Center Parcs De Kempervennen

As a family with our friends we started visiting De Kempervennen when my daughter was 4 yrs old and she is now 15 yrs old. It is the best Center Parcs in Holland. So much to do - all my children have learnt to ski there. They love the activities and the Aqua Mundo...
We always stay in the basic villa right opposite the ski dome, it suits us perfectly, it is always clean and tidy when we arrive. We always take our own sheets and duvets - especially as the duvet provided for the double bed are two singles.
We will be back again in October 2011, we have just visited De Eemhof for Easter 2011 and it was an absolutely fantastic holiday. Totally different to De Kempervennen but just as good. It was made even better by the fantastic weather that we enjoyed for our 10 day stay.
I would highly recommend all the center parcs in Holland and Belgium as we have visited them all over the years and never been disappointed.

We arrived at Kempervennen Yesterday and this site was well worth booking. We priced up a midweek break at Sherwood for the week upto Good Friday and quoted not much chsnge from £700 for a 2 bed lodge for 2 adults and a 6 year old. We booked a 2 bed VIP villa with a sauna and delivered breakfast daily for less than 400 euro. Even booking the boat from Hull to Rotterdam there was not much difference in cost. We booked a ski course for our daughter for £50 and this was half the price if she had gone to our local xscape. We have booked inclusive skiing for less than £50 each, fantastic... If had hadn't been 24 degrees at easter week. Unbelievable. So basically today we cycled about 8 km, skiied for 2 hours and spent a lovely couple of hours if the pool complex, oh with the odd Beer on the terrace. One downside is the current exchange rates makes Holland more expensive than it used to be at 1.1 euro to the pound. Cant blame that on centre parc though. Would highly recomend this place. First Centre Parc in Europe having brrn to Sherwood, Winfell and Elvedon. This so far is my favourite.

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I wish I'd listened to Mrs O'Donnell. Her review was spot on. The accomodation stinks of smoke and the beds are in poor condition. The floor and sofas were dirty and in real need of a proper upholstery clean.
It seemed there was a bomb scare in the local Primark judging by the people in the Market Dome...chav central.
The activities however are great, especially the Snow Centre. Cycling in the surrounding countryside was wonderful.

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my family and I went to De Kempervennen last August, for one week, there was lots of stuff to do. we got our bikes which were a great, fun way to get around the park.
we did the 2day ski course, it was very good but hard to do, the high adventure, it was great fun but very scary, exspecially if your afraid of heights and if your not you probly will be afterwards :P, scuba Diving, this was one of our favourite activities, it was very fun and a great experience and wild river rafting was amazing fun we wanted to do it again.
The aqua Mundo (swimming pool) was really nice and great fun, theres two water slides which are good fun,a scuba diving pool were you could see lots of fishies and rapids which are amazing but cause alot of bruising but dosnt stop you wanting to go again and again.
The house we stayed in was a 4 person premium, it was very comfortable, spacious and there was sattilite tv which was very good. we were right beside a lake so the ducks would come rite up to our back door.
i would strongly recommend De Kempervennen it is a amazing holiday, we are even going back again for 12 days as we found 7 wasnt enough. :) 10/10

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We stayed at the Kempervennen in August for just under two weeks with our two children and had a wonderful time. We have previously been to Elevden, Longleat and Sherwood, and would totally recommend this one. To be walking round in shorts and relaxing on the beach in the morning to then ski-ing in the snow centre at -5 in the afternoon just doesn't compare to the english sites.
We all went ski-ing/snow boarding at the Montana ski centre, having never attempted anything like this before we were all somewhat scared. However, the teachers spoke fantastic english and made us feel as ease straight away, by the end of the lessons we were all ski-ing from the top! - definately suggest you hire the snowsuits and gloves, only 6 euros a day - a real must if you don't have any snow wear of your own.
We kept ourselves busy by doing one booked activity a day, which was more than enough, what with cycling around the park, swimming and fitting in lunch and dinner.
We also got a cycle map from the reception, which showed us all different cycle routes that we could do with the children. We had a leisurely ride out for a couple of hours, stopping on the way back at a lovely Pancake house called "de famillie suykerbuyck" literally 5 minuits if you turn right when leaving the park.

