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RV Reviews

Jul 19, 2025
Jul 18, 2025
We have stayed here for years, at one point we were here once or twice a month. Now we are down to once or twice a year. This place needs major upgrades! The cabins are a waste of space and money! Spray for ants, fix the kiddie pool that has been closed for a year, playground equipment needs to be replaced. ENFORCE quiet time and kids jumping off dock! Most of the employees are great but thats it!
Jul 18, 2025
Jul 17, 2025
Very nice KOA campground. Sites are roomy and very well maintained. Owners were very welcoming and helpful. Gorgeous sunset over the north shore of Lake Marion.
Jul 15, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
what a beautiful setting under tall pines and right on the lake. People were so very nice and pizza delivery was a nice touch
Jul 14, 2025
Dated park, but everything was in good working order. Bathrooms were very clean. Great Lake views. Only downside is that there was too much sand for us, which attracted tins of ants. Prefer concrete slabs.
Jul 14, 2025
Great stay
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 12, 2025
Staff i feel the park needs some attention
Jul 11, 2025
The electric did not work, we couldn't get 15 amp out of the 30 or 50 amp service. The was place was empty in July?? They had large fan on the main circuit panel. The only good thing was easy on and off I95.
Jul 11, 2025
Just overnight but people are friendly and informative.
Jul 10, 2025
Enjoy our stay every time. Will visit several times a year. Love the site and all of the trees.
Jul 09, 2025
Beautiful camp ground. Wonderful and clean bathrooms. Ant problem in our vehicles and camper. Ants in or vehicle as we drove home for 8 hrs.
Jul 09, 2025
Friendly staff Dirty showers Run down sites with a lot of sandy dirt
Jul 08, 2025
We spend every 4th of July at Santee KOA. It is a great time and always kept very clean. Have never had a bad experience. We look forward to many more Holidays with them.
Jul 08, 2025
Holiday weekend so was very crowded which was to be expected. Staff handled crowd well, kept bath houses clean. Beach area by lake had a good bit of trash left behind from slack campers. Also there were kids riding four wheelers all day and evening up and down every row. (which I thought 4 wheelers weren’t allowed) other than that overall good stay.
Jul 08, 2025
we really enjoyed our stay.. wooded camp sites, the bath house was cleaned daily. the staff was amazing, very nice and knowledable.
Jul 08, 2025
Stayed on the 4th of July. Enjoyed our stay, only issue I'm having with most KOAs is your WIFI is weak to almost none when your full. Internet the whole time there was none here. Hurts some of us that try and do little work or leisure abilities that need INTERNET to do so.
Jul 08, 2025
Convenient to highway, very friendly, extremely clean.
Jul 08, 2025
I have no idea why this campground falls under the KOA umbrella. This is without question the most dilapidated KOA I’ve ever stayed at. Sites weren’t level, electric struggled to keep up and there were ants everywhere. We will never be back.
Jul 07, 2025
We had the best time! The site and view were beautiful! The employees were awesome!
Jul 07, 2025
Once again we had a great weekend at Santee Lakes KOA. This is one of our favorite places to go. It’s quiet & clean, the staff is always so friendly (Mike always remembers us and our dog, Shine �) and helpful. We are excited to see what the new owners will do and will definitely be back soon!
Jul 07, 2025
Per the website, we were expecting more from the game room, mini golf, and pool. None were really usable. Games were old and broke, and there weren't very many to start with. The pool was small and needed updating, the jacuzzi was closed. There was a sign to wash before getting into pool, but no shower. Bath houses need updating. We did enjoy the lake.
Jul 07, 2025
The sites are nice, trash service is great. The activities are nice. The only issue we had was the boat overflow parking area had a huge pile of rock/asphalt that took up a large area of the boat parking. This and all the single cars or golfcarts taking up spots made it hard to find a boat trailer parking spot. We were told not to park the trailer at campsites, but we had no choice.
Jul 07, 2025
I think this place was the worst place I've stayed in years. They have a huge ant infestation. The power boxes are so out of date people were burning the AC units. I wouldn't come back!!
