Hi all,
Planning for a road trip in Dec 18. 14 days in south New Zealand.
Have anyone rented a Campervan? I would like to know how’s the experience and from which rental company??
Thanks all!
Hi all,
Planning for a road trip in Dec 18. 14 days in south New Zealand.
Have anyone rented a Campervan? I would like to know how’s the experience and from which rental company??
Thanks all!
Last June, I rented from https://www.wilderness.co.nz. For my upcoming trip in July, I will be renting from http://www.britz.co.nzHi all,
Planning for a road trip in Dec 18. 14 days in south New Zealand.
Have anyone rented a Campervan? I would like to know how’s the experience and from which rental company??
Thanks all!
Hi all,
Tours are freaking expensive in NZ. I've already planned for skydiving and I'm considering the Fox Glacier tour. Do you think it is worth it?
If yes, which one do you recommend? Preferably most bang for buck.
Heli tour? What kind of tour u talking about at fox?
I'm also going to do campervan in south NZ in Dec'18. So I can't really share experience on the trip, but maybe can share a bit on the campervan hunting.
Btw - how many people will there be in your group? If you have max.4, then you'll have many more options than if you need campervan with capacity of 5-6 people (which is my case).
I started by looking at the reviews in rankers.co.nz site. From there you can see which companies have good review ratings, then you see whether they have the kind of campervan that you have in mind (in terms of capacity and how new their fleet looks like - because the age is closely correlated to the price). You can even use the rankers function of getting direct quotes from the different companies, based on your need (i.e. date, capacity, budget level).
As mentioned by the others earlier, it is indeed expensive (especially during the summer peak season). I do think doing campervan + holiday parks will be more expensive than using normal car + staying in motels.
Aside from the campervan cost (which can be $300+ /day), the holiday parks itself (powered site) would already cost around $100/day (for 4-5 pax, because they count by pax).
planning a year end trip, and was thinking of going NZ.
Most likely will be a solo trip and can't find a friend / partner to join.
Will NZ be a good solo location ?
If solo, thinking of just rent a campervan and travel around. But my worry will be tiring to drive whole day for the whole trip. Any advise ?
Class 3 can drive a campervan ?
Thanks.
With regards to your queries:
Yes, it is definitely an appropriate location for a solo backpacker trip. Personally, contrary to the busy lifestyle of say places like Tokyo or say Taipei (Both are also awesome places too). New Zealand is probably one of those places for those inclined towards a tranquil and serene place as a travel destination. Not as hectic as the tourist-ridden places like I've mentioned above.
There are other appropriate options for travelling in New Zealand other than self-drive. Yeah it will be a bit vexing to be on the move consistently so if you're a fatigue-prone person it might trouble you a fair bit. However it's also possible to hitchhike in New Zealand - Hailing a random stranger for a commute to the desired place of travel. Most locals will be more than willing to hitch you a ride. Bus rides are also other possible option with an abundance in local shuttle companies ferrying you to other major cities and towns. However if you want to go to the outskirts, definitely other options must be sought.
Yes, you can drive a campervan.
Hitchhiking might cause much delays to your plan. Like maybe you need to wait for hours before someone is willing to drive you to your next destination, then you are f-up.
Consider self driving, campervan or otherwise. You're not always on the move, most of the time only when you travel places to places? It's not that bad actually. My friend just returned not long, and like travelling with campervan cause don't have to pack/unpack unlike if you stay in motel/hotel/etc.
And if you go city area like queenstown, you can park somewhere and take bus to downtown and walk around instead of driving.
But I'll say it's not exactly cheap, depending on what you want to do (activities), and duration that you will be there. I'll say at min, 12 days else, it's a waste.
True also, will need for a car to come before you can hike a ride.
Your friend also solo NZ ?
For me, first time to NZ, more to taking photos, flying drone taking all the landscape photos. Hope to see aurora. I'm ok with 12 - 14 days to slowly explore.
Understand that NZ is left hand drive, not sure if i can get use to it.
My brother tried driving left hand drive and he got a headache every time he drive. haha
No, he went with partner.
It's right hand drive, same as sg.
Not sure if drone can bring not, have to see who know here. Don't know got restrictions in airport custom.