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New Zealand Travel Experiences
Ideas on Transport Solutions
Unique New Zealand travel requires for many some extra thought.
An Island country which can only be reached by plane, yacht, or cruise. They ALL have in common once on the island some kind of transport is necessary to visit all of New Zealand attractions.
Plentiful offers are out there on how to travel within New Zealand, as it is to be expected from an attractive holiday destination. Sure is your choice of transport solutions have an immense impact on how your holiday is going to be. Therefore it is best to decide first, on what you want to get out of your New Zealand travel.
The final choice of transport is often driven by duration and season, travelling solo,or as a couple, with family, or friends as well as the area to cover and explore, to finally personal likings and budget.
The Beauty: Planning for New Zealand travel is fun. Many transport solutions are on offer to suit all budgets and desires. From independent travel where you decide the destination on a day to day manner is as easy as taking a fully or partly guided and organised tour with given routes in varying lengths. Others may desire to spend holidays close to nature, following the mainstream tracks or more heroic the path of adventure. Your imagination sets the limits.
Self-driving holidays
The luxury version of self driving is with the maximum on independence and the chance to spent your nights in most remote reserves is in a motor home rental. Prepared like a snail, your bed accompanies you wherever you find pleasure to stay.
A camper van or sleeper van comes close. More time can be spent enjoying the country instead of pitching up a tent every night.
For outdoor enthusiasts who love camping or simply want to try travelling the kiwi way a camper Car has everything necessary to do so. The car is packed with maps, tips and camping gear. This is certainly more enjoyable during the drier summer months.
Should the weather change on your New Zealand travel an extensive net is available on hostels, backpackers, bed and breakfast, and hotels to provide a roof for the night.
If a solid roof for the night is preferred in any way then a hired car or motor bike is sufficient. Even for exploring Auckland's region independently renting a car can be a good idea.
Long term traveller, taking a gap year, or planning a working holiday during their New Zealand travel are probably better off to buy a car.
Independent New Zealand travel
Do you want to take a break of driving but still prefer to discover the country independently in your own terms? Then mix and match bus, car rental, and train vacations.
I never travel without my diary.
One should always have something sensational
to read in the train.
--Oscar Wilde--
Hiking vacations
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Hiking is the way to travel most closely to nature. This is something that fits in every New Zealand vacation even if you are only for a couple of days on transit in Auckland. Hiking in the Waitakere Ranges is a must.
Generally tracks are on offer in every difficulty and length with campsites or huts to spend the night. Tours can be implemented in self driving holidays as well as in organized bus travelling, flying, or train transportation. Often organised itineraries offer to leave the group/bus for further aerial exploration and precede the journey at a later stage.
In late 2010 it will even be possible to set off on to The Long Pathway –Te Araroa from Cape Reinga to Bluff, which is expected to be finalised by then. This means 3,000km and 120 days hiking.
Vacations on a Bike
Deciding on cycling vacations can be fun and challenging. Bring your own, hire or buy a bike. Cycle the whole route or combine cycling with a bus tour.
Some adventurous off road mountain biking trips exhilarate with remote beautiful sceneries as well as with thrilling rides downhill. A thought that tickles especially when you know you get to the starting point only by helicopter.
Flexible group travel by bus
An organised tour by bus within a group
speaks for many who
love travelling in company and guidance while visiting New Zealand’s
most popular places.
Decide on the cornerstones of your New Zealand travel and let someone else fuss about everything else. A planned tour is a perfect way to spend the short vacation period enjoying rather than organising. These tours still give the opportunity to extend on a place you liked to further explore and rejoin the tour nine days later.
All in all there are numerous ways, for each budget and liking to get the most out of your New Zealand travel. Enjoy!
