No, all your accommodation costs are additional to your bus pass.

The Operator gives you the freedom and flexibility to choose any accommodation style you like. However, they select the best value for money option in each stopover (and they do recommend staying with the group); if you’d like to stay somewhere else, that’s absolutely no problem at all. This is your experience. You can make all of your accommodation bookings via the online Trip Planner. Remember to book at least 48 hours prior to arriving at each destination.

You can hop off anywhere along the route. But if there is somewhere the buses don't go, let us know, and the crew can give you some advice on how to get there. 

When you do decide to hop off the bus- you do need to let The Operator know so they can help you book your next journey! 

In a nutshell... Minimum time stands for the shortest time you can get from your starting point to the last destination. 

The Operator welcomes the young and the young at heart aboard their buses; there is no upper limit! There is, however, a lower limit; you’ll need to be 18 years at the time of travel.

You can check out the latest timetable online.  

Auckland to Hot Water Beach

Main Pick-up point:

• Lylo, 54 Cook Street, Auckland Central

Other Pick-up points:

• Nesuto Stadium Hotel, 48 Beach Road, Auckland Central

• Bombay - Subway 216 Mill Road 

• Thames (Sunkit Guesthouse 506 Brown Street | Goldfields Mall, 100 Mary St)

Hot Water Beach to Waitomo

Main Pick-up point:

• Hot Water Beach Holiday Park    7:30am

Other Pick-up points:

• Tairua 

• Te Awamutu I-Site 1 Gorst Avenue

• Hamilton Airport

• Paeroa

• Morrinsville Plunket Shop 125 Anderson St 

• Otorohanga  

Waitomo to Rotorua

Main Pick-up point:

• Waitomo Homestead Cabins

Other Pick-up points:

• Cambridge - Carpark 16 Cook St

• Otorohanga, Public Toilet, Wahanui Street 

No, but loads of the places you stop at, including hostels, have excellent meal deals & cheap drinks!