How much does it cost to stay at Camping de Tabaksschuur?

From £22.88 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Camping de Tabaksschuur

View prices & book Last booked 3 days ago 9.4 25 reviews

Peaceful site on the edge of Elst in Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park
A half-hour drive to Utrecht and 40 minutes to Arnhem
Landscaped park with restaurant, tennis court, play area and bike hire

If you’re eying up the Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park as an outdoor holiday destination, where better to base yourselves than a park that’s centrally located within the park? Plan a stay at Camping de Tabaksschuur, in the village of Elst, and you’ll be within easy reach of all sorts of excellent walking and bike routes plus a good cluster of family days out. The scenic views start right there at the park, which has been carefully landscaped and planted with lots of native greenery. There’s history to the place, too – the family business has been running since 1972, but the two well-preserved old tobacco barns at the centre of the site date back further than that and give a good nod to the area’s heritage. Heading out to explore the surroundings? Start with the Amerongse Berg nature reserve, a few minutes’ walk away (or accessible on a great mountain bike route from just outside the site), then get set to spend days biking or walking through scenery of forests, rivers, dykes and pretty villages. Rhenen, Veenendaal, Wageningen and Wijk bij Duurstede are all within cycling distance for a bit of urban time, or you could drive up to Utrecht in about half an hour for some city culture. This is a peaceful and laidback site that’s popular with young families and more mature travellers – it’s got a play area, tennis court, games room and pétanque court but if you’re after lots of on-site activities you’ll want to look elsewhere. A bar (with snacks available), bike hire and a launderette are also provided, and it’s a short walk to shops and places to eat in the village.

Site type

Open now

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
A charge of €0.50 (£0.42) applies for the use of the shower.
The sauna (and/or hammam) is open between 04/04 and 05/10.
No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
The games room is open between 04/04 and 05/10.
The bar is open between 04/04 and 05/10.
This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.

Languages spoken

Dutch

English

German

Open from Fri, 4 Apr to Sun, 5 Oct 2025

Pitch types & availability

Cabin

4 people maximum

No dogs allowed

Wifi at the unit/pitch

Dimensions: 4.0m width x 4.0m length (13.1ft width x 13.1ft length) Calculated area: 16.0m² (172.2ft²)

4 people maximum

No dogs allowed

Wifi at the unit/pitch

Please bring your own towels and cooking equipment.

Dimensions

4.0m width x 4.0m length (13.1ft width x 13.1ft length) Calculated area: 16.0m² (172.2ft²)

Year of manufacture: 2007

1 room

Open space 2 x Bunk bed

No toilets in the unit: shared facilities available.

No showers in the unit: shared facilities available.

Features

Car 1 included, 2 max.

Duvets and pillows 4 included, 4 max.

Fridge 1 included, 1 max.

High chair 1 included, 1 max.

Travel cot 1 included, 1 max.

Campers' kitchen

Cooker

Dining table and chairs

Electric heater(s)

Gas and electricity included

Wifi at the unit/pitch

Other restrictions

No dogs allowed

Extras

Bring a pup tent (1 max)		€7 (€7) per night
Extra car (1 max)		€2.50 (€2.50) per night
Heating (1 max)		€7 (€7) per night
Single bed linen hire (4 max)		€10.50 (€10.50) per item

You will be able to choose extras on the booking page.

Arrival days

From €62.20 (€62.20) 1 night, 2 adults

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So gemütlich kann es in der trekkinghutten sein :-)

Beautiful site, felt very rural but close to a village. Nice clean…

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Jayne D. Oct 2024

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Beautiful site, felt very rural but close to a village. Nice clean facilities. Really helpful reception staff.
Tip: if you stay here make sure you have a torch as it's very dark at night!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Like ;)

Overall	8/10
Location	6
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Matej B. Aug 2024

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Quiet, nice, clean camping

Disliked: It will be handy to have vending machine on shower tokens and better wifi conection

Recommend to friends Visit again

Krásné a klidné a čisté prostředí se vším důležitým k dispozici

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Anonymous Aug 2024

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Personál, čistota, krásné prostředí, společenská místnost, lednička k dispozici, teplé nápoje k dispozici, tenisový kurt

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent place to stay

Overall	10/10
Location	6
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Anonymous Aug 2024

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: This is a great campsite if you're looking for a quiet spot with good facilities. It's right next to a huge woods with gorgeous bike trails and lots of walking opportunities. Our 14 year old particularly appreciated free hot chocolate in the common room, and free use of sockets to charge phones! There's a TV in the common room so we could watch the Olympic highlights of an evening. The Wifi is really good, there's a lovely tennis court, a football space, and a really nice trampoline. Our kids are too old for the playground but it looked good too.

If you're looking for somewhere with lots of small children where your kids can make friends with others, this probably isn't the place for you as it's mainly cabins and generally older people. But we had a lovely space for our tent, with shade and a free electric point (if we'd had the necessary adaptor!). There is a little bit of traffic noise from the nearby road, but really overall it's one of the most peaceful campsites we've stayed in as a family. There's also an infrared sauna, which we didn't use but might be nice in colder weather!

We also really appreciated the fact that there is a big fridge and freezer for campers to use. There isn't anywhere on the campsite to buy bread or other supplies but the local shop is a 5 minute cycle away.

