Fashoda

Was ok, new host was learning how to take care of the sites. Overall good camp.

This is my second time in one month here! It's perfect!

The campground is very close to Sacramento, the water level is high and the scenery is great. The only complaint I have is the bathroom situation. They desperately need to clean out the vault toilets. The very first weekend they were open and the toilets were full to the top.

Only 3 of the 30 campsites were occupied coz we went just after Memorial day. Had a tranquil and relaxing time. Would definitely camp here again.

Campground was a lot cooler than the beach on a super hot weekend and nicely wooded. Love having beach access so close to our campground, and the water was perfect to swim in during such hot weather. But the toilets were horrible with hundreds of flies swarming around so we didn't use it much. Also the campsite had so many wasps that it was scary and stressful to eat and cook.

Fashoda may be the best campground I've stayed at! From the well shaded campground to the short 1 minute walk from campsite to Union lake with beach access, this place ticks many if not all the boxes.

The vault tiolets and faucets are plentiful and well located. The pay showers are only a 2 minute walk. Cost is $3 for 3 minutes and  the machine will only accept quarters.

The camp host are kind and very attentive and do a magnificent job of keeping the facility clean. They are also on top of noise issues, asking me if their were any noise issues from other campers at night and to let them know if there was.

Two bonuses at Fashoda:
1. The beach access which offers great swimming and ability to launch our kayaks, canoe and paddle boards. The beach is located in a Cove so well protected from the wind and motor boats.
2. Cell reception is about 3 bars (on at&t and verizon), more than good enough to YouTube and work.

My review covers two different stays. We camped at Fashoda June 20 and August 21. Both stays were for 3-4 nights. We stayed at campsites 9, 13 & 14. All sites were SPACIOUS but not very flat. Chances are your tent will be on a slope!

Summary:
This year was our first time staying at Fashoda. We chose Fashoda for its beach access for our boats and because our usual campground, Icehouse was still closed down for renovations from last year's fires. We also considered Sunset campground but decided against because it didn't have beach access.

Not a bad site we had but host was not good. We arrived at dusk got all set up had a fire ate dinner and went in our “roof top” tents and were woken up by the host at 1:30am by the host telling us we had to leave because we weren’t in ground tents. So we had to pack everything up and leave back to placerville.
I booked this site months ago and it does not state anywhere that you can’t use rooftop tents. Very annoying.

Peaceful and nice camphosts

One of the worst camping experiences ever. We had to leave after the first night because the campgrounds nearby us all had at 5-6 tents on each campsite, and large groups of adults and kids. We asked the camp host what was going on and they said that the guests insisted they had eight adults at one campsite and eight children and that they were allowed to have as many children as they wanted as children don’t count towards the maximum guest count. I’ve never heard that you can have as many children as you want every other campgrounds is six maximum regardless of age. It was very unpleasant to be camping next to huge groups of people that were together and had no respect for the campground. The trash is overflowing and these large groups had food out all night which of course caused the bear to come by. These guests spent most of the night banging pots and pans and slamming the door to the dumpster to try to scare away the Bears that they welcomed with their left out food. They also shined flashlights all night and we’re up until 2 AM partying. It’s very uncomfortable to camp you feel like there’s no one that is managing it and can’t control guests and you don’t feel safe. We left and talked to the Ranger at the information station who told us that the Fashoda and sunset were not the best places to camp because of the type of clientele visiting from the nearby cities who are not used to camping and even at times have been known to fire shotguns to try to scare bears because they leave food out. I would never go there again, although the area is beautiful and there’s other campgrounds that are much better. If you have a good campground host that can control the guests, that would make it a better experience. It was disrespectful to the campground to the other visitors and of course to the wild life that’s been invited into this area with reckless guests that leave out food and no supervision by camp staff.

The location and sites were amazing. The lake is my favorite. Unfortunately, the facilities(restrooms) were not as clean as they have been in the past. The toilet paper was not restocked in time. Still had a great time as usual, definitly coming back next year.