. We also enjoyed walkin the nature trail. there is a pool but it wasnt open either time we were there. When we went on new years they had the zip lines running at midnight and they lit up the people who went down which was fun. it was like a human ball drop =) The Area- I highly recommend that you visit the town of santa paula for shopping and museums. My boys enjoyed the oil museum, the art museum and the agriculture museum which are all in walking distance of each other. There are some lovely murals. You can also head up to Ojai- there are nice hikes and a cute downtown.

4 jaar geleden