Self Drives for New Zealand
Glimpses of North Island
7 days
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Australia
- Adelaide to Darwin - 4WD, 16 days
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- Complete Southwest, 5 days
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- Melbourne to Adelaide, 5 days
- Pacific Coast Explorer, 7, 9 & 14 days
- Perth to Broome, 14 days
- Perth to Perth, 7 days
- Rainforest & Mission Beach, 5 days
- Red Centre, 4 days
- Shipwreck Coastal Explorer, 5 days
- Snowy Mountains and Southern Beaches, 4 days
- Sydney to Melbourne, 5 days
- Sydney, Mountains and Vineyards, 4 days
- Tasmania Self Drive, 9 days
- Top End Discovery, 4 days
- Wilderness Explorer, 4 days
- Wildlife Wine and Wilderness, 5 days
- Wine and Wilderness Adelaide, 5 days
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Departures: Join any day.
Auckland to Auckland
Self Drive Itinerary
Day 1. Auckland to Coromandel Peninsula.
Depart Auckland and travel the Pacific Coast Highway touring route to the Coromandel Peninsula. The Coromandel's dramatic and unspoiled coast, and beautiful white sandy beaches, offer endless opportunities for fishing, diving, boating, surfing and swimming.
Overnight Pauanui or Whitianga (2 nights).
Day 2. Coromandel at leisure.
Enjoy the unique experience of Hot Water Beach where at low tide you can dig in the sand, allowing the sulphur-heated waters to rise to the top to create your very own thermal spa. Swim with dolphins, hire a kayak and explore the many offshore islands or simply let the azure water lap at your feet and marvel at the beauty of the Pacific Ocean.
Day 3. Coromandel Peninsula to Whakatane.
Continuing down the Pacific Coast Highway, sapphire waters and white sand beaches will give way to lush farmland and orchards of the Bay of Plenty. Enjoy the beautiful harbour of Tauranga and the white sand beaches of Mount Maunganui. Further down the Pacific Coast Highway is Whakatane, gateway to one of the most accessible active volcanoes.
Overnight Whakatane.
Day 4. Whakatane to Rotorua.
Depart Whakatane for a short journey to Rotorua, famous for its spouting geysers, bubbling mud pools and warm geothermal ponds.
Overnight Rotorua (2 nights)
Day 5. Rotorua at leisure.
Spiritual home to the Maori and host to some of the worlds most incredible earth forces in Rotorua there is plenty to see and do here with its steamy thermal attractions and fascinating cultural experiences.
Day 6. Rotorua to Auckland.
Today head across to the Waitomo Caves district is famous for its subterranean splendour. Beneath the surface of this limestone region is a series of vast cave systems decorated with stalactites, stalagmites and glow-worms.
Continue on to Auckland
Day 7. Depart Auckland.
Price Includes: Co-pilot Kit, 7 Days Hertz Group E car hire, Accommodation as noted.
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