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USD $164.00
Exciting Rotorua Day Trip from Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Experience the amazing “birthplace of Tourism in New Zealand” – Rotorua! Rotorua is located in the North Island of New Zealand and is famous for its beauty, culture, and hospitable locals. On this tour you will learn about the fascinating Maori culture, see the spectacular thermal activity, and travel through the breath-taking farmlands of the Waikato. Rotorua is a must-see when visiting New Zealand, you won’t want to miss it! This tour is flexible, with options to leave from and return to Auckland, or leave from Auckland and finish in Rotorua. Please note if you do not purchase additional options you will have free time to either explore on your own with out a guide or extra time at Te Puia. Everybody on tour will arrive back in Auckland at the same time
Your day will begin with 6:30am pickup from your hotel. The day includes a visit to the key attraction, Te Puia, where you will have the opportunity to visit the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute. You will then enjoy a delicious hot café lunch, which is included.
After this you will be taken to Rotorua highlights such as the Rotorua Lake front, the Government gardens and more!
The tour also allows you the option of either free time to explore Rotorua without the guide, or picking from a selected list of popular experiences to fill the time. These additional experiences can be found in the tour options.
I would suggest renting a car and doing this one on your own to allow more flexibility to do what you want to do. We ended up stopping for coffee on the way and waited a half hour while our driver had breakfast. On the way back we had to wait while the guide picked up some people from a hostel.
Review by: Naomi N, April 2018
Beautiful sights, friendly knowledgeable staff would highly recommend
Review by: Maureen S, March 2018
Awesome even though the journey was about 3.5 hours each way._br/_ Commentry helpful and informative. The living Maori Village well worth the journey,allowing us to immerse ourselves in Maori history culture,traditions and unique way of life including a cultural performance,weaving display,hangi food and a ta moke tattoodisplay
Review by: brendan h, March 2018
Very well informed guides -Gary and David were excellent.We were treated as VIPs throughout.
Review by: Marcel M, March 2018
Un premier chauffeur nous amène à Hobbiton où 8 personnes descendent on change de chauffeur et on continue à 4 seulement le premier est ponctuel, enjoué le deuxième est plus rigide on a 2 heures pour explorer Rotoruaon ne sait pas trop quoi faire. Il se permet de nous reprocher de ne pas avoir suivi ses recommandations alors qu'on n'avait pas très bien compris ce qu'il disait en anglais nous nous débrouillons en anglais, pas plus. La deuxième partie est plus intéressante avec les geysers de Te Puia et le lunch hangi des Maoris
Review by: David L, February 2018
Excellent tour. Vic went out of his way to show us some extra scenes and his knowledge of New Zealand was fantastic. We opted to stay in Rotorua and he dropped us to our hotel and assisted with our luggage.
Review by: Olga H, February 2018
It was indeed an exciting day trip. The amazing green country side and scenery was just unbelievable. Every one traveling with us in our van were as amazed as me and arriving at Rotorua was just another incredible site. Lunch was good and enjoyed the people who had lunch with us as they were coming from different parts of the world, all quite fascinated being in Rotorua and seeing such gorgeous sites like the Blueys thermal pool, enjoying the biggest geyser in the southern hemisphere and the heated mud pools. The icing on the cake at the end of the tour was spending few hours at the Polynesian spa where we relaxed. The only thing I regret was not buying more manuka honey.
Review by: ihepa2, January 2018
When they say Flexi Tours -- it means that you, the customer, have to be flexible, because there's going to be a lot of unknowns as you make your way through your day. We had fun once we got to the locales, but the entire day overall was a bit hectic. We expected to be taken from our pick up location straight to our tour destination, however, we were shuttled to the Hobbiton not part of our itinerary where we met up with others and got onto a different bus with a different tour guide to head to our intended destination. Clive was our tour guide to Te Puia and Rotorua and he was awesome. Very low key and friendly but also had a lot of knowledge, a very positive attitude and genuinely fond of the places we visited. After our encounter with Clive we were told that a 3rd driver was going to pick us up and drop us off at our next activity. No one knew the name of the person coming to pick us up, but eventually someone showed. This 3rd driver of the day took us to a natural spa and advised us to be ready to be picked up by a 4th person at 3:15pm and to be prompt because the bus back to Auckland needed to leave Rotorua at 4pm. The spa was awesome and we made sure to be showered, ready and waiting outside for our 3:15pm pick up.....3:15, 3:20: 3:30...no pick up, no call. I finally got in touch with someone and was told that the driver was on his way. Finally at around 3:45 our 4th driver of the day shows up and apologizes because he was routed to the wrong locale and miscommunication and yada....yada....yada....and oh by the way, I can't take you on the whole tour of the city because we don't have enough time and I need to get you to the bus that's going to take you back to Auckland. So we do a quick drive through of the bay side and small town area before meeting up with our 5th driver. The only reason this is getting 2 stars is because Clive driver 2 was great and the spa experience was great and had we been given just those 2 experiences that we booked without all of the other run around so that Flexi Tours can maximize profits, it would have been a highly rated trip.
