I must say that all the staff that we had contact with at Salamanda were great and I would recommend your company to any one coming Down Under.

As for the Cheapa vehicles (2 Berth shower/toilet), in Australia the campervans were a little old but clean and the personnel at the the depots were extremely helpful and did everything they could to keep us going. We travelled from Sydney up to Townsville across to Broome down to Perth and across to Melbourne and back to Sydney. Although a lot of the driving in the country was nice and we had a good time, we found the petrol expensive and food all so high compared to Britain.

As for the New Zealanded side of our trip, the Cheapa campervan was excellent and we had no major problems. In fact we only had a LPG leak in Picton, but the branch staff sent me to a repair shop and it was fixed in an hour. I would highly recommend going to NZ and renting through Salamanda Travel to everyone.

We travelled from Auckland to the very top of the north island on the west side and then down the east side to Wellington. Then the ferry to the South island which we started in Picton and went down the east side of the south island to Invergargal and then up the west side back to picton. We estimate we travelled about 9,000 km. What a beautiful country and we do plan to come again to NZ and look forward to doing business with your company again.

I can say of the two countries NZ was our favorite and would recommend it to everyone wanting to visit down under. And we look forward in the future to do rentals from your company again.

Satisfied Customer
Robert and Linda Ashton
Great Britain

We hire the Jucy Crib from Sydney to Brisbane. Responses to my queries were super prompt and helpful...it was really useful being able to have a website like yours, especially since it was a better deal going through you than through Jucy themselves.

Thanks - we had a great camper holiday :)

Kali Bell
Australia

We would like to thank all of you at Salamanda for your assistance in organising our recent Cheapa Campa hire.  Cheapa had offered us one free day's rental due to a problem we had with the van we hired in New Zealand almost two years ago.  Salamanda addressed this with Cheapa and they came to the party and, through Salamanda, gave us one day free.  Thanks for following this up with Cheapa, Salamanda!!  You give good service.

The Cheapa Campervan we hired in Adelaide for ten days from 12th October 2010 was clean and what we expected; also had shower and toilet. Only one little problem - hinges on the back doors badly needed oiling as doors didn't always open from inside. After stocking up on grocery items we spent our first night at Port Pirie; it was a little late to travel much further. Next day, north on to Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Rangers for a night only. Then back south to Mannum where we spent one day 'free camping' at Bolto Reserve. (Take ferry south over the river, turn right and you can't miss it at the end of that road.)

Next day was wet and raining so we checked into the caravan park (back north on the ferry over the river, turn right and it's there). Decided on a whim, to travel down to Penola and had two days and nights in the only caravan park there. We were able to witness St Mary of the Cross' canonisation live, and also enjoy some of the Coonawarra festivities also. Next stop Meningie - peaceful and a very clean and nicely laid out caravan park. From there two days at Victor Harbour Top Tourist Caravan Park. A lot of renovations, and new cabins etc being put up at the time, but did not inconvenience us. All told, our trip in the Cheapa Campa was comfortable and we generally had no hassles. Thank you Cheapa. South Australia is a lovely state to visit.

Judy and Bryan Ward
Australia

We returned the 2 Berth campervan this afternoon and the trip was great. 10 days was definitely not enough time to travel from Cairns to Brisbane seeing everything along the way but we still had an enjoyable trip. We spend a few hours driving each day usually in the afternoon and saw the towns in the morning. We stopped at Cairns, Port Douglas, Mission Beach, Tully, Rockhampton, Mackay, 1770, Agnes Waters, Gympie, Noosa, Mapleton and Maleny. It was a good combinatoin of beach and inland!!

In terms of Salamanda, I found them to be excellent. Jane, you were so helpful, especially in looking into other options for me and also in your prompt replies. I really appreciate everything you did, especially as you went way beyond my expectations. The website was also helpful, but it was the follow up emails and calls which made the difference.

In terms of the vehicle, we actually were given an Apollo hightop (not a Cheapa one). The vehicle itself was good (although we did have to eat dinner on the bed as the table converted into the bed base), and our experience with Apollo Brissy was great.

Once again thanks for all your help!!!

Clare Swan
Australia

We were very happy with our campervan hire through Salamanda Travel. The company pointed us in the right direction when the original campervan we wanted was booked out and they gave us the best deal that they could on the Apollo 6 Berth Euro Deluxe Motorhome.

We picked up our home on wheels from Alice Springs and proceeded to visit Uluru, Kings Canyon and everything all the way up to Darwin. We found the campervan to be terrific and very easy to drive. It was easy to park and we never had a problem with finding somewhere to park this vehicle. The motor home was very spacious and very easy to spend 12 days in (I was suprised by how big it actually was).

Caravan parks were a bit hard to find as it was school holidays and so it made it much easier that we could run the 12V battery power when we were not able to obtain a powered site. The Apollo had a shower and a toilet which we did not use all the time, but this was for convenience and was at some stages a Gods' send.

I found the Apollo staff to be very helpful and approachable and the motorhome itself was in tip-top condition. I was suprised at how well the Apollo campervan ran on the long straight roads around the Northern Territory - it never skipped a beat.

The money we spent in hiring this Apollo was well worth it and I would recommend Apollo to anyone looking to hire a campervan to do a driving holiday. We saw so many wonderful Australian Outback features that you couldn't normally see. We had full freedom to travel and stop where we wanted and had no pressure.

It was a wonderful trip and we now trying to work out where we want to go next with Apollo and Salamanda.

Marissa Cowie
Australia

Back in Switzerland and I would glad to make some comments to our more than 50 days hire of the 4WD Campervan from Cheapa: First of all, I would like to repeat that the offer/booking through your office was excellent, speedy and very professionel. I will certainly use Salamanda again in case I will need a campervan in Australia. The campervan was an older model but apart from some minor incidences (one of the two gas hotplates didn't function at all and the main battery went down once in a remote area!!) we travelled more than 9,000 km without any problems. The 4WD Campervan is good on roads requesting high clearance and we travelled on roads in very rough conditions.

Ernst Kradolfer
Switzerland

Just writing to say quickly that I found all the arrangements were good, no complications. The Kea 2+2 Flip Top also performed well and the Kea staff were thoughtful and very helpful, even once on the road (re: booking e-tolls etc). All in all my expectations were fully met. Thanks to your staff for all their help.

Richard Hatfield
Kenya