I was there a few weeks ago , we also caught a bit of weather but over all we were lucky, we stayed up at indian heads this time , but next time further north will be the go . We found it easy going in general with the driving. the standard prado handles very well on the island .
We did see a few with troubles with campers . one larger one , a few large boats were causing difficulties being dragged behind a 4x4s on high tide. and also a camper trailer stuck in with the tide reaching it and the owners just watching it sink.....
I noticed how many do not plan there trip to well.
On one hand there were those dragging there campers through the southern high tide . Stressful and damaging to your vehicle , camper and gear.
Basically they are in a mad rush to get up north ... If they just chill out a few hours they could start there ride up the east coast of the island in a much more pleasurable , comfortable and fuel efficient manner catching that low tide going down makes the trip an absolute pleasure and you would hardly notice the camper you got hooked up behind.
On the return i saw similar people that were taking a high risk with the campers driving round the southern corner on high tide . the ferry runs till 5pm so there were a few that felt they had to push there luck , hence the sinking camper we saw....
I would say that campers on the island are not really a problem , its more the poor planning that led to struggles.
We did see a few with troubles with campers . one larger one , a few large boats were causing difficulties being dragged behind a 4x4s on high tide. and also a camper trailer stuck in with the tide reaching it and the owners just watching it sink.....
I noticed how many do not plan there trip to well.
On one hand there were those dragging there campers through the southern high tide . Stressful and damaging to your vehicle , camper and gear.
Basically they are in a mad rush to get up north ... If they just chill out a few hours they could start there ride up the east coast of the island in a much more pleasurable , comfortable and fuel efficient manner catching that low tide going down makes the trip an absolute pleasure and you would hardly notice the camper you got hooked up behind.
On the return i saw similar people that were taking a high risk with the campers driving round the southern corner on high tide . the ferry runs till 5pm so there were a few that felt they had to push there luck , hence the sinking camper we saw....
I would say that campers on the island are not really a problem , its more the poor planning that led to struggles.
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