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There’s something magical about the Alexandra to Mt Cook road trip. It’s a stretch of South Island road that seems made for slow travel. The lakes are a stunning turquoise blue, and every curve reveals another postcard-worthy view! It’s a route that captures everything we love about Kombi life – the freedom, and the joy […]

When Akanesi and Rafael from the Waikato went looking for a Kombi, they didn’t expect to find one waiting for them in the South Island. What started as a dream of owning a VW Kombi quickly turned into a plan for a VW Kombi hire road trip through Southland – complete with Milford Sound, Stewart […]

There’s something quietly special about the South of the South – the kind of place that deserves its own road trip. The roads are wide and the light feels softer. Life just runs at a different pace here. Sheep graze across the paddocks and gumboots sit by the door – not for show, but because […]

When Coralie, Arnaud, and their daughter Kalia arrived in New Zealand from Tahiti, they wanted to celebrate a special family milestone with something unique – a Tahiti family VW Kombi road trip across the South Island. Instead of staying in hotels, they hit the open road in Rhonda, one of our classic VW Kombi campervans, […]

It all started back in 2005 – the beginning of the NZ Kombi Hire story – when Warren said to me, “What if we bought a Kombi van for our holidays?” He wasn’t just joking – he’d been trawling TradeMe (as usual) for classic treasures. Then, as if fate had stepped in, a navy and […]