Tracey
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North Island ▷ Auckland Region ▷ Auckland ▷
Lucky Rentals
4.0/5
We hired a campervan for the school holidays and spent 2 weeks traveling the South Island.
Found the people working at the Christchurch office super helpful, though don't recommend arriving on a weekend or holiday as you could get caught out with the LPG tank, which isn't necessarily full and they told us we could fill it but nothing was open on good Friday and the gas stations couldn't fill or swap the small size bottle (4kg vs standard 9kg). They did replace it with a full one when we came back after driving around for 40 mins. Apart from that the van was pretty old but did everything we needed and we put it through its paces on some pretty sketchy roads. I wasn't bothered with the appearance (ripped upholstery etc) as it was great value for money. Returning the van was simple and also great service when I left something in the van and they dropped it off. Thanks Lucky rentals!
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Karamea ▷
Karamea Domain Camping Ground
4.0/5
We were initially looking at the other holiday park in Karamea but it was closed and ended up here.
We were really happy that it worked out that way. The camp area isn't the most scenic but it makes up for it in heart and lack of sandflies. Friendly helpful hosts, the most well stocked camp with everything you need, dishes games, free pool, TV room separate dinning room heaps of space if raining etc. Short walk to 2 different pubs. Free showers and all for a very modest cost. Highly recommend as a base in Karamea.