Moatrek – 2024: Kakapo 21 days £5960; Kaka 17 days £4777: All breakfasts, 4 lunches
Exodus – 19 days £6499: 14 breakfasts, 16 lunches, 3 dinners. 14 days walking
Distinction Hotel 4 day hikes
Of course there is a spreadsheet, but 5 weeks on (airbnb 5/7, hotels 2/7) plus car hire plus a North/South crossing somehow but excluding trips and excursions pending building a list of museums, trips, entry fees etc = £5000.
LON – SIN – AKL – QTN – SYD – LON. Singapore airlines £880 with a stopover in Singapore one way fare; return Qantas $375(195) + SAL $2039 (1060): £2135.
DIY Motorhome £4270 flights, £4448 Motorhome + 11 nights hotel 3xSIN, 2xAKL, 2xQTN, 4xSYD. £8700 +1100 for hotels = £9800
Catering – for 5 weeks 1500 pp
- 120.00 2x nice eat out 35 meals & wine a week (70), 2x takeaway/pizza 12 (24), 3x self catering 7 (21)
- 20.00 DIY Wine 5x 0.5 & Beer a day
- 50.00 Breakfast 3 eat outs @12 (36), 4 DIY @3 (12)
- 60.00 Lunch 4 eat outs 12 (48), 3 packed lunches 4 (12)
- 50.00: Coffee/pastry daily @7 (49)
- 300 pppw
Travel – for 5 weeks covering 2400 miles £480 pp; Maui Cascade 21 nights £4448
- 150.00 Car Hire £150 per week x5 for an Astra size rental / 4
- 150.00 Fuel average 60 miles per day x7 x 5weeks = 2400 miles at 1.50 per litre, 6 miles per litre = 400 litres; 600 /4
- 100.00 Ferry/Flight
- Distances
- Auckland to Waitomo – 190km. 2hr 20.
- W to Rotorua – 138km. 2hr
- R to Taupo -80km. 1hr
- T to Wellington – 380 km. 5 hr

Accommodation – 5 weeks £1950
- 150.00 2 stays a week Hotels 70 B&B
- 250.00 Airbnb x5 nights 50












So 1300 flight plus 1950 accom plus 1500 catering + 500 diy travel = £5000
Trips/excursions list and costs/charges here 🙂
- Gibbs Farm Art Installation, open by request
- Tongariro Crossing – central NI, you need 8 hours and a shuttle booking to return
- Department of conservation campsites