I made an air bnb reservation on the site. The dates were clearly available on the site. The…read morereservation and payment was entered, acknowledged and accepted. A reservation number was provided. I was asked to provide the expected time of check in and the reason for my travel. I reluctantly entered the reason as "to view solar eclipse" on April 8, 2024. The reason for my travel is none of Dan's business and in hindsight I shouldn't have provided it. Several hours later I get an email from Dan canceling the reservation with the statement, "The cabins are not available for eclipse viewing. We have something else planned for the eclipse viewing. Those dates should not have been available on the website. They should have been blocked off. That's a glitch." It was very unprofessional of Dan to cancel a reservation made on their own site with open availability and to inquire in to our personal travel plans. The cancelation was arbitrary and discriminatory. Regardless of what their own site says and allows you to do as far as making a reservation and providing payment, be aware Dan will backdoor your plans after you think you've made a reservation, even with a reservation number provided. This was a terrible business experience. Here's the real crux of the issue: The dates were not blocked off and were available For $115 per night. When he realized he can get so much more than that, Dan disallows my reservation. We'll see in the coming days/weeks what the new price is on those properties for those dates. Shame on Dan and Camp Manitowa.

i love my camp i didn't go this last year or two and i think i need to come back i went 3years in a…read morerow and i loved it i love my friends counselors and the food and coming from a picky eater i love dan and Andy they are my favorite i love when we go to eat and dan brings his dog with him i love all the dogs at camp im so glad i got to experience this camp its really did make me happier i always wanna come back

Came here for our grandsons first birthday…read more The place is clean and open. Simple and no hassle. There are cubbies for shoes, hooks for coats. They have a small counter with inexpensive toys for purchase. I believe my daughter said it was $9 for "jumpers". Socks are required! I imagine they have them for purchase if you forgot.. Andy if they don't, maybe they should pop officer to the $1 store and make a few extra bucks. There are a row of booth seating and a table and chairs that would work for handicap people. Bathrooms are clean and stocked. The staff was super friendly. A blonde girl with braids helped us and was extremely friendly and was sure to check on us during and after our visit. They don't sell food but you can bring your own in.. Or order pizza from Domino's next door. (But as I had an EXTREMELY bad experience with them, I WOULDN'T!) The biggest bonus..FREE AIR CONDITIONING! It's a win win. Bring your kids to run around and play. Stay cool. And then take tuckered out kids home after and enjoy a job well done!

This place sucks and my friends and I were going here for my buddies birthday party. We reserved a…read morelane and they gave away and that's not very nice so that's why we're giving them one star also the lady that worked at the front desk is very rude.

Best place to get a burger in Southern Illinois! I'm not from around here, but I love to stop by…read moreand grab a burger whenever I'm in the area. Even if you don't bowl, the burgers alone are worth a stop.

I think this is the best place ever. I went there before and it was good and nice. BUT 1 downside…read morewas that the kiddie area is for only 8 and under!! That is just stupid. But other than that it's cool, good, and amazing0!]!!!!!!!!!

We were camping nearby and came here to get out of the heat on a 98 degree day. The price is very…read morereasonable to get in and for most concessions. Kids had a great time on high jump and lazy river. My only complaint is the height restriction for tube ride. The park has only two water slides that have a 48 inch height restriction. One slide was very fast and deserved the restriction, the other slide was a tube ride that would be fun for all ages. The guards would not let my 7 year old twins on the ride because they were a little under the 48 inches. All ages could jump off the high dive, which seemed more dangerous than the tube slide.

Only in its 2nd year, this facility is clean and well maintained. admission price is reasonable and…read morethere is enough variety for all ages. Concessions are reasonable with soda at $1 and not dogs, nachos, and pizza in the $2-$2.50 range. Lazy river could be larger, it would be better if it looped around the park rather than in a separate area. Life guards were inconsistent with some very attentive and others looking everywhere but the water.

My favorite location in the southern Illinois area. The park is very quite and clean. The rangers…read moreare all friendly and willing to help. I also feel safe at the state lake! Beautiful views

This is a great place to go for some nice weekend camping. It's about 45 minutes away from the…read moremetro east, so it is much closer than driving the couple of hours down to the Ozarks. The price is fine, eight bucks for the class c camping. A great little bait shop on the property, and great places to fish. You can even rent boats for a reasonable price. If you want a bit of camping, it's a great, close place!

Quiet and remote Illinois State Park that is worthy of all the stars in the sky. 16.5 miles of…read moretrails for your feet and horse trails. Tent and trailer parking spots, no hook up. Lots of turtles live here and sure some other abundance of critters to find. Picnic areas, hunting and fishing on the vast water areas. great spots to kayak.

Great primitive park for hiking and picnicking. Keep in mind you can hunt here too so know your…read moreseason before venturing out. Primitive Camping is available.

Great place to shoot for all ages! One of the largest rifle…read moreranges in Illinois with 10 stations under roof with shooting benches on a concrete pad. 3 Pistol ranges with 15 stations and a reactive pistol range as well. 5 fifty yard archery targets. and much much more!

The only half way decent area is the handgun range and that's it. Plan on wearing your worst boots…read morebecause you will get clay on them if you go to the rifle range. And be sure you're insured because the ground by the rifle seating is covered with wood planks that you will for sure trip on. Don't recommend this place to anyone over 60 or with disabilities. If you have a disability you will not be able to access the rifle range at all. He finally laid gravel down by where you would park after years of parking and walking on clay. His gate to the range is archaic. If you're handicapped you won't be able to open the gate at all. You push a code in it unlocks the chained gate but you have to manually pull on a gate with a wheel on it across gravel so you can drive in. Worry about your safety because with the gate unlocked anyone can drive in while you are there. Not a safe range for women wanting to shoot by themselves. No Range Safety Officers on duty, it's completely unstaffed. Not safe range by NRA standards.