Auckland

We only had a week left in New Zealand which didn't really give us enough time to explore somewhere new before we needed to be in Auckland, so we stayed in Rotorua for a few more days, as we'd liked it so much and then made our way to Auckland.

We stopped off at a few more lakes... we're almost at the end of our NZ trip and still we're enjoying the scenery.

For our last night in our van we stayed around the outskirts of Auckland, and dropped it back the next morning. We were really pleased we got the bigger van, as a few times it got very cold in NZ and it was good to have a big enough space to sit, cook and eat in. With the spaceship we had in Australia this would not have been possible.

We didn't do too much in Auckland, even though the city seems pleasant enough, but we just relaxed here after spending all that time in the campervan. Although the campervan was great, it is also nice to be in a proper room and bed again. However we would definitely recommend everyone who wants to see Oz and  / or NZ to hire a campervan, it's such a nice way to see the countries. They are both really well set up for camping and you get to see more than you would travelling on the tour buses and it works out cheaper too, bonus.

We've really enjoyed our time in New Zealand. It's more amazing than we imagined and although we've done loads, there's still more to see, so maybe we will come back one day. NZ has definitely been one of our favourite countries we've visited. It's a lot better than Australia and reminds me of South Africa at times.

From Auckland we now fly to Fiji for about a week before heading to the US of A.