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Canim Lake, British Columbia, V0K 1J0, Canada

(250) 397-2243 www.ponderosaresort.com

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Erik Dv

Jul 21, 2018

Great place for a family vacation. We stayed here in July 2018 for a week along with friends. Friends camped on one of the waterfront sites and we stayed in Cabin 2 (2 bedroom). The cabin is dated as you can see on the pictures but is very clean and had everything we needed to enjoy our stay. Our cabin was located right across from the waterfront sites and there is a seperate waterfront site with picnic table allocated for this cabin which was great. We had hot weather so the lake was refreshing and kids enjoyed jumping and slidding off the floating dock. There is no cell service at the resort and WIFI was limited to around the office area and was very slow and some days didn't work at all. The owner has indicated they are trying to get an upgrade but things don't move as quick in rural BC so it was good to be "off the grid" for a while. As with most lakes on the Cariboo, come prepared with some good Mosquito spray, especially if you will be staying in any of the sites under the trees. Overall a great family resort with friendly hosts. Will definately consider going again.

Jessica Nikula

Aug 4, 2017

Not sure what the previous person was complaining about, it's a full wheel barrow load of wood for $15. The resort was very well maintained, and tidy, and the owners were courteous. The water quality in both the lake and on the resort was great! We had a beach site, and our kids thoroughly enjoyed playing in the water for the entire day.

Dianne Carter

Aug 15, 2017

I have been going to the Ponderosa for 19 years with my family. I am 75 now and treasure every year I still get to go to my happy place. I find Wolfgang and Karen and their daughter Jessie to be wonderful hosts and always wanting to help make our usually two or three week stay the best it can be. This year maybe was a bit more of a challenge with some smokey days but my granddaughters still managed to get lots of water time everyday and skied and learned to wakeboard. We find the place well maintained. Someone said about the gravel, yes it is a lake not the ocean we always come home with a few of those rocks a lot more when the girls were small. It is not a spa like resort it is a family friendly place were everyone can relax and enjoy themselves. We were evacuated because of a fire last Sat. night sorry to have missed some of my time this year. Try it out it just might become your happy place.

Haley Johnson

Sep 29, 2017

Absolutely terrible, disrespectful and rude owners. Refused to honour a credit due to a cancellation (rained out). Would not recommend supporting this business at all. In response to your comment, what I stated in my above review is that you refused to honour a cancellation "credit" by way of telling me that every possible date (for a whole year) your resort was booked up. My husband called a week later, not mentioning our credit and magically there was vacancy. You screamed at me on the phone, hung up, acted dissmisive and blatantley rude and walked away with my credit money. I'm disgusted by your lack of customer service, and just respect for your customers and my review of you business stands strong.

Tom Jansen

Aug 20, 2017

Fantastic place to holiday. Very clean, friendly, accommodating staff, and a beautiful setting on Canim lake.

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