Experience Nature

• For insight into NZ farming culture, visit the Agrodome – just over the road.
• See many of NZ’s native species at Rainbow Springs and learn more about the conservation of our national icon at Kiwi Encounter.
• Watch the awesome NZ falcon, an endangered species, in flight at Wingspan.
• Enjoy a walk in the Redwood forest or around one of our many lakes.  If you’ve a little more time, hike through the magnificent rainforest of the Whirinaki Loop Trek with Te Urewera Treks.
• Marvel at the geothermal wonders of Waimangu and Wai-o-tapu – a short drive from town. Then soak in the nearby Waikite Valley Thermal Pools.

Experience Adrenalin

• There’s Skyline’s Luge, Agroventures featuring the Zorb, bungy, jetboat and Schweeb.
• There’s horseriding, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, kayaking, breathtaking scenic helicopter and floatplane rides and then….

Experience Indulgence

• Relax in the mineral thermal waters at the Polynesian Spa or treat your self to a blissful therapeutic massage. 

Experience Maori Culture: Daytime

• Absorb local Maori heritage at Te Puia and see the famous Pohutu Geyser.
• Visit the thermal village of Whakarewarewa and meet the Maori living there.
• Learn more at the Rotorua Museum about both Maori and European history then walk from the Lakefront to Ohinemutu to see the beautiful St Faith’s Church, decorated in the Maori tradition.

Experience Maori Culture: Evening concert and traditional meal (hangi)

• Mitai, at the base of Mt Ngongotaha, offer a concert and hangi with a chance to see the waka (canoe) coming upstream. Courtesy bus from Countryoaks.
• Te Po is the evening event at Te Puia. Enjoy a traditional welcome and concert, food with an indigenous twist and a visit to the Pohutu Geyser.