Tauranga Shore Excursion: Rotorua Tour

Experience the best of Rotorua on this Tauranga shore excursion. Soak in mineral waters, ride a gondola, try the luge, visit a kiwifruit orchard, explore the Redwood forest, and more!

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mt Maunganui Main Beach - Discover the Mount beautiful main Beach
What's Included
  • Snacks and bottled water provided
  • Round-trip gondola ride to Mt Ngongataha’s summit
  • Complimentary port pick-up and drop-off service
  • All fees and taxes included
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Additional fees for the Luge Ride at the top
Additional Information

There is something for everyone on this small-group tour to the geothermal heartland of New Zealand - Rotorua. Relax with a foot soak in the soothing mineral waters at Kuirua Park. Take a Gondola ride to the top of Mt Ngongotaha enjoy the breath taking view over Rotorua City,( optional luge rides) have a coffee, or sample the wine tasting and watch…

Location
Mt Maunganui Main Beach
Marine Parade,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Cjlnz
Oct 28, 2023
Suitable for all ages. - Gondola ride was enjoyable. Nice cafe/view at top. The luge was very well run and designed. Safe and fun. Kids love it. I am in my 50’s tall and built like a lumberjack but the systems worked just as well for me. My wife and I both liked it.
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W6510ilsamh
Mar 14, 2023
Spectacular - So much fun for families with young and old children. Spectacular views to go with your rides along with food and other activities for small children. Price was very reasonable giving us Gondola rides to the top with 5 rides on the Luge.
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Jet795458
Feb 6, 2023
So much fun! - I was really nervous about doing this excursion. I'm so thankful I tried it. I had so much fun I didn't want to stop. It's super easy to control the sleds, no one was being reckless and it moves along, so you are never waiting in line. The gondola and ski lift was super easy to get on and off. I never felt scared or insecure. There were people of all ages having a great time. Please go and enjoy!
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Lily_23-gibbo
Jan 20, 2023
Awesome place, will be back - Awesome place to go with family or friends! Definitely worth the money and would do it 100 times again, the night luge was awesome and the lights work beautiful. The staff were so helpful and bright and seemed to love their job and it showed. Will definitely be back:)
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Liza
Dec 4, 2022
Great fun for families. - Best activity in Rotorua for family with teenagers. Definitely recommend getting the 5 luge turn ticket. Also the Jelly belly shop is amazing if a little expensive So much fun!
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Debbie_j
Mar 11, 2020
Highly recommend - I am not good with electronics, but wanted to leave a review about Toby and our experience. It was wonderful and he is very accommodating to make it custom for everyone to enjoy their experience. Highly recommend!!
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Dream64539003291
Sep 19, 2024
Good fun - Good fun, went on a week day so no lines or anything. Definitely do 5 runs so you can do all the runs but “Gravity” is a must. The flying fox was fun and fast but the swing seemed more exhilarating, so would suggest do that over the flying fox but it was still fun.
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Bucketlistsarah
Mar 14, 2020
Tremendous Fun! - Great tour of the area with an informative guide. Rotorua and the Gondola ride were lovely. The luge track was a very fun addition to our day while still getting to see the area. Would definitely recommend to everyone!
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Michelle
Mar 30, 2019
Great tour with small numbers! - Our tour was from Tauranga port 30/03. Finally we got off the ship thinking we may miss our tour but thank goodness our tour guide Roger waited for us. The weather was not very pleasant but it did improve throughout the day. First stop was to a local beach lookout and then the kiwi farm and roger was very informative about the fruit. An opportunity to taste the green and gold. We then went to the village and had a tour. Roger saved some seats for us so we did not have a bad spot so that was good. Our tour guide did not take us to the geysers as they were short staffed but roger made sure we went there and provided lots of info. There is quite a bit of flexibility on this tour with Roger offering people if they want to take the gondola ride otherwise he was happy to show us around a forest, lookout and even a foot soak which went down like a dream. Roger returned us back to our ship on time. Thank you we really appreciated the tour and would recommend.
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Jane_b
Nov 16, 2019
Taranaki shore excursion - The tour was a little disorganized. The guide Roger was running behind schedule, not sure of the time he needed to return us to the port for our boarding of our cruise ship. Didn't really comment much on history or geography of where and what he was showing us. Did take us to geothermal pools, and redwood forest. We are from California and we have lots of redwood forests, he never said much about this one, how did they get a redwood forest in New Zealand? Seemed to have alot of unexplained wondering around time. That being said the adventure park with the gondola and luge ride was great! Could have been a better tour with a different guide.
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From $145
up to 14 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).