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- Wellington
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Top Hotels in Taupo / Rotorua
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Rydges Wellington
158 reviews -
Crowne Plaza Auckland
372 reviews
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Pullman Auckland
353 reviews
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Crowne Plaza Hotel Christchurch
159 reviews
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The Langham Auckland
681 reviews -
The Rees Hotel & Luxury Apartments Queenstown
424 reviews
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Rendezvous Hotel Auckland
422 reviews
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Skycity Hotel Auckland
304 reviews
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SKYCITY Grand Hotel Auckland
514 reviews
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Novotel Queenstown Lakeside
837 reviews
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Heritage Christchurch
194 reviews
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Stamford Plaza Auckland
344 reviews
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InterContinental Wellington
303 reviews
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Holiday Inn City Centre Christchurch
122 reviews
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CityLife Auckland
162 reviews
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The Spencer on Byron Hotel Takapuna
179 reviews
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Holiday Inn Auckland Airport Mangere
129 reviews -
The Quadrant Hotel Auckland
477 reviews
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Sudima Hotel Lake Rotorua
231 reviews
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Copthorne Hotel and Resort Queenstown Lakefront
210 reviews
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Millennium Hotel Rotorua
214 reviews
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Millennium - Queenstown
168 reviews
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Holiday Inn Rotorua
75 reviews
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Rydges Christchurch
171 reviews
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Novotel Rotorua Lakeside
717 reviews
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Ibis Wellington
524 reviews
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Mercure Auckland
738 reviews
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Rydges Auckland
436 reviews
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Hotel Grand Chancellor Auckland Airport Mangere
105 reviews -
Amora Hotel Wellington
212 reviews
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Novotel Hamilton Tainui
322 reviews
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Hotel Lighter Quay Auckland
98 reviews
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Copthorne Hotel Auckland Harbour City
229 reviews
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Grand Mercure Oakridge Resort Lake Wanaka
298 reviews
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Novotel Christchurch Cathedral Square
190 reviews
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Scenic Hotel Southern Cross Dunedin
85 reviews
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Hilton Auckland
394 reviews
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Rendezvous Hotel Christchurch
49 reviews
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Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier Hotel
105 reviews
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Museum Hotel Wellington
325 reviews
Taupo / Rotorua
Travel Blogs from Taupo / Rotorua, New Zealand
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On the Road South
This is a top pick! ... ) meeting a guy from Maine, and getting my hair cut, I hit the road once again, this time heading south to Rotorua and Taupo. Rotorua is famous for volcanic hot springs and bubbling sulfur mud pools, and Taupo is famous for its incredible lake of the same ...
Bubbling Away...
This is a top pick! Sunday 30th January 205 Drive to Rotorua today - pass some more pretty bays (New Zealand is full of beautiful scenery, everywhere you go). My guidebook was not joking - you really can smell the city before you arrive - it smells of rotten eggs, due to ...
More Volcanic Activity
This is a top pick! This weekend was a Bank Holiday (the anniversary of Auckland), so we took advantage of the extra day and headed down to Rotorua and Taupo. Although we'd already been to Rotorua with Marcus's parents back in October, there is so much to see and do there, ...
Land of Volcanoes - and pink dinosaurs
This is a top pick! ... from eyes and picking remnants of hangi gristle from teeth we left Uncle Boy's in bright sunshine and headed for the aromatic delights of Rotorua. Since the 1880s the town - known as Roto-vegas to New Zealanders - has been a mecca for European (and now ...
Yes we are alive - just!!! on 20th we were ...
This is a top pick! ... blow leaving a big hole. The ground is quite warm as well and this is all because of the fault that virtually breaks New Zealand in half (and causes all the earthquakes and volcanoes etc). At the bottom of some craters you can see the water boiling ...
Road trip
... time I've seen him laugh so hard and be so embarrassed! Highly amusing for me seeing all this in front of me. :) Following Rotorua we left for Thames, to be ready for the hike with Chris & co (see next blog). Kirst & Leszek.xx ...
The geo-thermal activity then skydiving?
Got up this morning feeling much better than I did yesterday, continued with my prescription. Today was my last day in Rotorua so Emma and I headed to a geo-thermal park called Wai Te-Anui, first stop was to see some mud pools which were pretty cool but ...
Skydiving and sulphur spaīs in the North Island
... world definitely added to the experience! With only a couple of days left i arranged to meet up with the brummies again in Rotorua, a city reknowned for itīs hot springs, but also stinking of sulphur thanks to them! After a day at the spas and some ...
Taupo - Rotorua - Mt Maunganui
... head up the coast to Rotorua. The drive there is the most depressing scenery I've seen in my time travelling. To say that New Zealand have a reasonably good name when it comes to the environment I have never seen so much deforestation. We drove for around ...
