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Rotorua Geothermal Wonderland Tour: Explore Natural Bush, Geysers, and Mud Pools
4.9
53 Ratings
Mount Maunganui
Explore Te Puia, where the renowned Pohutu Geyser resides. This is the biggest geyser located in the southern hemisphere. An expert guide will lead you through the native forest, geysers, and mud pools, culminating in a spectacular walk on the Te Whakarewarewa geyser terrace.
Explore Te Puia, where the renowned Pohutu Geyser resides. This is the biggest geyser located in the southern hemisphere. An expert guide will lead you through the native forest, geysers, and mud pools, culminating in a spectacular walk on the Te Whakarewarewa geyser terrace.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mount Maunganui - Your driver/guide will take you on a wonderful sightseeing experience to the heart of New Zealand’s geothermal locations. Departing from the port gates you will travel through Mount Maunganui township past Mauao the iconic landmark mountain and one of New Zealand’s most popular beaches “The Mount Main Beach” home of surfing,…
- Mount Maunganui - Your driver/guide will take you on a wonderful sightseeing experience to the heart of New Zealand’s geothermal locations. Departing from the port gates you will travel through Mount Maunganui township past Mauao the iconic landmark mountain and one of New Zealand’s most popular beaches “The Mount Main Beach” home of surfing, professional beach volleyball and surf lifesaving competitions. Hear about the forming of the landscape, the arrival of man and the founding of the city, through to the different produce grown in the province and what modern life is like in the area.
What's Included
- Entry into Te Puia Geothermal Park
- Port pickup and drop-off
- Live commentary on board
- Local driver/guide
- 12 seater modern, clean air conditioned minivan for your comfort and safety
- Entry into Te Puia Geothermal Park
- Port pickup and drop-off
- Live commentary on board
- Local driver/guide
- 12 seater modern, clean air conditioned minivan for your comfort and safety
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Passengers must be able to embark / disembark with minimal assistance.
- Passengers must be able to embark / disembark with minimal assistance.
Location
Port of Tauranga Ltd
Salisbury Avenue
Please meet at the WICKED WANDERS sign board on the grassy mound opposite the port gates.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(53 Ratings)
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Renee_k
Apr 20, 2024
Best day - Nicolena was great tour guide and very accommodating to someone with a mobility issue.
Visit to Māori village for the ceremony was very informative as was the tour of the crafts training school. We loved the geyser! (And mud pools). Even the Kiwis came out to see us (yes, the elusive birds) Nicholas even showed us some highlights of Rotorua, the city.
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Chris_k
Apr 10, 2024
Great tour. Highly recommend it. - Our tour guide Russell was absolutely fantastic. He made the tour a brilliant one.
He was very knowledgeable and addded greatly to the things we saw.
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Rachel
Apr 9, 2024
Totally awesome trip. Well worth the money - Nicoli, our guide, was so passionate about NZ & her locality & community. She was fun, informative and went above and beyond to make our day one we will never forget.
Do mot miss this trip when stopping in Tarangua.
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Jacqueline_h
Mar 13, 2024
Wonderful experience - Had an amazing experience with this company. Rotorua Geothermal wonderland tour was great choice. Nicolle was a kind and knowledgeable tour guide driving us safely around so many places, explaining the history with interesting detail. If I'm ever back in this area I would book again. Thanks for a great day Nicolle.
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Marion_p
Mar 4, 2024
Geyser, Mauri and Kiwi experiece - The whole experience was very well put together. The staff were extremely knowledgeable and approachable. The native experience was very well done and the geysers obliged us with a very well timed eruption.
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Vfg8407
Feb 21, 2024
Opportunity to learn about Māori culture. - Our guide was knowledgeable, friendly, and efficient picking us up at the cruise ship port then taking us to Rotorua with some stops along the way for beautiful vistas and to see a kiwi farm. The Māori cultural center is not to be missed along with the geysers, mud pools, and the kiwis (both live and on the vine!)
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Craig
Feb 21, 2024
Rotorua winner - We lucked out and got the owner of the company, Russell (some of his summer workers had just returned to school after [Kiwi] summer break). Very knowledgable and responsible in terms of keeping our group of nine together and on time. Really appreciated all the stops on the way back from Rotorua: redwoods, the lake, kiwi vineyards and beach. Also appreciated the fact that he was in touch by email pre-tour and we knew exactly when and where to go to meet him (off of our cruise ship). He was the only one of our four tours to have a sign board with our name. Russell has been in the hospitality field for 30 years, and it shows. This is a professionally run operation
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Grada_m
Feb 20, 2024
Excellent tour and Fabulous tour guide! - Excellent tour and fabulous tour guide! She was so knowledgeable and friendly. And showed us interesting and beautiful sights along the way. Delicious ice cream stop on the trip back.
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Judy_m
Mar 7, 2024
Good tour poor tour operator - Communication by Wicked Wanders Tours was lacking. The tour van was overcrowded. The actual tour of the Geothermal geysers & mud baths along with the Mauri cultural song, dance & school tour was excellent making the long drive worthwhile. I would go again but with a different tour operator.
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Karola
Feb 26, 2024
Unfortunate run - The trip could have been nice and interesting. However, we were unlucky with the other members of the group. Everyone was going in a different direction and the driver/guide was busy running after/looking for someone most of the time. We have never experienced anything like this in a small group before.
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