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Elke & Charlotte
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South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Abel Tasman ▷
Abel Tasman Coast Track
Super views, idyllic.
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Tutukaka ▷
Dive Tutukaka
Diving at the Poor Knights Islands, very beautiful, very nice and humourous crew!
But very cold in November (beginning of November).
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South Island ▷ Marlborough ▷ Picton / Marlborough Sounds ▷
Queen Charlotte Drive
Track with your car or camper - very nice views.
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North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Tarawera ▷
Rerewhakaaitu, Ash Pit Rd Campsite
It was free.
Nice location but water level of the lake was very high, so campground small. Very in the middle of nowhere.
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North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Rotorua ▷
Te Puia Geothermal Park
Nice Maori show but very touristic.
Re-build Maori village, not a real one. Nice if you want to see some geysers and don't have the time to visit Wai-o-Tapu (but you should!).
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North Island ▷ Wellington Region ▷ Wellington ▷
Wellington Botanic Gardens
Very nice gardens, especially the rose gardens.
Train up the hill $3.50 for 7mins. But you can walk also, nice view of city.
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North Island ▷ Auckland Region ▷ Auckland ▷
Sky Tower
Very nice, dazzling view on Auckland and you see the nature of New Zealand when you very first arrive.
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Whangarei ▷
Uretiti Beach Campsite
Very nice location!
Best we have had until now! No hot showers.
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Dargaville ▷
Kauri Coast TOP 10 Holiday Park
Owner gives guided walk through Trounson forest, spot kiwi ($20PP).
Nice location at river with large fish.
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North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Waiotapu ▷
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland
Very nice, beautiful park!
More to see the TePuia, but lots of people - touristic!
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North Island ▷ Ruapehu ▷ Tongariro / National Park Village ▷
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Do this only when you are wll prepared and have good conditions.
Greatest walk we ever made! Nice view after heavy climb to the top.
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North Island ▷ Auckland Region ▷ Auckland ▷
Apollo Motorhome Holidays
For PART 1 please read our review at 'Apollo Car rentals'....
Warning about Apollo - PART 2
…This took us almost 2 months of discussing with Apollo. Though they keep very friendly, they just ask to much money for this and want to earn money as it seems. Please, be warned when you rent with Apollo! We advise you to ask offers at several garages/damage repair companies and solve the problem during your stay in New-Zealand and not at home. Or better, do not rent at Apollo’s but another company which DOESN’T WANT TO EARN ON YOUR DAMMAGE LIKE APOLLO (or in Dutch: boek niet bij Apollo maar bij een bedrijf die je geen poot uit willen draaien en willen profiteren van de schade die je onopzettelijk hebt aangebracht)!
In addition to this information we would like to inform you about:
- When we left in Auckland, there was no fuel in the car, as promised in your ‘summary of rental conditions’. Despite Apollo had mentioned it was full at the form. We had to drive back!
- There was no welcome pack in the campervan, as promised in Apollos’ ‘summary of rental conditions’.
- There were no maps in the campervan, as promised in Apollos’ ‘summary of rental conditions’.
- We really missed some guidelines of the camper. Of course we looked at the instruction video carefully, but we like to inform you that this video doesn’t contain all necessary information during the trip, especially when you travel several weeks.
- Apollo promised we would have a 10% discount at several camp sites. This is not true! We never had the discount, so had to pay more as we were promised.