Smelly adventures
... evacuated to the cold shower after twenty. The next day our skin felt the softest it had ever been! Leaving Rotorua, we headed south towards Taupo. Taupo sits on the edge of Lake Taupo which was formed by the biggest volcanic eruption ever known. Fact! ...
Lake Taupo, Mt. Doom, Haka Falls and Moon Craters!
Today, Dave (and Tom) took me sightseeing in and around Rotorua, including a drive out to Lake Taupo - the biggest lake in the area (which can actually be seen from space!) across from which is the area used for Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings. ...
SKYDIVING!
... (poor Ross is getting sick and needs medicine) then fell fast asleep. I can't believe that tomorrow is our last full day in New Zealand. The thought of leaving hurts me so much. I don't want to leave Ross or this gorgeous country. I'm a lot different ...
Our journey through the North Island
... , like turquoise colour and the rapids were great. We walked to a few spots to take some good photos (to follow!). Huka Falls are New Zealand's best known falls and what a sight they were too! The blue waters of the Waikato River rush at 250,000 litres ...
New Zealand IX
... to see a few sights around Taupo along the way, including Lake Taupo, Huka Falls, and Craters of the Moon. Lake Taupo is the largest lake in New Zealand, and it is the crater of an old volcano. Huka Falls is a really cool waterfall where the river is ...
Geothermal Activity
... C. Not want you want to dip your toes in (although I could have done with another hot water pool to warm me up!) We arrived in Taupo, overlooking the almighty Lake Taupo (280km square I think and a circ. of 160km) for the afternoon which was nice, but ...
The north island!
... and as a bonus itīs also free!!! A word which, like all backpackers, we have both come to adore around new zealand!! After a happy few hours indulging our inner geeks in the natural earth section, experiencing earthquake simulations and barging children ...
BUUUUuuuUNnNNnNGGGYYYYY -- SPLASH!
... extremely powerful waterfall. If I read the info boards correctly (and I'm pretty sure I didn't!), the falls provide 15% of New Zealand's overall energy... or was that the WORLD'S ENERGY..? Anyway, it's powerful -- and after discussing the point for ...
Napier/Rotorua/Jambalaya Carnival
... story goes, thousands of years ago, there was a huge volcano that erupted forming this lake. Had lunch in Taupo & continued on our way to Rotorua (city of the hot springs & thermal pools.) Driving into this city you immediately smell the sulphur. Kind ...
Thankfully, Lucifer doesn't work Thursday's....
... though we were steadily getting used to it, besides the odd whiff of boiled eggs every now and then. We left the vicinity of Rotorua to head to a much smellier place. Upon arrival, we could see huge clouds of steam bellowing above the ground as we pulled ...
Taupo
... they had changed my booking number via email, I was listed as a passenger. Phew! It started raining as we left Rotorua and headed south towards Taupo, 80km away. The scenery was green, lovely. We got into town at around 14h30, and the bus stopped again ...
The beginning of our Kiwi Experience!
... we got back to the hostel we ended the night with a quiz in the bar and a few drinks! An incredible start to our trip in New Zealand :) We all got up early, showered and headed to the Big green bus ready for day 3 of our roadtrip. On our way to Waitomo ...
Central North Island
... do. Now they all want to do it again. We got the dvd's of it. I mailed them home, but I'll put the videos and pictures up once I'm home. Don't worry this travel pod isn't gonna end with New Zealand. I spent some quality time on the beach in ...
Mini road trip
... up for sky-diving by the time we woke up, unfortunately the weather wasn't going to comply. We drove to Taupo - about an hour further south than Rotorua and famous for it's huge lake (as big as Singapore apparently). We spent the day hoping against hope ...
Wellington
Busy day yesterday so we decided not to move to far today. Travelled as far as Ohakune where we stopped over at Dept of Conservation camp at Mangawhero. It's in from Ohakune towards the Ski fields. A bit remote but nice and quiet, minimal facilities. ...
SKYDIVING!!!!
The last few days seem to have been so hectic but here goes with an update. Rotorua is not a particularly exciting place, but we went luging here, which is like go karting but with sort of go cart things on downhill tracks, they dont have engines. They ...
Rotorua to Taupo
... wait, amazing sight, it carried on errupting for 15 -20 minutes. The wood carving and weaving schools are worth a look also. Carried onto Taupo and stayed at Reads Farm, just out of Taupo on the Waikato River, free camping area, nice but a bit noisy, I ...
Headin' South
... all the way from the top...haha. That night we went to the Polynesian Spa, where we rented a private hot pool overlooking Lake Rotorua at sunset. Lovely. Then we went out to Lava bar where alot of the locals and travellers go. We ended up seeing our ...
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