Jul 07, 2025
When we got had to have breaker fixed so we could have power. Infested with ants. Not a place where we would stay again.
Jul 07, 2025
First let me say this rating has absolutely nothing to do with the staff. They were the sweetest people ever!! We had a 30amp site, we lost power twice. The gentleman beside us lost power every 30 minutes and had to fix his own breaker. The ants are absolutely horrible, yes I know we are outside but it was a mess. Everything needs to be updated. The price doesn't reflect at all.
Jul 07, 2025
We really enjoyed staying at Santee Lakes KOA. When we arrived someone drove us to our site and helped us level out the camper. We loved having boat access to the lake. Having trash picked up was a great perk as well.
Jul 07, 2025
I’ve always had the best time at this camp ground until this stay. Lost power twice because of breakers tripping and lost water once unsure why. We had an electrical box on our site that actually shocked me. Had to go find park services in the middle of the nigh. Where it was shrugged off as they had been working on it all day and it hadn’t shocked them so why would it shock me? Send email
Jul 07, 2025
My site was FO2 kept having issues with electrical box. The electrician came out and replaced the breaker, then we had a rain storm that Saturday lost power and water and sewer was backing up trash cans at the beach need more trash cans. It is a beautiful place just need some work might camp once that we hear all the problems I’ve been fixed
Jul 07, 2025
The spot they put us on had a bad ant infestation my truck and trailer were covered with ants inside and out. And then the power went out Saturday on the spot I was on bad wiring in the main box so we ended up leaving just a day early.
Jul 06, 2025
Jul 04, 2025
people were great, as usual, facilities were well maintained and clean
Jul 04, 2025
Jul 04, 2025
Convenient off I-95 and staff was nice, but some campers do not abide by noise restrictions. Loud ATVs until 1:00am and people yelling. 30amp/water site description said it would be near lakefront but was far from lake and near store/pool.
Jul 03, 2025
Good site but needs a little leveling Bathhouse was nice Office was very nice and easy to work with
Jul 03, 2025
Very nice staff, long pull throughs available, sandy/dirt campsites. Pool filtration system needs improvement. Camp store is limited. Good for an overnight stay due to proximity to I95.
Jul 02, 2025
Very nice staff
Jul 01, 2025
Our second stay at this campground. Great lakeside views; pool or lake swimming. Wonderful staff.
Jul 01, 2025
We enjoyed our stay. It would be nicer if the lake ( swimming area) were cleaner. It is a beautiful property.
Jul 01, 2025
I was not pleased with how there was no treatment to the ant issue. Maintenance guy who rode on a golf cart acted as if it was no big deal, but one night I couldn’t lay down until I went and got poison to treat my camper due to the overwhelming amount of ants everywhere, on everything. Other than that, the overall trip and weather was pleasant.
Jul 01, 2025
Perfect place to stay for an over night while traveling. Staff was very helpful and friendly. Would stay here again!
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
We had a great time! The campsites were clean. 1st time not staying in a national park, so had to adjust with feeer trees. Sites not private. But the pool was clean (hot tub not operational but too hot for that) the lake was clean and nice beach area. Love the little kid play ground!
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
Awesome � check in was great! Wish we could have stayed more than overnight! Definitely a lot of activities for everyone!
Jun 29, 2025
Our favorite stopping point between home in the south and family visits in the NE.
Jun 29, 2025
Super friendly staff, campground seems to be neglected for a long time ,definitely needs updated, putt putt golf is falling apart, swimming pool had brown and green on the bottom and on the walls, bathroom facilities were clean, but very dated
Jun 01, 2026
Easy on and off highway, staff are all wonderful and the pizza is great!
- Ruth Eustice on Google
May 19, 2026
This is a beautiful campground. You are near the water and lots of shade. It was perfect. Thank you
- Debra Cobb on Google
May 18, 2026
Beautiful park close to the interstate, easy in and out. Located on Lake Marion, beautiful beach, scenic views and peaceful. We were in H2 site and had great views of the beach and water. We will definitely be back again
- Arlene O'May on Google