Rotorua Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

We spent a couple of uneventful days looking around Wellington before heading off to yet another wine region - Hawkes Bay. We arrived in Havelock in time for a late lunch at the first winery and to sample some of the local varieties grown in the renowned Gimblett Gravels including Syrah and some excellent Bordeaux varieties.

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Arrived at Rotorua and eventually found my hostel, my bus driver who had done my hostel booking had told me the hostel had changed names from what i had in the lonely planets, but i thought id give it a go. When we drove up to it, it was the Regant Motel, i was thinking my god this is going to be expenisive. The owner came over in the rain to th...

09.06.09: Our bodies are aching from yesterday's snowboarding (or attempt in my case) but we must hit the road. It is cloudy and the weather forecast for the rest of our holidays in NZ does not look promising. We drive towards the largest lake of the country, lake Taupo, which is also a volcano. It is the world's trout fishing capital (how lucky...

Next stop was Rotorua. This is a place which smells, bad. Similar to the dead sea, it stinks of sulphur, so it's eggy. It attracts tourists because of it's hot pools and mud baths, as well as a few adventurous things to do. The smell is not too strong all the time but it fairly overpowering sometimes. The first night in Rotorua was an early one....

Ah Rotarua, what a place! You notice the shtink of the thermal spa's well before you enter any regoin even close to this town. On the way in there are loads of signposted places where you can go and see some of these bubble away. Got into the town anyway and booked a hangi for the next night. I got up early the next day and rented a bike. It too...

Rotorua - This place was highly recommended by many New Zealanders but I didn't really like it. Plain and simple. I arrived late in the evening to a not so nice hostel with rude rooommates, bugs in the bathroom and a fire alarm going off at 3am. It was called Planet Nomand Backpackers. Don't check it. I spent the day with a guy from Slovenia nam...

hier noch ein paar Fotos von der Reise und unsere Route... Wir haben soviel gesehen, dass man darueber ein ganzes Buch schreiben koennte. Die Suedinsel ist echt unglaublich schoen und ich muss auf jeden Fall nochmal zurueckkehren, um die ganzen Wanderungen nachzuholen, fuer die wir leider nicht genug Zeit hatten. Die Highlights waren jedenfalls ...

Left Napier and drove 3 hours inland (stopping at Lake Taupo on the way) to Rotorua, famous for its geothermal activity - hot springs, geysers, sulphur emissions etc, there is a real sulphurous rotten eggy smell in the air. Booked into nice little hostel - the funky green voyager. Next day, we took a look at the lake, and went to watch some peop...

I started with a LOTR quote will I finish with One? A Celtic folklore has been founded in NZ and brought to life with the help of the "Lord of the Rings". I have never known a movie that has brought so much money to one country and in doing so created a history/folklore for a country. As you go through the "Lord of the Rings" exhibition in Te Pa...

From Cape Reinga, I went via the Karikari Peninsula to Kaeo, where I was staying with my servas host Margaret. She is an easygoing and warm person and I could have stayed there forever. Her daughter, her mom Dotty and another servas couple were wonderful company for me. From Kaeo, I went to Matauri Bay to visit the Rainbow Warrior Memorial. The ...