NZ Travel Tips

Confirm your pickup time, message on arrival, and we meet you at Transfers with your Land Rover, Range Rover, or Porsche — paperwork already done.

An Audi Q7 hire is often a class, not a car: five seats, four bags, and “or similar.” A Defender is the Land Rover you booked, with a 3.0-litre six and a proper 4WD week.

There is a point on State Highway 6 — west of Makarora, past the last of the dry tussock — where the beech forest closes overhead and rain begins to dot the windscreen.

State Highway 94 ends at a fiord — the Queenstown to Milford drive is one of the best road trips in the country, and worth planning around the season, not just the map.

The Crown Range road from Queenstown to Wanaka is the highest sealed local-road pass in the country — switchbacks, tussock, and a crossing that earns its reputation in any season.

Queenstown in winter is the reason many of our guests come to New Zealand at all.

There is a particular feeling that arrives somewhere between Frankton and the Crown Range — the road tightens, the lake disappears behind you, and the car you are driving suddenly matters.

The vehicle you choose shapes the trip. Apolicar's fleet spans four distinct vehicle families.

The drive to Mount Cook is one of the great South Island journeys.