Disliked: You have to pay for the showers, but they are very clean and if you use the family shower or the one in the stall with the sauna you get 6 minutes rather than 5. Since charging phones is free it seems to balance out though!

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Don’t mess around looking at all the other places just book this one

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Keith M. Jun 2024

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Clean , quiet

Disliked: None

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic campsite

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

jeff w. Jun 2024

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Friendly Staff, reception and sitting room. The large Sitting room had free coffee machine and was air conditioned. Although we had no children with us the sports and games facilities were great. Good supermarket and bakery a km down the round in Elst. Pitches were fabulous and quiet

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice location…

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	6
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	6
Child friendliness	6
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	6

lee t. Jun 2024

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Nice location

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site and facilities, poor welcome for the weary traveller!

Overall	6/10
Location	10
Value for money	6
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	No rating
Customer service	2
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Juliet G. Jun 2024

Cabin

Liked: Clean trekkershut with some useful extras. Exceptional clean toilet and shower block. Quiet, peaceful, beautiful campsite.

Disliked: Terrible welcome. We arrived at 5.30pm, reception had closed at 11am. Rang bell, eventually answered by unfriendly voice. No apology. Told to wait one moment. Many moments later a young girl appeared who didn’t really know what she was doing, gave us our key and shower tokens but we didn’t really ‘check in’ properly so didn’t pay or get WiFi passcode.
Paid before leaving and paid more than expected. Disappointing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site. Would recommend.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

James C. May 2024

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet site. Good facilities. Shower tokens are €1 not 50c. Free coffee machine. Good toilet block and showers. Great local walks and scenery.

Disliked: Not allowed to drive car up to pitch. Have to use garden centre trolley to cart it there. We were okay as close to car park but some pitches were quite far away.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Ontvangst, plek, voorziening…

Overall	6/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	No rating
Customer service	6
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	8

Rolf d. May 2024

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Ontvangst, plek, voorziening

Disliked: sanitair was redelijk, was wel schoon maar beetje out-dated, uitchecken ging heel onpersoonlijk

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Features

No dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area Pétanque TV room Take away Tennis Waterslide Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed No dogs allowed No pets allowed

Themes

Forest Peaceful Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Camping de Tabaksschuur

Bosweg 3

Elst

Utrecht

The Netherlands

3922 GJ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/Amsterdam CEST (GMT+02:00)

GPS

51.98806°N
5.48652°W

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Mix a bit of history into your days of exploring the scenery with outings to Amerongen Castle (five minutes’ drive), Duurstede Castle (20 minutes) and Soelen Castle, or visit the Airborne Museum at Hartenstein to see tanks and other memorabilia from World War II. Ouwehands Zoo is 10 minutes away for kid-pleasing days, or it's a half-hour drive to the excellent Burgers' Zoo, where you can see animals from all over the world in a series of themed ecosystem areas. There are several small towns around that are worth a stop as you roam, but you might also like to consider some time exploring the streets and museums of Arnhem (40 minutes) or checking out the Miffy Museum, DomUnder and Sonnenborgh Observatory in Utrecht (half an hour). Once you’ve had your fill of outings, walks or bike rides for the day, seek out one of the local aquatic areas to cool off: Henschotermeer beach (20 minutes’ drive) or the Leersum forest pool (10 minutes) are both lovely places for an open-air dip.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

Admission is only permitted after registering at reception.
All guests spending the night at the park must present their ID at the reception desk and sign registration forms.
Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Arrivals and departures

Late arrivals must notify the park as soon as possible. Your booking will be held for 24 hours. After this period the management reserves the right to relet your unit.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
Units will be allocated on arrival.

Extras

A charge of €0.50 (£0.42) applies for the use of the shower.
Motorbike(s) can be brought instead of the car(s) included.

General

Bookings are nominative and non-transferable.
In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.
Public areas are non-smoking.
Quiet hours must be respected between 10 p.m. and 9 a.m..
Refunds within the indicated cancellation period are only possible if the site is able to relet your unit/pitch.
The bar is open between 04/04 and 05/10.
The games room is open between 04/04 and 05/10.
The sauna (and/or hammam) is open between 04/04 and 05/10.
This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.

Occupancy

No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.

Pitches

You must follow the management directives when pitching your tent/unit and related equipment.

Reception

Reception is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. between 04/04 and 05/10.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Firearms are not permitted.
Open fires are prohibited.
Please do not touch or feed the animals.

Vehicles

No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
The car is only included in the rate if you are travelling with a touring caravan or a tent. If you wish to bring a car along with your motorhome/campervan please select the extra.

Visitors

Visitors’ cars are not permitted on site.
Visitors must leave the premises by 10 p.m..

Payment terms

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Frequently asked questions

Does Camping de Tabaksschuur have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Camping de Tabaksschuur dog friendly? No View all features
What attractions are near Camping de Tabaksschuur? Mix a bit of history into your days of exploring the scenery with outings to Amerongen Castle (five minutes’ drive), Duurstede Castle (20 minutes) and Soelen Castle, or visit the Airborne Museum … Read more

When can I check in and check out of Camping de Tabaksschuur?

Camping and touring
Arrive:	2 p.m. –	8 p.m.
Depart by:	12 p.m.
On-site accommodation
Arrive:	2 p.m. –	8 p.m.
Depart by:	11 a.m.

How much does it cost to stay at Camping de Tabaksschuur? From £22.88 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.