NZ 4x4 camper hire?

**Bassifier** · 14th January 2008, 12:15 AM

I know it's a long shot but I'm having a hard time finding a rental 4x4 camper in the south island NZ...
I have found Tui campers, but thats all.
I guess it can be a toyomotor if it has to be...
I need the 4x4 aspect cause I never sleep on the same river bed twice while chasing salmon

Any help would be appreciated!
Cheers,
Rich.

**camel_landy** · 14th January 2008, 06:19 AM

Wander into town and grab yourself a copy of TNT (stations or hostels are the best place to find them). In there, you should find various adverts & links for things like this.

HTH

M

**jimbo110** · 14th January 2008, 07:33 AM

Britz are the only ones I have seen, still see 70 series Cruisers, but website says 100 series.

**waynep** · 14th January 2008, 07:41 AM

If I really needed 4wd over there I'd be thinking about just hiring a HiLux or something off a regular car hire firm, then hire a tent and all the camping equipment. There'll be a few places that hire out all the equipment as a package and it'll probably work out cheaper than any campervan. I'd be carefully thinking about how much I needed 4WD first though.

**camel_landy** · 14th January 2008, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by waynep

I'd be carefully thinking about how much I needed 4WD first though.

Hmmm.... Well, I managed to find quite a few places to go while I was there.

M

**disco2hse** · 14th January 2008, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by waynep

I suspect the 4WD campers aren't as popular/necessary in NZ as in Oz. Not that many places that you need one.

Ya think

Boy do you need educating

**disco2hse** · 14th January 2008, 09:34 AM

Check these sites out:

Greenwold Tours

Avis

Discount Car Rentals

Airlink Auto Hire

Kea Campers

NZ Car Hire

Rest New Zealand Tours

Metropolitan Rentals

Adventure New Zealand 4wd Tours

Campa South Rentals

But this is probably what you are looking for:

Overland Rentals

Otherwise a lot of people also buy a cheepy and sell it off when they leave the country.

**waynep** · 14th January 2008, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by disco2hse

Ya think

Boy do you need educating

Probably - I'm from Kiwiland myself so should know better I guess.
I guess I was more meaning for him to think about what he actually wants to do with the campervan. We hired a regular campervan over there a couple of years ago and got to all the places we wanted to in that.
I'll be there in March for 2 weeks ...visiting the folks in Tauranga. Love to get a ride in a Landy on a 4WD trip in if anyones doing anything over Easter.

**disco2hse** · 14th January 2008, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by waynep

Probably - I'm from Kiwiland myself so should know better I guess.
I guess I was more meaning for him to think about what he actually wants to do with the campervan. We hired a regular campervan over there a couple of years ago and got to all the places we wanted to in that.
I'll be there in March for 2 weeks ...visiting the folks in Tauranga. Love to get a ride in a Landy on a 4WD trip in if anyones doing anything over Easter.

Man I would expect to see you out there waving the flag

Give Neil a yell at the Auckland Land Rover Owner's Club for what is happening then (bound to be something). I don't think the diary has been filled for 2008 yet though.

Rovernaut · 14th January 2008, 02:36 PM

I spent 4 weeks over there with a motor home. And it's hard to find camp sites where you pull up beside a river. Due to litter problems in the past camping in not designated parks is frowned upon. After all they can't make money if you don't use the camp grounds.
I pulled up along side a river and was greeted by a pile of beer cans all over the track, funny thing was the pile of cans was only 1.5 mtres form the rubbish bin provided. Then I climbed down to the river and what was I greeted with, a large Human Turd and toilet paper left there on the river bank.
I wonder why they frown on bush camping?

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