New Zealand is an island country comprising of two land masses, the North Island and the South Island along with many smaller islands. It lies southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea in the south western Pacific Ocean.

A year-round holiday destination due to its temperate climate, New Zealand has a spectacularly beautiful landscape with everything ranging from vast mountain chains, steaming volcanoes, sweeping coastlines, deeply indented fiords and lush rainforests.

Polynesian migration 700 years ago led to the Maori culture. Heritage and cultural sites like Waitangi can enlighten a visitor about the treaty that changed the course of New Zealand history, Otago displays relics of the gold rush, or Napier with a wealth of Art Deco architecture which materialized due to a huge earthquake in 1931.

The southern paradise of Rakiura or Stewart Island is a national park, a place for hiking, bird watching and star gazing. Kapiti, north of Wellington and Tiritiri Matangi in the Hauraki Gulf are other islands devoted to the protection of wildlife. Accessed by ferry the Great Barrier has appealing untouched rugged beauty. Further north are the Bay of Islands a spectacular maritime playground.

Created by volcanic action the crater lakes like Rotorua’s of North Island are trout fishing destinations, the largest being Taupo. Fringed with pure white sand At Kai Iwi in Northland there are three beautiful dune lakes. South Island’s lakes were born from glacial action. Lake Te Anau is the largest while Lake Manapouri with 34 islands regarded as the most beautiful.

The Pacific Ocean on the east has beaches with white sand, surf and calm harbors, while on the west the notoriously wild Tasman Sea, breaks against rugged cliffs, weathered rocks and long, soulful stretches of black sand. For the best surf breaks in the country is the west coasts Teriyaki’s Surf Highway 45.

From glaciers to fiords, active volcanic regions to rain forest, amazing flora and fauna to pools of boiling mud, New Zealand is diverse wonderland of natural phenomena.

There are 14 national parks from Tongariro in the North Island to Rakiura on Stewart Island along with many forest parks, scenic reserves, conservation areas and wildlife sanctuaries waiting for a visit.

Mount Eden and One Tree Hill in Auckland, Mount Victoria in Wellington, the top of the Port Hills in Christchurch and Flagstaff Hill in Dunedin offer some of the best scenic and panoramic views in the world.

Self-driving holidays are one if the most relaxing ways of enjoying New Zealand’s landscape. Many of the roads are scenic and traffic is low when compared to international standards

So enjoy the beauty of New Zealand and let us take care of your car rental needs.

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