Everyone who worked here were extremely pleasant, helpful and caring. It really was a wonderful holiday that i'm sure you will enjoy.

i have recently visited center parcs De Kempervennen and we stayed there for 12 days. when we got there i was exited and saw all of the animals just wondering about the parc. however when we arrived at our chalet i was quite disapointed as the rooms all smelt of smoke and everything was damp. All my bed sheets were damp and it made me feel uncomfatable to sleep in. i was really exited to go and see the pool but when i got there,there seemed to be lack of slides as there was only one,and one rapid. the bikes were alot of fun but i had to take mine back 4 times as the lights and chains kept on breaking. The only thing that didnt seem that bad was where we ate. we ate in the market dome and the food seemed quite nice and the waiters were very pleasant. the Activities were amazing i enjoyed them so much. we done a three day ski corse aswell which was ok exept i was on my bum more than my feet.
overall the holiday was boring once you had done the activities and in my opinion you should stay there for 5 days max as you run out of things to do and you start doing them again.

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We stayed at kempervenan centre parcs for twelve days far to long in my opinion.Four days is plenty as the park is small and is not that much to do once you have done an activity for the day,the site itself was clean but was very dissapointed with the accomodation it stunk of smoke so bad i had to take my inhaler twice in an hour.The shower flooded the bathroom every time we used it, and the sofa and beds felt damp and were smelly.The sheets did not tuck in the bed properly and we had two seperate duvets on the double bed.My advice would be take your own bedding and towels and if you dont like smoke then dont go because even in the fresh air you can smell smoke.The pool was fun but again very small with one rapid and one slide.Eating was not too bad in the market dome but the entertainment was poor and boring for adults not sure for young children as we have a teenager,so dont know what goes on for the younger kids all in all i would not go mad over this holiday seemed alot of money for what we did!

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My family and I (husband, 9 year old and 7 year old) have just returned from a week long holiday in De Kempervennen. This was our second trip, we last visited in 2006, and we have had a fantastic time!
We hired basic family accommodation, which had been updated since our last visit and seemed clean and newly decorated. We loved the feeling of quiet privicy the chalet offered, we were woken by ducks and chickens on our patio.
The park itself was clean throughout and smoking is no longer allowed indoors anywhere on site, so the dome was fresh and smoke free. The children loved the cow, goats and donkeys wandering the outdoor areas and I felt happier about letting the children ride freely as the no-cars policy seems to be far more strictly applied than during our last visit.
The snow slope was one of the main reasons for our visit and proved good value for lessons and was completely empty in the evenings. The ski-restaurant offers very good value basic snacks, although is not smoke-free, quite a shock after becoming used to the smoking ban!
All members of staff were friendly and helpful and we were able to book clubs for the children when we arrived. One tip, the most popular "Family Grill" restaurant needs to be booked in advance as it is full most evenings.
Overall, we found the holiday good value despite the euro rate being less favourable. We would consider flying to Eindhoven in future, as a seven hour car/train journey is a strain. Other than that, very enjoyable overall!

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What a fabulous holiday.
We have been to six different Center Parcs sites (Elvedon, Sherwood, Longleat, De Kempervennen, De Huttenheugte and Het Heijebos). De Kempervennen is by far the best. Longleat is the best of the UK parcs.
De Kempervennen had it all for us. Our party had two adults and two children (girls 12 and 13). We travelled Dover/Dunkerque on the ferry and drove the rest of the journey. At check-in the staff were very organised and everything went smoothly.
Our girls spent at least 3-4 hours a day in the aqua mundo which was great because it was free (or part of the price). The rest of the time we did other activities such as badminton, high adventure or 'midget golf' which we had booked whilst in the UK about 3 months before we went (excellent tip because when we arrived the receptionist told us that everything else had sold out).
The aqua mundo was great; the rapids are exhilarating, the sunken galleon fascinating and cleanliness superb. There were various other slides etc and twice a week they got out a variety of large inflatable’s to have in the pool.
The food was perfect for our girls as they could help themselves and there was a lot of choice.
Our total holiday of one week in August in a lovely villa including food, ferry and all activities was £998 for a family of four. That would not even get us a one bed place at Center Parcs UK in August. We spent about £400 on pressies, some wine, duty frees and other bits and bobs. Once home we had a wallet full of euros not spent. I'm definitely not complaining.
We now go to Center Parcs about 2-3 times a year and we have not found another village as good as De Kempervennen so we are going at the end of January for a midweek with family. This is costing us £200 for our 1 bed villa including food and ferry. It doesn't get much better than that.

I have just come back from a long weekend break to De Kempervennen Center Parcs. I am a regular to Center Parcs and I often go to the one in Eleveden Forest.
Me and my partner found it smaller than the ones in England but we liked how there was a big focus on nature and animals. If you had children there is more for them to do here.
One disapointment was the food as we really enjoyed eating out in the England Parcs and we found the food to be very basic and still as expensive.
The real highlight of this park is the Montana Snow Centre. It is because of this feature that I would prefer to go back here. It is real snow and there are good facilities. It was good fun. If you are going it is best to get a week or weekend pass as it works out cheaper if you are going to ski more than one day.
All in all we had a really good time.