New Zealand

Apihara Holiday Park is located in Northland at the top of New Zealand’s North Island and we stayed here the night before we did a day drive to Cape Reinga. Ninety Mile Beach is a short walk away.

This is an attractive holiday park. It has a relatively small camping area with the unpowered sites toward the back of the park under tall pine trees, and the powered sites closer to the amenities.

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Russell is a very pretty place and so is the Top 10 Holiday Park. Set on a terraced hill a couple of blocks from the town centre and waterfront, this holiday park is one of the most attractive we have stayed in.

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Plateau Lodge provides rooms, apartments, dorm beds and has a new area for camping – powered and non powered sites. It is a small camping area but each campervan site has a picnic table next to it and there is a separate spot for tents.

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Rotorua is famous for its thermal activity. The downside of all that thermal activity is that the sulphur odour can sometimes be a bit strong! We decide to stay 15 minute’s drive from the centre of town at the beautiful Blue Lake Top 10 Holiday Park.

As the name suggests, this holiday park is on Blue Lake – a very pretty setting. The park is actually across the road from the lake. It is an ideal place to canoe, there are bikes for hire, and a lovely walk around the lake.

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Remuera Motor Lodge & Inner City Camping is a reasonably priced and conveniently located camp ground – just a 15-minute drive into the Auckland city centre and 10-minute drive to the beautiful suburb of Parnell. 

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Jet Park Hotel is located about 5-10 minute’s drive from Auckland Airport. It is a 4.5 star hotel that is reasonably priced, clean and comfortable.

This was a convenient hotel for us to stay at the beginning of our road trip around the North Island as it was close to the airport and to where we would pick up our rental van.

We flew from Sydney to Auckland and on arrival at Auckland Airport we used the courtesy phone at the I-Site shop to call the hotel to request a courtesy pick up.

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