Review by: Paul N, December 2017
Driver Gary was a delight just absolutely exceptional he gave us tips about New Zealand, history tidbits, and drove us through the Prime Minister's hometown, just for kicks. Oh, the Rotorua tour? That was great too! I enjoyed the quick lesson in pronouncing Maori. One thing that wasn't included in the booking was the Haka presentation, so pay for that onsite because it was worth it. I added the hot springs spa to my day trip. While nice, the water is--yep, you guessed it--hot, so it was good for a half hour or so. I suggest that, instead of the hot springs, you do the add-on to see the additional geysers.
Review by: Paul N, November 2017
Driver Gary was a delight just absolutely exceptional he gave us tips about New Zealand, history tidbits, and drove us through the Prime Minister's hometown, just for kicks. Oh, the Rotorua tour? That was great too! I enjoyed the quick lesson in pronouncing Maori. One thing that wasn't included in the booking was the Haka presentation, so pay for that onsite because it was worth it. I added the hot springs spa to my day trip. While nice, the water is--yep, you guessed it--hot, so it was good for a half hour or so. I suggest that, instead of the hot springs, you do the add-on to see the additional geysers.
Review by: Susanne S, November 2017
This tour was excellent. It was great being part of a small, friendly group, and the tour guides Chris and Dallas were both fantastic. They both went out of their way to ensure we were seeing what we wanted to, and were flexible if we finished an activity before we were supposed to! The set up at Te Puia was fantastic- as was seeing the geyser. The resident kiwi was hiding when I was there, but it was lovely they had one. I added in the tour of Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland- and recommend it.
Review by: Flora G, October 2017
Most enjoyable day trip . Driver timely ,efficient and helpful .Maori guide and dance display very appropriate and enjoyable.Loved the black swans .
Review by: PooiLing S, October 2017
Enjoyable trip. Informative trip but the information was only imparted mostly during the coach journey as the guides dont actually accompany the tourists at the various sites. Their job is to get the tourist there, provide information and guidance en route, arrange meals etc. They are knowledgeable and friendly guides. Didnt expect to have different guides or swap coaches for the trip which I think made the day longer.
Review by: fefhfg, September 2017
I ended up buying this tour halfway through the hour, but it was a pleasant surprise. It starts very early but the staff was very punctual. We spent the morning in the city of Rotorua, we saw the Maori culture center and several places with geothermal activities which are very beautiful. The ride is long but worth it.
Review by: James E, June 2017
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this tour was excellent, very informative!!!!!
Review by: Josh F, March 2017
If you're staying in Auckland, then I highly recommend taking this day trip to Rotorua. It is a great way to learn about Maori culture and visit a working village. Make sure to try and time your trip to the village right so you can be there when the geyser is going off. We added-on the trip to the Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland, and it was fascinating. Be prepared to experience a wonderful smell of sulfur in the air when you go.
Review by: Becky W, February 2017
This was a great tour! Rotorua was one of my mother's must-see items on her bucket list and this tour ticked all the boxes. The driver/guide, Fran, was entertaining and knowledgeable about the area. She drove us around the town to several interesting sites that we would never have found on our own.
Review by: ANNA P, February 2017
Wonderful day.
Review by: Marian S, February 2017
Everything was extremely well organized and on time. My guide Ric was fabulous. He took me to Rotorua and Waiotapu. This was the best trip I have ever been on. Thank you. Thumbs up!!!!!
Review by: Fabio O, January 2017
THE BEST_br/_ the lady was amazing, id like to come back soon and do the tour again
Review by: st.svitlana, January 2017
We loved this tour. We got to participate in Maori cultural performance and we loved it. It was very interesting to get to know Maori culture and all their trades as well as to see some geysers. We were even lucky to clearly see kiwi bird. We had a great time.
Review by: MARIANA BEATRIC M, November 2016
the trip was wonderfull and the tour agency very professional
Review by: John A, July 2016
Excellent tour of Rotorua and Waiotapu and Te Puia. Even the heavy rains didn't deter us from having an excellent time.
Review by: prince.edex, June 2016
Good and value for money.
Review by: Claire Marie A, June 2016
I like the flexible tours as we don't need to join the whole group. We were taken to places we were most interested to see. There were just some parts when we were running out of time so we just passed by places and didn't get off the van.
Review by: Joseph V, May 2016
A very interesting tour. Long day!!!! The company used had several pieces to a grand tour. And I sort of had to ride along to places that I did not purchase. That was a bit of a nusance. Would I purchase it if I knew, probably not. It could have been a much shorter day if they would have just taken me to the pieces that I purchased. So beware when booking??? Otherwise, I did enjoy what I saw.
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