Catch a bus to Levin with nakedbus, it’s the best way to get to there, with New Zealand’s lowest cost city to city bus service. Levin has a lot to offer such as a large shopping centre, a movie theatre, attractive parks and an indoor swimming pool.

Levin is between the coast and the Tararua Ranges, which makes a wide range of activities available to all those who visit. There are sandy beaches and mountain-fed rivers and lakes, all where you can enjoy swimming, boating, fishing and tramping. Lake Horowhenua is a great place for yachting and rowing, and its shores provide an excellent picnic spots. Lake Papaitonga is just south of Levin and provides a great escape with historic associations to the Maori chief, Te Rauparaha.

If you walk south along the shore line of Waitarere Beach, you will be able to see the rusty remains of the Hydrabad sailing ship which got blown ashore in 1878.

nakedbus is the best way to get to Levin, and if you can get there from $1, why wouldn’t you want to go to this magnificent place?