One of the nicest surprises at Karapiro was meeting Gary and Jojo, who were parked just a few spots away with their amazing self-built caravan.

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At first glance, you’d have no idea it was home built, it’s beautifully finished, full of clever details, and really well thought out.

Even better, it’s colour-matched to their tow vehicle, a V8 Toyota utility and the cleverness doesn’t stop there. Gary’s designed a swappable system where the caravan body can be mounted directly onto the back of the Toyota, and vice versa. While it’s still a bit of a work in progress, it’s seriously impressive engineering!

The caravan is fully equipped with a bathroom, toilet, and galley area (complete with fridge), and it’s fully insulated too. It looks super comfy inside and is a real credit to their hard work.

Gary and Jojo are from Whangārei and have spent the last 18 months building it themselves, including doing all the welding for the custom trailer chassis. The curves and detailing on the build are outstanding. It has clearly been a labour of love.

They were joined by friends at Karapiro for the Branded Music Festival, and it was great to see them enjoying the results of all their hard work.

A fantastic story of Kiwi ingenuity and a real head-turner of a caravan!