Car Hire in Hokitika Airport - Mini guide to Hokitika Airport

When you land at Hokitika airport you will discover some of the most affordable car hire rates available anywhere in New Zealand. Simply find a local service and your trip will always begin on a great note. If you are here for business, you may decide that driving yourself around town is much more preferable than simply finding a taxi every time you want to go somewhere.

Hokitika is a popular destination visited by many tourists everywhere. The Hokitika airport is consistently busy with daily flights. Located west of the Southern Alps, and west of the Coast Heartland, when you visit Hokitika you will experience culture that cannot be found anywhere else. It is small town consisting of approximately 3,500 residents, finding a taxi may even be difficult – best to find a car hire service and take care of transportation on your own.

With a beautiful beach and a sometimes wild river, Hokitika is in the middle of rainforests and wetlands. It rains here, a lot. Even with roughly same number of sunshine hours as Auckland and Christchurch, Hokitika also experiences 2800 mm per year of rainfall - much more than a lot of other cities.

Although the skies to get cloudy when the rain comes, once they clear up, look to the south and you will see Mt. Cook, and Mt. Tasman. These are two of New Zealand’s highest mountains and their traditional names are Aoraki and Horo Kawau, respectively. Car hire rental is ideal for driving to the base of each mountain for a closer look.

When you fly into the Hokitika airport you will probably notice many shops selling jewelry and artifacts made with pounamu. This is greenstone, or sometimes called New Zealand jade. Historically this region has been an important source for the stone and its interesting properties. Pounamu can be made to have an edge which is as hard as steel, but still retain a unique beauty. Who knows, maybe if you get a vehicle from a car hire service you will find some to take home!

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We rent the following types of cars: Economy (Vauxhall Corsa or equiv.), Mini, Small family (Ford Focus or equiv.), Medium family (Toyota Avensis or equiv.), large family (BMW 5 series), 4x4, SUV, Convertible, Van, Sports car, Luxury cars.

Hire cheap cars from the following suppliers, Ebookers, Opodo, Avis, Expedia, Sixt, Thrifty and budget rental prices from EasyCar, Budget, Holiday Autos, Economy, 121carhire.