Rotorua Highlights Small Group Tour Including Te Puia from Auckland | La Vacanza Travel

Rotorua Highlights Small Group Tour Including Te Puia from Auckland

Duration: 12 hours
Destination: New Zealand, Auckland, Rotorua
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  • 12 hours
  • Rotorua
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

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.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Auckland Central, Auckland Central, North Island

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.

Pass By: Waikato Region, Waikato Region, North Island

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.

Stop At: Tirau, Tirau, Waikato Region, North Island

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.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Te Puia, Hemo Road, Rotorua New Zealand

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.

Duration: 2 hours

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

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.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Auckland, Auckland, North Island

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.

Duration: 5 minutes

Inclusions
  • Small Group and Fully Guided Tour
  • Entry Tickets
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • Entry/Admission - Te Puia

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Optional extras and activities - please select the tour option you want at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infant seats available
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately and wear comfortable walking shoes
  • Children aged 7 years and below are required to travel in a child safety car seat. If you don't have a car seat one can be provided (with 24 hours notice).
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

SkyCity Hotel Auckland, 72 Victoria Street West, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Traveler pickup is offered
Pickups are from the below hotels only. If your hotel is not listed, please select your closest alternative and meet us there. If you are not sure where your closest alternative is, please contact us in advance so that we can advise you.

If you have not yet booked a hotel then please select Sky City hotel as your pickup location. You can update this once your hotel is booked by contacting us or amending your pickup directly through Viator.

Note: our pickups begin 20 mins before tour start time so please check your confirmation for the exact pickup time from your chosen location as these will vary.

Park Hyatt 06:10 AM
Sofitel Viaduct Harbour 06:10 AM
Hilton Hotel 06:10 AM
M Social 06:15 AM
Movenpick Hotel 06:15 AM
Nesuto Stadium Hotel and Apartments 06:15 AM
Pullman Auckland 06:15 AM
SO/Auckland 06:15 AM
JW Marriott Auckland City 06:20 AM
Heritage Auckland 06:20 AM
Ibis Budget Auckland Central (Pick up also for CityLife, Barclay Suites, Holiday Inn Express) 06:20 AM
Crowne Plaza 06:25 AM
Rydges Hotel 06:25 AM
The Grand By SkyCity 06:25 AM
SkyCity Hotel 06:25 AM
Four Points by Sheraton 06:25 AM
Grand Millennium Auckland 06:30 AM
Mercure Hotel 06:30 AM
Kiwi International Hotel 06:30 AM
VR Auckland City, 188 Hobson Street 06:30 AM
Cordis Auckland 06:35 AM
Sebel Auckland Manukau 06:50 AM

Passengers that miss their pick up will be required to meet the tour at the tour's first stop at their own expense to continue on the tour. No refunds will be given to late or no show passengers.


Departure Time

06:30 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

12 hours


User's Reviews

Donald_R

19 Apr, 2024

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.

Gerry_P

18 Apr, 2024

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!

Go54441473207

18 Apr, 2024

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 👌

Nancy_B

06 Apr, 2024

Brandon was a thoughtful, pleasant and considerate guide. We were happy to support Māori culture and enjoyed seeing the geysers.

Excursion26276784097

04 Apr, 2024

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!

User's Picture Gallery

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Great day out!

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Great time in Te Puia and Rotorua

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Best intro to New Zealand EVER!!!

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Great day at Rotorua

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Maori Culture Introduction

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Spring November 2023

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Take this your!

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Brilliant experience

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Great tour with a Great tour guide!

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Natural wonders

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Worth it!

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Great Day with the Māori

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Rating: 2 with tour operator Rating: 5 for Te Puia, their cultural show, lunch and thermal spring

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Wonderful tour

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Yum and fun.

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Day trip to Rotorua

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A day to be remembered!

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Small group tour with add ons

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Amazing Rotarua

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Explosive Experience

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Felt like family

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What an amazing tour and guide!

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