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2. Kiwi Experience
3. The Pacific Traveller Self-Drive
4. NZ Fly Drive
5. New Zealand Adventure
6. Pacific Escapade Tour
7. Go Kiwi Hotel Pass
8. Golden Chain
9. Choice Australia & New Zealand Hotel Passes
10. Coral Princess Cruise
11. The Kiwi Experience Self-Drive
12. The Best of the North Island Self-Drive
13. The Original 'Cream Trip' Supercruise
14. Cape Reinga by Air & 4WD
15. Cape Reinga Wanderer
16. Deep Water Cove Walk and Catamaran
17. Dolphin Adventure
18. Fullers Flexichoice
19. Excitor 'Hole in the Rock' Adventure
20. The Overlander

1. The Boatshed from £111.00
2. The Sands Apartments from £60.00
3. Okiato Lodge Call for rates
4. Paihia Beach Resort & Spa from £121.00
5. Pukematu Lodge from £69.00
6. Copthorne Hotel & Resort Bay of Islands from £24.00
7. The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs Call for rates
8. Princes Gate Hotel From £66.00
9. Royal Lakeside Novotel from £29.00
10. Millennium Rotorua From £60.00
11. Peppers On The Point from £247.00
12. Ibis Rotorua from £23.00
13. Intercontinental Wellington from £102.00
14. Mercure Wellington from £26.00
15. Peppers Martinborough from £106.00
16. James Cook Grand Chancellor from £30.00
17. Ruby House Kelburne Call for rates
18. Duxton Hotel from £109.00
19. The Bolton Hotel from £102.00
20. Hilton Auckland £67.00

Experience Type: Self Drive
Valid Period:01/12/06 - 01/03/08

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The Best of the North Island Self-Drive

6 Days Auckland to Wellington from £308

Day 1: Auckland – Bay of Islands
Head north from Auckland, travelling through picturesque subtropical countryside, to the breathtaking Bay of Islands. Take time to visit the Waitangi Treaty House, where the treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840, resulting in the country becoming a British colony. (240km / 149miles)
Accommodation: Standard: Pukematu Lodge (breakfast included), Superior: Paihia Beach Resort & Spa (breakfast included).

Day 2: Bay of Islands – Auckland
Today, why not try an early morning dolphin-watch cruise and swim with the dolphins – a unique experience! Say goodbye to the beautiful Bay of Islands and make your way back down to Auckland for your overnight stay. (240km / 149miles)
Accommodation: Standard: SkyCity Hotel, Superior: Langham Hotel

Day 3: Auckland – Coromandel Peninsula
Travel south down the beautiful Pacific Coastal Highway, then east to Thames, famous for producing gold in the 1800s. (280km / 175miles)
Accommodation: Standard: Breakers Motel (Whangamata), Superior: Grand Mercure Puka Park Resort (breakfast included).

Day 4: Coromandel Peninsula – Rotorua
Visit Cathedral Cove and be amazed by the beauty of this area. Here, a naturally-formed spire divides two glorious white sand beaches. Continue south to Hot Water Beach and between low and mid-tide dig a hole in the sand and relax in the natural thermal hot water springs,for your very own private spa experience. Continue south to the ‘Thermal Wonderland’: Rotorua. (157km / 156miles)
Accommodation: Standard: Princes Gate Hotel, Superior: The Springs (breakfast included)

Day 5: Rotorua – Napier
Today, journey south to Napier, famous for its beautiful gardens, superb wineries and Art Deco architecture. Visit Cape Kidnappers to see the largest mainland gannet colony or explore the famous century-old Mission Vineyard. Overnight at either Mon Logis, a 1915 two-storey veranda villa described by the owners as "a little piece of France nestled in the Hawke’s Bay wine region," or at The County Hotel, a renovated Edwardian building in the heart of Napier. (225km / 140miles)
Accommodation: Standard: Mon Logis (breakfast included), Superior: The County Hotel

Day 6: Napier – Wellington
Travel south to Wellington, New Zealand’s capital and home of the government. Your hire car is booked until tomorrow but must be returned no later than the time it was picked up on day one. (334km / 209miles)