Visit New Zealand's blue penguin parade at Oamaru before trying out the amazing food at Rick Steins favourite resturant in Moeraki. Gaze upon New Zealand's largest castle and the most photographed building in the Southern Hemisphere in Dunedin and the wonderous wildlife of the Otago Peninsula. Feel the spray on your face at Purakaunui falls as you head into the wild Catlins. Watch out for New Zealand’s rarest penguin, swim with tiny dolphins or just sit back, relax and soak in the true wonders of the south. This coastal route is full of scenic view points and walks around every corner including to hidden away waterfalls and beaches. This is the great ocean road – kiwi style.

Wondrous wildlife awaits you on this journey down the east coast to the bottom of the South. From little blue penguins to the massive royal albatross and ever present seals and sea lions, the iconic kiwi and our own alpine parrrot, this trip will introduce you to some of Aotearoa's feathered and furred friends. You can visit castles and heritage buildings before seeing the amazing coastline mother nature built, complete with towering waterfalls, sea caves and prehistoric beaches.

As you continue your journey, swap the coast for lakes and alps as you travel through the iconic adventure capital of New Zealand at Queenstown as you travel through the lakes district before stretching your legs at the amazing walks that Mt Cook has to offer. Your final night will be spent in the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve around Mt Cook and Tekapo for some epic stargazing before this loop itinerary takes you back to Christchurch via the VERY best pie shop in New Zealand.

While the South Island may be home to the Southern Alps, the North Island is home to the equally amazing Central Plateau. It is New Zealand’s volcanic, cultural and thermal capital, home to a plethora of adventure activities, along with one of the world's only super volcanos! Between the snowcapped volcanos, lakes and native forest, it is a wonderous winter road trip landscape that this itinerary makes the most of!  

New Zealand is a country made up of many worlds and on this journey, you will experience them all! Travel through the cultural and thermal heartland of the country with this route linking Auckland in the North to Hawkes Bay in the South. You get a fantastic snap shot into Maori and Pacifica culture and even get to spend some time with Frodo and his friends at the Hobbiton movie set all while taking in the thermal capital of Rotorua.

Have you heard of Papatūānuku? You might know her by another name – mother nature! On this trip you will see some of her finest work. From the underground stars of the Waitomo glow worms to one of New Zealand’s best preserved wild life sanctuaries at Mountain Maungatautari. Then of course you have the amazing sites that give this highway its name.

With towering super volcanoes and massive geo-thermal lakes, to geysers exploding, steam vents rising and mud bubbling in every direction. You can literally feel the heat coming out of the ground into your feet!

It’s not over yet! If you want to get the heart racing even more, this is an adrenalin seekers paradise! You can do a sky dive over a super volcano, jetboat tours or you can even raft and drop down the 7 METERS high Tutea waterfall on the kaituna river if you're feeling brave!

To top it off, Hawkes Bay is a foodie destination for the ages, with fresh produce, sea food and world class wines in abundance. Napier itself is home to some of the most unique art deco architecture in the world and is even home to our national aquarium.

Camper life gives you flexibility to holiday how you like. You can do this as a loop route back to Auckland via Waitomo or join on to the Pacific Coast Highway to see the amazing Coromandel Peninsula and much more.

You will get to experience two themed highways on the rugged west coast of the South Island. These two routes go together like road trips and fun, and form just a small part of the mammoth state highway 6, one of New Zealand's longest roads at well over 1,000kms.You will meander your way around the beautiful west coast of the South Island on this journey of discovery millions of years and an ice age or two in the making! You will also get to take in some of the South Island's most famous inland locations like the beautiful alpine spa town of Hanmer Springs, the stunning Lake Tekapo and the gorgeous town of Wanaka.