Rotorua to Napier via Taupō with a caravan or motorhome
Rotorua to Napier via Taupō runs 226 km from Rotorua to Napier. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 4 h 5 min behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Rotorua · Taupō · Napier
Is Rotorua to Napier via Taupō OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- 9 km of it is steeper than 8%. The steepest kilometre is about 11% downhill on State Highway 5, at km 178.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 226 km | 226 km |
| Driving time | 4 h 5 min | 3 h 50 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | 9 km | 9 km |
| Total climb | 2,275 m | 2,275 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 127 km | 127 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 0 |
| Planned at | 3 m high, 11.4 m long and 5.2 t | 3.4 m high, 7.6 m long and 6 t |
Towns on the way
Caravan parks on the way
- Cosy Cottage Holiday Park · km 0
- Tasman Rotorua Holiday Parks · km 0
- Rotorua Thermal Holiday Park · km 4
- Golden Springs Motel and Holiday Park · km 45
- Taupo TOP 10 Holiday Park · km 81
- Great Lake Taupo Holiday Park · km 83
- Eskdale Holiday Park · km 207
- Napier Beach TOP 10 Holiday Park · km 214
- Hawke's Bay Holiday Park · km 215
Free camps on the way
- Queens Drive, Government Gardens · km 0
- Government Gardens Motorhome and Campervan Parking Area · km 0
- Huka-Aratiatia Amenity Area · km 70
- Reids Farm Recreation Reserve · km 77
- Hipapatua/Reid's Farm Campsite · km 77 · caravans OK
- Te Karaka (Perfume Point) carpark Freedom Camping · km 220
- Pump Track (Ellison Street) carpark Freedom Camping · km 225
- National Aquarium carpark Freedom Camping · km 225
- Marine Parade carpark (northern end) Freedom Camping · km 226
National park and other campgrounds
- Keswick Christian Camp · km 0
- Waipa Forest Camp · km 5 · fees apply
- Lake Okaro Campsite · km 25 · fees apply
- Wairakei Thermal Valley Camping · km 73
- Taupo Racecourse NZMCA Park · km 78
- Lake Taupo Holiday Resort · km 79
- Taupo DeBretts Spa Resort · km 87
Dump points
- at Tasman Rotorua Holiday Parks · km 0
- Dump Station · km 1
- at Lake Taupo Holiday Resort · km 79
- at Taupo TOP 10 Holiday Park · km 81
- at Taupo DeBretts Spa Resort · km 87
- Westshore Napier PDS · km 219
- Latham Street Dump Station · km 224
- Marine Parade Napier PDS · km 225
- and 1 more in the app
Fuel stops
- New World Fuel · km 1
- Waitomo · km 2
- Gull · km 29
- BP Wairakei · km 73
- BP Tauhara Road · km 79
- NPD · km 81
- Mobil · km 82
- Z Taupo · km 83
- Z · km 215
- Go fuel · km 223
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
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