Rotorua Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

After swinging by the gondola center in Rotorua and realizing that the view from the top didn't come close to any we'd seen so far, we headed back into town to explore and ran across the Government Gardens.  Bathhouses and other buildings surrounded huge croquet lawns that must have been popping when they were originally built.

Joel: Rotorua is New Zealand's leading mountain bike destination and is the location for a huge range of premier mountain biking events such as the Single Speed Nationals in 2008. The Whakarewarewa Forest in the Redwoods has one of the oldest mountain bike networks in the country. These offer a variety of riding surfaces and scenery and around 9...

The weather improved and at the last minute before heading to Rotorua we decided to hit the snow for one last session - at Tuora just 20min from Ohakune. There was blue sky when we checked out of the motel and we tripped up to the ski fields. They had 15cm of snow overnight and it showed. Powder Powder Powder. We hired a sled and hit the beginne...

Rotorua, New Zealand is home to the ZORB, this GIANT inflatable ball that the ZORB people put at the top of a hill, fill with a little water, get you to climb in, and roll you down the hill. It's described as a water slide meets a roller coaster. I HAD to do it! This is what my friend Stine and I saw this in Coromandel town as part of that adven...

Friday morning is free so we get the boat over to Russell. Its ANZAC day (like our remembrance day but for Australian and New Zealand army corps) so a bank holiday. Some of the others on our bus had already been and said it was just like the film 'the Truman show'. It was quiet except for a car trying to mow them down, and all the shops were nam...

I'm currently in Rotorua. The hostel is the best so far - homely, spacious, new & clean. I also like the town. It's situated near the Lake Rotorua with mountains surrounding it. When I arrived here, I was so surprised to meet Kaori (Japanese girl that I met in Whitianga). She's also stayin in the same hostel. I also got to know 2 girls from ...

25th April 2007 - Ohope and Rotorua, New Zealand Today was Anzac day, the day of remembrance on Australia and New Zealand. We left Opotiki and headed a little way down the road to the coastal town of Ohope. This is a lovely seaside town with a fantastic long beach and great views of the Bay of Plenty and the little volcanic islands that sit off...

Hi All Well I have had a relaxing couple of days in Rotorua - the thermal area of the North island. You soon get used to the smell of sulphur - very much like Iceland really. I stayed in a great b & b, with all the guests friendly and chatty. On Tuesday I went to the thermal village that is just on the edge of the town, the village is called...

Rotorua is the thermal capital of New Zealand, it is full of thermal pools, hot springs and a rotten egg aroma that you can smell as soon as you get here, this is apparently due to all the sulphide in the area and has been cleverly nicknamed 'Sulphide City'! The first day we went to visit Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, this area it literally cov...

As we approached Rotorua the smell of rotten eggs started to filter through the windows. When we arrived it was really strong. This is because Rotorua is actually built in the crater of a volcano and there is a huge amount of geothermal activity here. I didn't realize how much activity there was. Nearly all the gardens, parks, hotels and campsit...