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 tourist 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 turns out. 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 distance to cover and area explore, and at last 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 in a motor home rental. Experience the maximum on independence and the chance to spent your nights in most remote reserves shown in your physical map of New Zealand. Prepared like a snail, your bed accompanies you wherever you find pleasure to stay. Compare prices  of some major motorhome rental companies and get a quote to help your travel plans taking shape.

• Or compare the offers found through Find a Camper .

Here motor home rentals are bookable like: Alpha Campervans, Apollo, Backpacker Campervans, Britz, Coastal Campers, Discover NZ Motorhome Rentals, Easygo Campers, Jucy Rentals, KEA Campers, Kiwi Autohomes, Lucky Rentals, Maui Motorhomes, Spaceships, United Campervans, Wendekreisen Travel Limited.

The budget form that comes close to motor home rentals and equally allows more time to spend enjoying the country rather than pitching up a tent every night is offered by a smaller local company. Mountain Rentals rents out camper vans or sleeper vans.

For outdoor enthusiasts who love camping or simply want to try travelling the kiwi way rent a car pack it with your camping gear and set off to explore camp grounds on the main tourist tracks, reserves, in regional parks, and national parks. Some smaller campsites reward with fantastic wilderness settings. This is certainly is more enjoyable during the drier summer season.

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Should the weather change on your New Zealand travel an extensive net of accommodation is available. For budget conscious travellers there are hostels and backpackers. The middle range is covered by bed and breakfasts, and hotels to the luxury edition of hotels and lodges that provide a roof for the night.

If a solid roof for the night is preferred then a hired car or motor bike is sufficient. Renting a car to explore Auckland's beaches and regional parks independently  can be a good idea.

Long term travellers, 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, budget car rental, and train vacations.

I never travel without my diary.
One should always have something sensational
to read in the train.
--Oscar Wilde--

More qutations about travel...

Hiking vacations

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 2011 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 travel .

An adventurous off road mountain biking trip exhilarates with remote beautiful scenery as well as with a thrilling ride downhill. A thought that tickles especially when you know you get to the starting point only by helicopter.

Pre-organised NZ travel

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.

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These bus travel still give the opportunity to extend on a place you liked and be happy to further explore and rejoin the tour nine days later.

Round trips by Train travel New Zealand are organised one to seven days in length. Passing the most popular tourist attractions of the North and South or just South while presenting the most beautiful scenery through panorama windows.

All in all there are numerous ways, for each budget and liking to get the most out of your New Zealand travel.

Enjoy!

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