Tarawera and Lakes Tour: Rotorua's Scenic Adventure

Experience the breathtaking beauty of the Rotorua lakes district on a fully guided eco tour by boat. Learn about the history and the devastating Mt Tarawera eruption while exploring 4 stunning lakes. Perfect for families, couples, and solo travelers.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Rotorua Duck Tours - We are on this attraction for 120mins
  • Redwoods Treewalk - Drive past and learn about Treewalk
  • Lake Okareka Walkway - We travel onto Okareka and clients will learn about Lake,
  • Blue Lake Track - We go onto this lake and clients will learn about this lake and and also get the chance to take photos
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What's Included
  • Driver/guide
  • Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

The Tarawera and Lakes Excursion offers the prime opportunity to savor the vistas of the Rotorua lakes area while absorbing the historical narrative of the terrain, the local community, and the catastrophic 1886 explosion of Mt Tarawera. Embark on an unmatched 120-minute narrated journey that traverses both terra firma and aquatic expanses aboard an…

Location
1241 Fenton Street
Fenton Street
Please arrive at the meeting point 20 minutes prior to your departure time. Late arrivals will need to reschedule to the next available departure.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Gaylene_r
Feb 7, 2025
Excellent experience - It was really great learniing so much amazing history of Rotorua. Also learned a lot about the history of the vehicle we were in.
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Camulodofan
Feb 4, 2025
Wonderful fun way to see the beautiful lakes. - Great tour with an entertaining guide. A scenic route and splash down in three beautiful lakes. Loved the story behind our Duck Matilda.
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Jeanetskk2023
Jan 4, 2025
Great trip - Trevor is the best guide. He told us so many interesting things on the way, he has a great humor and the places we went were great. He Even made the rainbow come our for us 😉 I can only recommend this tours. Good value for money!
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Camper33358302644
Dec 15, 2024
Great experience, definitely worth doing! - Our tour guides Rileigh and Matt were wonderful. Rileigh was fantastic, she told us of all the local history and stories of the people. Her knowledge and information was fantastic and really brought the island and scenery to life. Matt’s driving was very comfortable and you felt at ease and safe the whole time. This is a fantastic experience and definitely makes you feel jealous not to be able to live in this beautiful place! Definitely an attraction worth seeing and doing!
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Grandtour33965120589
Dec 8, 2024
Highly recommend - Had a great experience on the tour and Esta made it more enjoyable with her stories and humour. She was great with our girls they had a great time…thanks Esta
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Nicholas_b
Oct 22, 2024
Great tour - Great trip to see the lakes, wildlife and magnificent scenery. Our driver/guide was entertaining and informative, bringing the tour to life. We loved travelling in the DUKW, especially the splashdowns! Thoroughly recommended.
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Shanelle88
Oct 20, 2024
Excellent family activity - We are locals and it was our first trip on the duck. It was very informative and fun. The kids loved it. Thanks very much for a great afternoon :)
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Connector52700576842
Aug 14, 2024
Beautiful and great storytelling - Esther was an amazing guide, loved the fact that she's Maori and really tried hard to make sure the stories were accurate. My partner and three kids loved it and they all Whakapapa to Te Arawa so it was awesome confirmation and learnings for them
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Up2ular
Jan 11, 2025
Sound quality is bad. Barely heard anything - We did this years ago before Covid. It was a better experience in memory. Maybe it was down to the duck whistle thing is no longer available, or the guide commentary wasn’t as fun and clear as before. The speaker quality was poor that you barely heard anything. It ruined a big part of experience as this is heavily guide driven. I saw the company’s feedback for this issue is this is part of experience because the vehicle is old and loud. But this is never a good excuse if the visitors can’t hear anything. They should have done better.
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Getaway56474904716
Jan 1, 2025
Not worth it. - Really disappointed with the experience. Extremely noisy bus. I wouldn't recommend it. Way too expensive and not worth the time.
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