Tamaki Maori Village Rotorua

Leaving Mercury Bay today and heading to Geyser Land! :P

On our way the bus did a quit pit stop, walking around old tram ways at the Karaganhake Gorge and historic walkway. It was pretty cool and we got to see some glow worms in the dug out caverns that were used for a tram system to run.

We aslo stopped to take some pictures of …

We boarded the boat and ditched the campervan under deck. We prepared for the 4 hour journey to the North Island over the pacific ocean. The boat was packed with about 80% rugby fans, with the North Island being the epicenter of the world cup really. About an hour in everyone was bouncing up off their seats and staring and pointing out the window. …

Meine Bustour beginnt in Auckland...

Relativ pünktlich wurden wir alle in Auckland vom Magicbus aufgelesen. Den Magicbus muss ich sagen, fand ich ziemlich cool. Zwar ist es ein eher kleiner Bus, aber wir hatten den wahrscheinlich coolsten Fahrer, Josh. Josh hat eigentlich immer gute Laune verbreitet und uns ziemlich coole, versteckte Plä …

On the way into Rotoua, Steve passed an activity sheet around but I decided to save money and that I didn't want to do zorbing or luging, so Lisa and I had a look around the town. Steve had explained that Rotorua is a big area of geo-thermal activity so it has a distinct smell about the entire town. The smell is created by large amounts of sulphur …

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Almost everybody we asked had said we needed to visit Rotorua. I had no idea what to expect. I was told there was lots of Maori culture and lots of hot springs and geysers, but I wasn't expecting a tourist town. I would now say, that what Queenstown is to the South Island, Rotorua is to the North Island. We saw more tourists here than anywhere we'd …

We left Hot Water Beach at 7.30am to head to our next destination Waitomo, where we were due at about 1pm. Before that our driver took us to visit the Karangahake Scenic Reserve to explore the stunning bush-clad gorge and to cross the two swing bridges which everyone decided to shake when crossing which made the girls scream before following …

Thursday, 14th February

Rotorua is one of the world's most concentrated geothermal areas, where hydrogen sulphide, drifting up through vents in the region's thin crust, leaves a whiff of rotten eggs in the air. You do actually get used to it - well, mostly. This is one of New Zealand's most visited small cities, originally set up as a …

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Today we started Day 4 of our Road Trip, and we did hit the road once again. Making our way down to the central part of North Island, we drove from Thames to Rotorua. We left our comfy campground around 11:30 a.m., stopped at a rest stop for a late lunch at around 2:30 and made it to Cosy Cottages Holiday Resort somewhere around …

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... Tamaki Maori Village is excellent.... this is what happens (copied from the website) The Waka (Coach Trip) Enroute to Tamaki Maori Village, your guide will instruct you on the rules and protocol for visiting Marae (meeting grounds). It is customary ...

... on the verandah, before we were picked up by the coach for our Maori Evening.  This was held at the Tamaki Maori Village, which is a specially built village where, after a spine-chilling welcome by tribal warriors (all keeping their blankets on) we ...

... on set during the filming of the feasting scenes. That evening (without even having time for a nap!), we visited the Tamaki Maori Village.  The night started with an intimidating Maori war dance, where the warriors stick their tongues out and bulge ...

... energetic thermal activity in the country, yes you could smell rotten eggs. That evening we visited the Tamaki Maori village for a Maori Concert and Hangi which was really a great experience. There was great entertainment with beautiful Maori songs ...

... He looked much larger than we expected and a little odd without his wings! That evening we headed to the Tamaki Maori Village outside Rotorua which seemed a little like Bunratty! It gave an interesting insight into Maori culture and was cool to eat hangi ...

... Pool with various spots of mineral color. Check out the pictures to see what I mean. At night I went to the Tamaki Maori village for some local culture. A village warrior welcomed us with a traditional haka - a very scary dance meant to intimidate ...

... Nikki and I had been looking forwards to since we arrived and we weren't to be disappointed. Tonight we would go to Tamaki Maori Village... set up to replicate a Pre-European Maori village... but first we had to get there! The gang (including Loud ...

... hand signals. It was all very entertaining and informative. This evening we immersed ourselves in Maori culture at the Tamaki Maori village. We were picked up from our hotel and taken to the village which is set in a beautiful forest outside Rotorua. ...

... ducky!  The whole experience lasted about 45 minutes and was well worth it. Later that night, I booked a trip to the Tamaki Maori Village which is a cultural dinner/show/etc where you are able to learn about the Maori Culture (the native ppl of ...

... anyway there were too many steep declines). We finished off the day with a Maori experience evening at the Tamaki Maori Village it was a great evening of entertainment.  This included a performance of various traditional dances and songs and ...