Deluxe small group Cruise Day Tour, Rotorua, Tauranga & Mt Maunganui highlights

During your day's visit to Tauranga, experience the Geothermal wonderland of Rotorua. On the way there, marvel at beautiful beaches and multimillion dollar homes, before a 45 minute drive from the coast, ascending up the central plateau, through Kiwifruit plantations and typical NZ pastoral farmland to our furthest inland destination, Rotorua. Take in the most popular sites of interest - Blue & Green lakes, view Mt Tarawera (erupted 1886) across the most gorgeous lake, walk through NZ native bush full of ferns and tall podocarps like an 1800's pioneer or Maori warrior. Take a peek at the geysers (incl. famous Pohutu) from our secret viewing spot beside the geothermal region of Whakarewarewa.
We highly recommend you upgrade to our P5 tour - Geothermal Rotorua w/ Maori cultural performance, an additional USD35 each and you will be entertained by a famous Maori troupe known worldwide for their natural showmanship, and walk through a stunning steaming living geothermally active zone.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Mt Maunganui Main Beach, Marine Parade, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga New Zealand

Stop and enjoy NZ’s best beach , learn about the history as Capt Cook called this area the Bay of Plenty

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Kiwifruit Country, 35 Young Road, Paengaroa 3189 New Zealand

Because of the pandemic, presently we will only be driving through areas where there are large plantations of kiwi . We will give you a comprehensive and interesting narrative on the development of this fruit in our country, a brief rundown of the techniques utilised in growing it and it's importance to our local economy.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Tikitapu Nature Walk, Tarawera Road Lake Tikitapu Scenic Reserve, Rotorua New Zealand

Here, you will enter immediately adjacent to the road that we travel on, another world that has similarities to Jurassic Park, a rainforest full of many different types of ferns, tall native trees and the sound of native birds chirping away. The experience will be similar to what the Maori who walked this country regularly or the first colonists experienced before much of our majestic forests were cut down to convert into pastoral land. We have a survey at the end of each tour and many customers pick this as their highlight, especially compared to the Redwood Forest that we also stop to experience.

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Lake Tarawera, Lake Tarawera, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island

We drive her past the blue and green lakes for a stunning vista of the lake and Mt. Tarawera. This is, on a clear blue day, the best location for a photo opportunity. We'll give you a brief run down on the Mt Tarawera eruption of 1886 that devastated the surrounding landscape, killed over 100 people and buried the famous Pink and White Terraces

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Titokorangi Redwoods isite Visitor Information Centre (Rotorua), Long Mile Road, Rotorua 3010 New Zealand

Stroll through this famous Redwood forest planted in the early 1900's

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Kuirau Park, Ranolf Street and Lake Road, Rotorua New Zealand

Enjoy a relaxing foot soak in Rotorua's famous mineral waters , steam steaming pools and picturesque gardens

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Ohinemutu, Rotorua 3010, New Zealand

Visit this once-bustling settlement on the shores of Lake Rotorua view the steaming pools, visit the old Church where Prince William and Kate were formally greeted. Admission is by donation

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Government Gardens, Queens Dr 9 Queens Dr, Rotorua New Zealand

Browse the beautiful Government gardens, Rachels Pool and the Blue Baths

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Wai-O-Tapu, Wai-O-Tapu, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island

We will travel here if time allows. It is a 25 minute drive to the centre of the North Island where you will delight in the mesmerising boiling mud pools that bless this part of the Taupo Volcanic Zone. This site is just a 20 m walk from where we park and you may walk another 100 m around the pool if you desire….therapeutic

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Polynesian Spa, Hinemoa Street, Rotorua 3010 New Zealand

Rotorua's most beautiful and iconic Spa to soak away those aches and pains in a natural outdoor setting. Admission is an additional cost and we will drop passengers here travellers if they so desire, however we do not recommend this activity during the day in the hotter summer months of January February and March.

Stop At: Mangorewa River, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

We return from Rotorua via a beautifully scenic route with excellent examples of native fauna of this region great views of the Pacific Ocean as we head down from the elevated central Plateau

Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Lake Rotorua, Rotorua New Zealand

We select one of 3 cafes including Third Place Cafe, with outstanding views of Lake Rotorua, and the ancient meeting house and iconic church to stop for lunch to relax, connect and enjoy

Duration: 30 minutes

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