Waterfalls
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Individual travel (rental, hotels) or organised?
I want to get there too, don't know when. But first: Japan (rental + hotels).
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It was a self-planned individual travel. I stayed mostly at airbnb´s or hostels and only a few hotels (Auckland and Wellington). I mostly chose "real airbnbs" meaning accommodations where the host actually lives, too. Also, I picked the airbnb not by the room/ house apartment itself, instead I read about the people. If they sounded interesting, I booked. That way I got to meet a lof of nice people
In Auckland and Wellington I didn't need a car. Plus, the first trip to Cape Reinga et all up north I did by bus in order to save money. For the rest of the trip I found a neat car rental:
https://www.apexrentals.co.nz/
One part of their concept is that their cars aren't brand new. They have older, sometimes used models which really brings the price down. Compared to sixt, budget et all is was about 40% of their price.
I just look in my records:
20 day car rental = 480 € including insurance (full coverage)
so ≈ 40 NZ$/ day
You still get clean, perfectly functioning cars and the complete roadside service is provided as well. On the south island I had a six year old Ford Focus with 80K miles on it. It worked perfectly. Plus, it really helps your conscious driving on dust and gravel roads when your rental already has several dents and scratches
I´d totally recommend it! I wish something like that would exist in other parts of the world, for example British Colombia, Canada Edit: I should mention: I went in August/ September. That's offseason for traveling in New Zealand.
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Your welcome! August/ beginning of September was perfect for me. On the North Island, the weather is perfectly fine. I usually wore a jeans and sweater, a jacket only at night. On the South Island (I hadn't booked till I got to Auckland) I waited for the seven-day weather forecast because weather can be nasty. For me, it was really, really good (sunny, 11-16°C) plus ALL the places basically had no touristThank you very much.
Apexrentals.co.nz sounds really good! And off-season too, the interesting sites will be less crammed, that's what I'm looking for.
I guess it's time to buy a map...
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Only been to NZ once and did the South Island. I went in April and the Waterfalls didn't have the volume flowing. We missed the bad weather but just before we left a couple of storms took out access to one of the falls we wanted to see, and a bridge that limited access to the west coast. Maybe it's coming from Sydney, but the first night I reckon I had every bit of clothing I had on
Purakaunui Falls
Christie Falls, Milford Sound Road
Purakaunui Falls
Christie Falls, Milford Sound Road
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Sounds real good!Your welcome! August/ beginning of September was perfect for me. On the North Island, the weather is perfectly fine. I usually wore a jeans and sweater, a jacket only at night. On the South Island (I hadn't booked till I got to Auckland) I waited for the seven-day weather forecast because weather can be nasty. For me, it was really, really good (sunny, 11-16°C) plus ALL the places basically had no tourist
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Thanks, Click!Beautiful shots, danfaz.
Thanks, Eric, I think that's my fav, too!
Yep, you set the CPL first, then adjust the ND as needed. Pretty cool set, very high quality.
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