Polaris Campsite, Chałupy — Hel Peninsula
Polaris is a large, deliberately simple campsite on the bay side of the Hel Peninsula, between the villages of Chałupy and Władysławowo. It is the last site in Chałupy that still lets you pitch a tent, and one of the cheapest places to sleep on the whole peninsula — which is why windsurfers and kitesurfers have been coming here for decades.
What to expect
This is camping in the old sense: a big grassy field by the water, sanitary blocks, a shop and a bar — and not much else. There are no hotel rooms, no wellness area and no reception ready to hold a pitch for you. What you get instead is direct access to Puck Bay, which is shallow, flat and windy — the reason this stretch of coast became the birthplace of Polish windsurfing.
The site has separate areas for tents, for caravans and campers, and a section rented for the whole season. Several kite and windsurfing schools keep their bases here through the summer.
Getting there
Chałupy lies on road 216, the single road running the length of the Hel Peninsula. By car from Gdańsk it is about 90 km; in July and August expect queues, so travel early. The SKM/PKP train to Hel stops in Chałupy and the campsite is a short walk from the station — in high season the train is genuinely faster than driving.
House rules worth knowing in advance
Pitches cannot be reserved — not for tents, not for caravans, not for campers. Arrival order decides. The minimum stay is 4 nights. You must check in and pay at reception before entering the grounds, and entering means accepting the site rules and price list, which are posted at every gate.
Prices 2026
Paid per night, on site, in cash or by card. A local tourist tax is collected separately.
- Adult30 zł / night
- Child up to 1019 zł / night
- Dog17 zł / night
- Electricity hook-updepends on the type of pitch
Local tourist tax 3,40 zł per person per night, collected on site. Full Polish price list: chalupy-polaris.pl/cennik
Where Polaris is
Polaris occupies roughly 740 m of the peninsula between the Solar (Chałupy 4) and Ekolaguna (Chałupy 5) campsites. Click a site on the map for details and available accommodation.
Najedź, żeby zobaczyć opis. Przybliżysz przyciskami, kółkiem z Ctrl albo szczypnięciem na telefonie — przybliżoną mapę przeciągniesz palcem lub myszą.
- pole namiotowe
- kampery / przyczepy
- kampery / przyczepy — cały sezon
- granice kempingu Polaris
Polaris — opisywany w tym serwisie
Miasteczko turystyczne między Czwórką a Szóstką: najtaniej na Helu, bez rezerwacji, spartańsko. Pole namiotowe, miejsca na przyczepy i kampery, bazy szkół kite.
Granice kempingów: dane OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Podział terenu Polarisa na strefy i rozmieszczenie udogodnień są orientacyjne — przeniesione z mapy kempingu, nie z pomiaru. Linki do Booking.com są afiliacyjne.
If you would rather book a bed in advance
Polaris itself takes no reservations, but several operators rent caravans and cabins on Polaris and the neighbouring sites, and those can be booked online:
These are affiliate links to Booking.com — if you book through one, this site may earn a commission. Your price does not change.
More detail, in Polish
The Polish version of this site goes much deeper: a full price list with a stay calculator, twenty answered questions, a comparison of every campsite between Władysławowo and Chałupy, and the history of the place.