New Zealand by campervan
By Darren Cronian on Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

I fell in love with the Country after watching the BBC series of Billy Connolly’s tour around New Zealand, with the breathtaking scenery, wildlife, and history. You might remember in my previous travel rant about the price of oil which has put up the price of flights to New Zealand, but after receiving an email from Mike who is the man behind Escape Campers, I am going to save like crazy to get there next year.

Escape Campers is the fastest growing camper van company in New Zealand with a modern fleet nearing 100 camper vans. Recently Escape Campers held a photograph competition, which was a great success, and really does show what a superb place New Zealand is.

Most people tend to visit Australia and then cover New Zealand, unfortunately, I decided to visit Malaysia, en-route to Sydney, Cairns, Port Douglas, and Hobart rather than visiting New Zealand – the more warmer Summer months are November to April, with the Christmas period the busiest.

I’d love to go in November 2007, and of course if I start saving up soon, that shouldn’t be difficult – I’d love to stop-over in either Hong Kong or Dubai on route to New Zealand, as these are two exciting cities that I’d love to visit.

Anyway, if you fancy visiting this beautiful Country, have a think about renting out a campervan, it’s the best way to see New Zealand, and I would imagine it’s much more fun than the traditional hotel room.


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9 responses to “New Zealand by campervan”

Travel plaza | 16 May, 2006 at 3:24 pm

I lived in Sydney for three years, but unfortunately never got to see New Zealand. Hope to go there some day….

Darren | 16 May, 2006 at 6:48 pm

Lucky you! I’d love to live in Sydney, or anywhere in Australia or News Zealand. Did you watch the video - awesome scenary.

Darren | 16 May, 2006 at 7:46 pm

Thanks to the guys at about.com for featuring this blog entry within it’s student travel section.. news does carry quick on the internet!

Travel plaza | 16 May, 2006 at 9:29 pm

Yes, I did see the video. The scenery is just Wow!! Amazing. Now, I really must travel to NZ sometime. Sydney is beautiful too. I enjoyed my time there.

Darren | 18 May, 2006 at 5:31 am

This was sent via my mobile as a test

Travelin' Tracy | 21 May, 2006 at 1:04 am

I have found myself connecting from one travel blog to another. I am planning a trip to New Zealand this summer with a good friend. We will be using a campervan to get around. I also think it is the best deal out there, especially because New Zealand is all about the scenery. Of course, i will be posting about it on my blog. I don’t leave until the end of June though, so please check my blog to find out what you have to look forward to!

Oh, can you tell me how you were able to include a viedo on you blog? I would like to do that too, but I don’t know how to program that!

Darren | 21 May, 2006 at 6:06 am

Tracy, you need to visit http://www.youtube.com and do a search for a video - then you’ll see some embedding code which you insert into your blog entry. I am not sure if you’ll be able to do that with Google’s blog software though as it’s limited to what you can do with it.

Travelin' Tracy | 24 May, 2006 at 4:02 am

Thanks for the information. I will see if I can include a video…at least I’m going to try something new, even if it doesn’t work.

Bindu | 27 July, 2006 at 5:18 am

Hey guys:
I am planning go there in September– auckland then rent a car–go down to wellington–then take a ferry -to nelson–and rent a car..then go via the scenic routes to christchurch. Is it going to be too cold//snow on the highways? advise..