Rotorua Highlights Small Group Tour Including Te Puia from Auckland

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Duration:12 hours (approx.)
Location: Rotorua, North Island

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Experience the world famous geothermal and Maori cultural wonders of Te Puia. This unforgettable tour combines natures power and beauty with Maori culture all in one day.

Highlights:
• Te Puia Geothermal Park & Pohutu
• Maori Cultural Village and Arts School
• Rotorua City Highlights
• Waikato Farm Region

While the destinations you will be visiting are truly spectacular, Cheeky Kiwi Travel believe it’s our small groups, guides, the journey and the little details that set our tours well apart. Secret stops, wildlife viewings, specially designed vehicles, and many other pleasant surprises ensure our tours are an experience to remember.

This day tour gives you the time to explore Te Puia and participate in the extra options if you choose, unlike many other tours. Led by our passionate tour guides, notorious for bringing your journey to life by sharing stories and rich background knowledge, and run in modern, comfortable minibuses packed with extras ensuring your comfort and safety.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

WHAT TO EXPECT

1. Auckland Central
Your tour starts in New Zealand’s largest city. As we drive out of the city your guide will not only set the scene for your adventure today but also point out and guide you past some of the city’s top highlights.
2. Waikato Region
Exiting Auckland we travel south through the stunning Waikato countryside, the most extensive farming area in the world, encountering beautiful scenery, mighty rivers, great photo opportunities, impressive mountains and several farm animals along the way. During our adventure in the Waikato we will also stop for a quick coffee break at a special location.
3. Tirau
Continuing our journey to Rotorua we pass through Tirau, famously dubbed the 'Corrugated Iron Capital of the World' because of the many unique corrugated iron sculptures and buildings. This town never fails to get a look and a laugh and our guides will point out all the main highlights on the way through.
4. Te Puia
Arriving at our feature destination, Te Puia, you will receive a fully guided tour to best experience the amazing geothermal and Maori cultural wonders including: Pōhutu Geyser, Māori Architecture, The National Māori Arts School, geothermal craters, geothermal events and even the chance to view a Kiwi bird in the Kiwi viewing house. Add optional extras if you choose like the Maori Cultural Performance or Traditional Maori Hangi Buffet Lunch.
5. Rotorua
To finish off our Rotorua experience we do a guided driving tour seeing the most famous sites in Rotorua city including: Lake Rotorua, Rotorua Museum, Government Gardens, Whangapipiro (Rachel Spring) & the Blue Baths. If there is time, we may even visit a special souvenir shop for some discounted shopping and to try Manuka Honey.
6. Auckland
Sadly we must start to head north again but your day is not over with a fully guided return trip to Auckland with secret stops along the way.

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Posted By : Dixon_F
If you are looking for a chance to understand more about the Māori culture, this is the tour to join! Lunch was great, the geyser was beautiful, and our guides, Greg and Cameron, did everything to make sure we have an awesome time!
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Posted On : 2024-05-06 02:04:40

Posted By : Zinaida_M
Learning a little about the Māori culture and how they respect and preserve nature was definitely a highlight of this trip. NZ is such a beautiful country and it’s so amazing how you can run in the meadows with nothing to harm you. Visiting Rotorua must be on the list of to do things!!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-05 19:17:49

Posted By : Donald_R
Really enjoyed seeing the geo thermal impacts across Rotorua and the native Mauri show at Te Puela. Added bonus was the sky walk in Redwood forest.
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Posted On : 2024-04-19 16:32:43

Posted By : Gerry_P
This was an excellent package that allowed us to experience the “must-sees” in Rotorua - in a day! Our tour guide/driver John was punctual, relaxed yet professional, and shared interesting historical and entertaining bite-sized nuggets of info on all things NZ. We thoroughly enjoyed Te Puia (geyser was awesome), the Māori cultural show and the delicious lunch buffet. We added the Rewoods Walk in the afternoon. Highly recommend this day trip if you’re short on time - it was so worth it! Thanks John!
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Posted On : 2024-04-18 20:31:56

Posted By : Go54441473207
Great day out! John was a wonderful guide; really interesting and funny and made the day easy and fun. This is the second tour I have done with Cheeky Kiwi and I'd highly recommend 👌
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Posted On : 2024-04-18 04:45:39

Posted By : Nancy_B
Brandon was a thoughtful, pleasant and considerate guide. We were happy to support Māori culture and enjoyed seeing the geysers.
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Posted On : 2024-04-06 04:00:41

Posted By : Excursion26276784097
Great tour! Our guide, Brendon, was very kind and knowledgeable about NZ, he was timely and communicative. The stop in Te Puia was incredible and loved learning more about Māori history and culture. My husband and I then opted to spend time in the town of Rotorua while others went to the natural hot springs with the tour. It is a small town with a beautiful lake and great to walk around on a nice day. Overall we had a great time, everything was planned well, and would definitely recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-04-04 02:05:52

Posted By : lisamB3904DM
Great tour :-) John our your guide was awesome and made the trip great fun ! Thanks for a fab day and would definitely recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-03-28 03:27:36

Posted By : SUZD40
The tour was amazing. Especially our knowledgeable tour guide, Grant. We enjoyed seeing all the volcanic activity and the Maouri presentation. Best service we have had in New Zealand.
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Posted On : 2024-03-21 16:46:21

Posted By : FoyeEllis_D
This was a 13 hour tour from pick up to drop off. 6 hours of riding in the van. Great tour guide. The Māori cultural center with Haka was interesting and the geysers were ok. Seeing the Kiwi was the best part of the tour.
The buffet lunch was excellent. We were exhausted at the end of the trip. Too many hours riding in a full van.
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Posted On : 2024-03-18 16:30:19