Mount Maunganui Trip Overview
Visit an authentic Living Maori Village deep in the geothermal region of Rotorua on this full-day excursion including a Hangi Lunch. Tour with a local Maori guide and learn about how the villagers have adapted to the harsh geothermal environment. You tour will also include visits to a working kiwi fruit orchard, the Redwood forest, famous Government Gardens and Rotorua Lake. This is a small group tour with a maximum group size of 16 travelers per booking.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Visit an authentic Living Maori Village deep in the geothermal region of Rotorua on this full-day excursion including a Hangi Lunch. Tour with a local Maori guide and learn about how the villagers have adapted to the harsh geothermal environment. You tour will also include visits to a working kiwi fruit orchard, the Redwood forest, famous Government Gardens and Rotorua Lake. This is a small group tour with a maximum group size of 16 travelers per booking.
Stop At: Whakarewarewa – The Living Maori Village, 17 Tryon Street Whakarewarewa Village, Rotorua 3010 New Zealand
Experience an authentic Māori Village where people live on a daily basis. Learn what it is like to live in the challenging environment of Whakarewarewa where daily life includes cooking in the bubbling pools and bathing in the therapeutic waters.
Learn about Māori culture and traditions, with many examples of crafts on display.
View geothermal wonders including the world famous Pohutu Geyser, boiling mud-pools and steam vents.
See how the locals prepare and cook Hangi meals in the in-ground steam boxes and cook corn in the bubbling water of the geothermal hot pools.
View the various historical landmarks and buildings, including an active Marae, two historic churches, and tapu (sacred) burial grounds.
Watch a cultural performance with traditional song and dance, and experience the fearsome Haka, with bulging eyes and beating chests, made famous by NZ Sporting teams.
Enjoy a Hangi lunch at the Village cafe and taste the delicious food cooked in the underground geothermal steam boxes.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Lake Rotorua, Rotorua New Zealand
Views of the lake – the central focal point of Rotorua
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Government Gardens, Queens Dr 9 Queens Dr, Rotorua New Zealand
The impressive Elizabethan style building dominating the Government Gardens was the first health spa in New Zealand and now houses the Rotorua Museum. We will point out some of the features of the gardens, including the Blue Baths and Rachel’s Spring, and stop for photos among the impressive flowerbeds.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Cruise Tours Tauranga, 1 The Mall, Mount Maunganui 3110, New Zealand
Start and end point of the tour
Duration: 5 minutes
