Kaibab Camper Village

The coordinates to the gate for this campground is;

36•42’36”N, 112•13’48”W

I could NOT find this on any page of the website. My phone, my TomTom, and the car navigation ALL argued about the directions to the camp, and we took the longer way, unwittingly. The directions to this camp MUST be better! Their directions simply guide you from the 87 & 160 highway intersection... GPS devices aren’t so smart... they need an address or coordinates.

Two other reasons for a low rating are;
1) they have only three showers/restroom facilities for this camp and during our stay, TWO of them were ‘closed for remodeling’? WHAT? I didn’t get 2/3 off of my daily rate! :-)

2) We are all squeezed right in beside each other (too many sites for the acreage), and we all have to also park our vehicles in the site, too... many don’t do so well with courtesy.

Good Traits
As noted from another Sept 30 camper, the office staff are very nice and helpful. Contrarily though, our experience with Ron (he guided us to our site), was superb. He even got into the back of the spot and gave great hand-signals to guide us into our back-in spot.

We usually boondock or stay in campgrounds on public lands, so this was our very first experience at a privately owned campground in over five years of camping with our small RV. And the only reason we stayed here was that the couple we were travelling with had dogs and needed a place with electric hookups to run their Air Conditioning for the dogs while we were out exploring the area.

Everything the other reviewers say is all true. Very tight campsites, no privacy between sites, sketchy yet expensive shower facilities, sketchy yet expensive laundry facilities, and at least one of the staff is a total jerk.

We found the ladies in the office to be very friendly, helpful and professional. When one of the washing machines in the laundry 'ate' $2.00 worth of our quarters and refused to operate, the lady in the campground office gave us 8 quarters no questions asked.

About 10 minutes after connecting our rig to the 30 amp shore power, our surge protector began reporting a low voltage condition with voltage coming from the voltage coming from the pedestal rating less than 104 Volts. We disconnected right away and went to the office to report the unsatisfactory voltage and they sent their handyman over to check it out. He initially spent about 45 minutes taking the pedestal apart changing some of the hardware in the pedestal and pronounced it 'fixed'. We connected again and began getting the same low voltage message from our surge protector.

The first handy man's shift was over so his replacement Ron, a.k.a 'the Jerk', came over to the site and began to berate us for using a surge protector and proclaimed that he has been fighting for years with guests whose surge protectors report low voltage or other electrical faults. Ron went on to say, that as soon as these people bypass their surge protectors, the problems go away. Kind of like taking your rig into the shop to get a 'Check Engine Light' evaluated and having the technician say, "Just put a piece of tape over the light and everything will be fine!"

We just disconnected our rig from Ron's faulty electrical service, but our travelling companions bypassed their surge protector like Ron suggested so they could run the AC while we were out exploring, and their Air Conditioning unit was damaged and completely stopped working by the end of the first day. Coincidence? I think not. The mobile RV technician who came out to check the AC unit said the damage to their AC was indeed a possible result of inadequate voltage. $1,800 to replace the entire AC unit due to the inadequate and faulty electrical service at Kaibab Camper Village.

In walking around the campground, we noticed that about 75% of the surge protectors campers were using at the pedestals reported the 'PE04' error code for incoming voltage below 104 Volts.

Anyway ... long story short ... the electrical system at this park is completely inadequate and will cause damage to your rig if you do not use a surge protector! If you use a surge protector, you will not get any electricity due to the faults within the campground's electrical service.

Oh, the Jacobs Lake Inn, just a mile walk from the campground advertises "World Famous Cookies" ... and the cookies are indeed exceptional! Get some!

Though we now have a 29.5’ TT, in 2016 we had a tear drop trailer. Now knowing that the evenings are cool here in July, we will go on to the North Rim camp ground and dry camp. We did want to risk it being hot. Live and learn! I’ve paid way less for much nicer facilities, but there are few (if any other) RV Park options for those wanting full hookups.

Staff was friendly enough. The roads weren’t paved but not bad (not great, but not bad). No free showers as has been said; and I like that they want to be responsible with the resources.

Our rig fit in the tight spot -tricky. First night no neighbors on one side; on the other side, the neighbors were so close that they had to put their mirrors in to fit. Crazy! And fine.

I don't usually leave severely negative reviews but this campground was near the worst we experienced in our 8,000 loop of the American West. Parking lot sites with barely enough space to open the slides and to short to park out tow vehicle with the trailer. We determined we didn't like the campground after day 1 of a scheduled 4 and were told "No refunds" while she pointed it out on the poster at the desk. I had made reservations almost a year in advance but we still walked away from our $$ and went to the Kaibab Paiute Tribal Campground which turned out to be much better with very pleasant folks running it.

Good luck if you have to stay here.

Jacob Lake, AZ – Kaibab Camper Village
This is one of only a few campgrounds near the north rim of Grand Canyon and it is a very busy place! We arrived on May 14, their first day of the opening season. The staff was very pleasant when we arrived (and every other time I went to talk with them) even though there was a bit of chaos due to it being the first day and brand new. We were escorted to our site and assisted in the backup to our site. Many of the sites are very narrow but they were excellent at getting the RV’s parked without any incident. We were lucky as our site 16 was not as narrow as others and even had room for us to park our tow next to our MH. Parking pad was gravel but ours was very level. We had FHU with 30 amp. Bathroom facilities were older porta-potties. They had paid showers but we did not check them out. Laundry room has only 2 washers and 2 dryers (1 dryer was broken). Wash/dry load cost was $3.50. We stayed here 15 days because we used it as our home base for visiting a number of National Parks but people came and went at a very fast pace. It was full or nearly full every day. I apologize for not having pictures of when it was full!

We understand why people in other reviews are not too excited about this place, but for the location and full hookups for an RV (30amp power only) this is really about the only option for the North Rim and it was just fine. It is about 45 minutes from the Grand Canyon and is easy to get in and out of. Staff was very helpful to get things set up.

The bathrooms are very basic and the showers and laundry are pay - but it seems expected. Lots of tent camping sites and I guess if you are tent camping, this should be what you expect to come across.

They have to bring in their water by truck, so they are pretty specific about not over using it. If you have a full hookup RV, it should not cause any issues for you.

They drive you to your RV site and help you get setup, very friendly people.

Only stay at this campground if you need electric. The bathrooms are Porta Johns, and very far away from the campsite. The showers are even further away from the campsites and are pay showers located in a dilapidated building. Yes, this is the closest full hook up to The north rim, but unless you need electric you are better off to stay at Jacobs lake right across the street State Park, or DeMotte State Park. which is 25 miles closer to the rim. And the reviews are correct you cannot fill your water tank.