(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Zac Efron says he prefers going camping with his girlfriend to partying.

The movie heartthrob, 22, is invited to glamorous A-list parties all the time, but he says he usually shuns the offers as he doesn’t enjoy the hedonistic atmosphere of nightclubs.

Zac met his girlfriend of five years Vanessa Hudgens when they were starring together in the smash-hit High School Musical franchise, and he says escaping to the countryside with her and their friends is his favourite thing to do.

“I just don't have fun at clubs. I don't know how people do that stuff. It's a bunch of people you don't know, a lot of intoxicated people running around that are sort of obnoxious or want something from you.

“Me and my friends, we all have girlfriends so we do couples' stuff - like we all went camping, us and our girls,” revealed the star.

Zac says he has a close-knit group of friends, consisting of Vanessa, three of his male friends, and their partners.

The nature-loving crew enjoy getting back to basics and using their survival skills to find food and water.

“There were six of us, three buddies and three girlfriends, and we went out to the middle of nowhere, to this small campground with no running water, trying to catch food,” recalled the actor of his most recent escapade in the countryside. (C) Cover Media