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The van trip, planned around how you actually travel

Tell us where you start, how far you'll drive in a day, and who's in the van. AI plans the route day by day — then every campsite is checked against OpenStreetMap, so the places on your itinerary are ones that really exist. You get one link to share with everyone travelling with you.

vanabout · five weeks in new zealand

The route

  • Ferry crossing
15 – 16 February · Stop 1 of 19

Auckland, New Zealand

1 night★ Motorhome pick-up and orientation★ Mission Bay waterfront with the kids
Auckland North Shore Motels and Holiday Park ↗
Powered site · ~6.5 km from Auckland, New Zealand
Arrive Auckland
  • 10:00Collect the motorhome and run through the orientation with the rental company
  • 13:00Grocery shop and settle gear in for the trip ahead
  • 16:00Easy stroll and paddle at Mission Bay beach
  • eveningEarly night at the holiday park before the trip starts properly
Depart for Matamata
  • 09:00Gentle drive south out of the city toward Waikato farmland
  • en routeBreak and playground stop in Hamilton
16 – 17 February · Stop 2 of 19

Matamata, New Zealand

1 night★ Hobbiton Movie Set tour
Firth Tower Road Stop ↗
Powered site · ~3.2 km from Matamata, New Zealand
Getting there: 182 km · 2 h 58 from Auckland, New Zealand · Easy rural highway through rolling Waikato farmland, well signposted and gentle on a big vehicle.
Arrive Matamata
  • 12:00Check in to the holiday park
  • 14:00Family-friendly Hobbiton Movie Set tour
  • eveningRelax at the holiday park
Depart to Waitomo
  • 10:30Late-morning departure toward Waitomo

How it works

Real campsites, not confident guesses

Ask a chatbot for a campervan itinerary and it will confidently name campgrounds it half-remembers. Some don’t exist. Every campsite here comes from OpenStreetMap — with a link so you can check it yourself, its distance from your stop, and whether power is actually recorded.

Where OpenStreetMap doesn't know whether a site has power, we say so. We'd rather tell you we don't know than make something up.

34 nights · 20 stops · 2,881 kmA real one: Auckland to Christchurch across both islands, with a four-year-old and a baby on board.

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