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Apex Car Rentals has branches conveniently located throughout New Zealand. If you would like to talk directly with any of our rental car branch managers please use the number listed below. If you are calling from outside New Zealand please use the "click to talk" feature or call +64-3-379-6897

For auckland car hire call
Ian Berrington 0800-737-009

For christchurch rental cars call
Jeff Kerkhoffs 0800-10-50-55

For wellington car rental call
Adrie Kruiniger 0800 300-110

For picton rental cars call
Adam Rennick 0800 422-744

For queenstown car hire call
Dan Gerard 0800 53-11-11

For nelson rental cars call
Dave Thorn 0800 939-777

For greymouth car rentals call
Neil Richards 0800 93-95-97

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the milford track

..walking the milford track
Around 100 years ago, in an article that appeared in the London Spectator, the poet Blanche Baughan declared the Milford Track to be ‘the finest walk in the world’. Here is a little of what she said: "This is truly the "region of the perpendicular" - the mountains are split right straight down from their summits to within a few hundred feet of sea level. The other valley-side, perhaps half-a-mile from its fellow, is equally steep and just as precipitous; and presently, as the track ascends, as the trees lessen both in size and number, and the frowning white-tipped walls begin to draw together above the canyon, you realise that you are walking at the bottom of a gigantic furrow of the earth." Milford Track is arguably New Zealand’s most famous walk. The 53 kilometre journey begins at the head of Lake Te Anau, and leads you across suspension bridges, board walks and a mountain pass. The Milford Track will show you pristine lakes, sky-scraping mountain peaks and enormous valley views; and it will take you to feel the misty breath of Sutherland Falls, the tallest waterfall in New Zealand. On a sunny day it is postcard perfect but some walkers say that only when it rains, and torrents of water cascade down the steep mountainsides, have you truly experienced the magic of the Milford Track. Guided walkers take five days and four nights to complete the 53 kilometre track; independent walkers usually take a day and night less. The track is always walked from south to north, to minimise impact on the environment. There are three public accommodation huts and three private lodges on the track; camping is not permitted.

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whakatane to hawkes bay

...take the scenic route with apex car rentals. sample extract from "new zealand driving holiday" guidebook.

Set amidst jewel-like crater lakes, Rotorua offers stunning, contrasting scenery in an active volcanic wonderland of spouting geysers, bubbling mud pools, fumaroles and natural thermal springs and spas. Further south, NZ ’s largest lake, Lake Taupo, is fed by sparkling ice-melt from the mountains of the Tongariro National Park. It too was formed by volcanic activity - an eruption so large it was recorded by Chinese and Roman writers. The region’s extraordinary landscape and unique range of cultural experiences make it a ‘must-see’ on any NZ itinerary. We spend three days travelling from Whakatane to Napier via Rotorua and Taupo. We explore several thermal parks, soak in hot pools, enjoy a traditional Maori hangi, dine on trout, take a balloon ride over the Huka Falls, and travel the historic Taupo-Napier highway to the Art Deco city of Napier and the gannet colony at Cape Kidnappers.

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day one: whakatane to rotorua

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White Island splutters on the horizon as we bid Whakatane farewell and drive inland on SH30 past Mt Edgecumbe’s tall cinder cone to Lake Rotoma. It’s our first glimpse of the lakes for which Rotorua is renowned.

We stop at Hell’s Gate in Tikitere, home to Rotorua’s most violent thermal activity, which Bob’s keen to see after the excitement of our White Island sojourn. We walk on platforms over a fiery landscape that features not only a mud volcano but also the largest hot water falls in the Southern Hemisphere. Adjacent at the popular Wai Ora Spa we watch women cake themselves with detoxifying mud then soak in warm thermal pools. Bob’s tempted but it’s a bit early in the day for me.

We drive into Rotorua where we visit more thermal activity at Whakarewarewa and watch spellbound as the famous Pohutu geyser erupts in a spray of boiling water. Whakarewarewa is also home to the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute where we see trainee carvers, weavers and greenstone sculptors using traditional techniques to craft a wide range of wares. On Lake Rotorua’s waterfront we lunch in the company of graceful black swans, then stroll through the Edwardian elegance of the Government Gardens past the world-famous Bath House building, which houses a museum, before turning back to the car.

Rotorua is a whirlwind of activity but the real beauty of the region lies in its natural surroundings and it’s easy to find a quiet place away from the crowds.

I take Bob for a drive to Lake Tarawera, stopping briefly at the Blue and Green Lakes to admire their respective colours before continuing on to our destination, which basks under Mt Tarawera’s sultry gaze.

So tranquil are the surroundings, it’s hard to imagine that this sleeping giant was responsible for one of the worst natural disasters in NZ’s history. On the night of June 10th 1886 Mt Tarawera erupted, killing 151 people in the surrounding area and destroying one of Rotorua’s popular attractions, the Pink and White Terraces...

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