ROTORUA Highlights Tour In A Small Group

Itinerary

1. As we depart the Port of Tauranga where you cruise ship is berthed, we will dry through one of New Zealand's most popular and also most expensive beach side suburbs of Mount Maunganui, driving along the sea front of Marine Parade past multi-million dollar home. (30 min)
2. Te Puke is also known as World Capital of Kiwi Fruit. We would stop by a Kiwi Fruit Orchard and you would get knowledge of origin og Kiwi fruit and see the fruit on the Vines 9depending upon the Season) (15 min)
3. Walk through our native bush and view the Tatua Falls and if you are lucky see some rafts come over the waterfall (30 min)
4. Walk through the Redwood Forest at your leisure, or for an additional cost complete the Redwood Treewalk seen on the website. (20 min)
5. Government Gardens is one of Rotorua’s historic landmarks and most popular tourism destinations. You'll want to have your camera on hand for this spot! Originally known as Paepaekumana, the local Māori iwi (tribe) gifted 50 acres of land to the Crown in the late 1800s “for the benefit of the people of the world”. The land contained a geothermal area with several therapeutic hot pools. Following the ratification of the original gift in 1883, the reserve was vested in the Government of New Zealand in 1898 as an area where the thermal waters could be used and promoted as a health spa similar to those in Europe. One of the most iconic and well photographed buildings in New Zealand (30 min)
6. You Would visit The Lake Rotorua, and enjoy the stunning view Of Lake Front. (10 min)
7. The northern end of Rotorua has a public park that is definitely alive and well. Walking tracks lead to numerous areas of vigorous geothermal activity. Provided you stay on the cool side of the safety fences, visitors are generally quite safe. In early Maori times the small lake in the park was much cooler and was known as Taokahu. Legend tells us that a beautiful young woman named Kuiarau was bathing in the waters when a taniwha (legendary creature) dragged her to his lair below the lake. The gods above were angered and made the lake boil so the Taniwha would be destroyed forever. From that time on, the bubbling lake and the steaming land around it have been known by the name of the lost woman, although the spelling has changed a little. (45 min)