Broads campsite with boat hire and sauna wins prestigious travel award

Amy Mackrill

5 July 2024 at 7:35 am·1-min read

Three Rivers Pitch & Paddle is located in Geldeston <i>(Image: Three Rivers Pitch & Paddle)</i> — Three Rivers Pitch & Paddle is located in Geldeston *(Image: Three Rivers Pitch & Paddle)*

It's been a big year for a Norfolk campsite located in the Broads National Park.

Offering a range of pitches to tents, caravans and motorhomes, Three Rivers Pitch & Paddle in Geldeston was crowned Tourism Business of the Year at the Broadland & South Norfolk Business Awards in March.

Three Rivers won the Tourism Business of the Year at the 2024 Broadland & South Norfolk Business Awards (Image: Three Rivers Pitch & Paddle)

This week the campsite has achieved a 2024 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for the second year running.

The award honours businesses that consistently earn great reviews, placing them among the top 10pc of listings around the world on Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform.

An aerial view of the campsite (Image: Three Rivers Pitch & Paddle) John Boris, Chief Growth Officer at Tripadvisor, said: “Congratulations to Three Rivers Pitch & Paddle on its recognition in Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards for 2024.

“Travellers’ Choice honours businesses that consistently demonstrate a commitment to hospitality excellence.

The campsite hosts outdoor activity sessions for children (Image: Three Rivers Pitch & Paddle) "This means you have made such a memorable impact on your visitors that many of them took the time to go online and leave a great review about their experience."

Set along the banks of the River Waveney, the campsite hires out equipment for water sports including paddleboards, kayaks, canoes and rowing boats and boasts a wood-fired Swedish sauna.

The campsite also runs a variety of events throughout the year including food nights with paella and wood-fired pizza and children’s outdoor activity sessions with a local forest school teacher.

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