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Rotorua Slideshow
Rotorua
Travel Blogs from Rotorua, New Zealand
Stinky Town
Rotorua is known as stinky town for good reason - it stinks! All that thermal activity apparently churns up a lot of smells from the centre of the earth. The centre of the earth is apparently very smelly. Don't think I could live here but interesting to ...
Zorbing and Free-falling!
Ely - This afternoon was a particularly adrenaline-filled one. We traveled to the Agrodome, an area close to Rotorua where you can pack up on various fun things for adrenaline junkies (as well as sheep shearing shows and such for the less ...
Smelly is not the word!!
... the hills apparently, and I belive them as it still had twigs and stuff in it!!! Another highlight of Rotorua is that it is the Mauri centre of New Zealand. Caz and I booked ourself on a tour of a old Mauri village on evening. Pretty authentic ...
Auckland - Rotorua
... iedereen. En daarnaast, sommige, mezelf meegerekend, vinden lang zijn ook niet verkeerd… Goed, genoeg flauwekul, door naar Rotorua. Of moet ik zeggen Rottenrua; de geothermische hoofdstad van Nieuw Zeeland, vol met kokende modderpoelen, hot springs ...
Hangi's, Bed Bugs and Geysers
... we weren't infested! Delightful. This morning after doing our washing we headed off to see some of the thermal areas around Rotorua. First stop was Wai-O-Tapu where the Lady Knox Geyser erupts at precisely 10.15 every day. The predictability is due to ...
wai o tapu et wairakei terraces!
La rencontre avec 4 français dans mon dortoir à 22h a été parfait ! Après 10 min à discuter ils me disent qu'ils vont à l’endroit auquel je veux y aller aussi (la veille j’avais abandonné car personnes me prenait en stop) donc hop ...
Rotorua Outdoor Pursuits
... big geysers to look at. We watched some traditional dancing, singing and instrumentals......and saw part of The Haka, performed before New Zealand`s international rugby games. There was a demonstration of making clothes using flax. It was all put on for ...
Day 34 Tongariro National Park
... in the world. The drive was lovely it took about 2 and half hours and included driving along the western side of lake Taupo- New Zealand's biggest lake. We started the walk at 10:30 which gave us exactly 7 hours(the recommended time) to finish before the ...
Rotarua, New Zealand
Our next stop was Rotarua. People have warned us of the smell around here cause of the high sulphur content. It permantley stinks of rotten egg. Sarah got acclimitised to it pretty quickly after sharing a dorm with me the past few weeks. We did ...
Rotorua - Bubbling Mud, Lakes and Maori Life
We had a 3 hour drive down to Rotorua and on to Lake Terawera (?), where we were due to stay at a friends second home for the weekend. Things didn't go exactly as we had hoped as we arrived in the dark and were looking for the key, in the place it ...
Rotorua
Stinky, stinky, stinky. You smell Rotorua before you actually arrive (think rotten eggs. This is the main thermal area of NZ and, boy, you can smell it. Just think rotten eggs. Vast amount of thermal pools, boiling mud and exploding geysers. On the way ...
Ruakuri caves and Te Puia
... us wonder about the value of having specifically gone to the glowworm caves the previous day. After the Ruakuri caves, we drove to Rotorua (raining again during the drive - I see a pattern here), which is famous for its thermal pools, geysers and mud ...
Auckland - Waitomo - Rotorua
... of a heated spa and there were many Victorian buildings that had sprung up during this time. Rotorua was even briefly considered as a potential spot for New Zealand's capital, before Wellington was chosen. We reached our hostel (Base) in the early ...
EZY Mark 2 - And a few bits and bobs inbetween
... seasons 1-3!) At around 1am the wind started to pick up and our little van was battered for three hours as the tempramental New Zealand Spring threw all it could muster at the region. Awakening bleary eyed we decided to sack off the Coromandel and head ...
Project 330, Week 16
... year! We had a really productive morning, driving up 90 mile beach and visiting Cape Reinga, almost the most Northerly point in New Zealand. We stopped for one of the amazing ice creams, Abi went for boysenberry ripple, a kiwi specialty. She was having a ...
Zorbing,Luging, Maori night and geothermal actvity
... we had imagined. We got a quick bite in Subway and went to the gondola which took us up to the luge tracks. The view over Rotorua was gorgeous. We got 3 luge rides so first you have to do the scenic track. A luge is like a go kart but ...
Smelly City
We stopped off next day at Okere Falls, just outside Rotorua and saw some amazing Kayakers. It hurt our arms just lifting our coffee cups watching them! As we entered Rotorua we had our picnic lunch at Kuirau Park before wandering around the steaming ...
The smelly place...
... of days to check out the Thermal Villages on the edge of town and look around the Maori arts and crafts shops for which Rotorua in known. We were also going to try and see one of the cultural shows and attend a Hangi dinner. Unfortunately, having ...
I am you navigation system!
We had the best adventure in Rotorua! More after I finish my spanish paper!! Enjoy the ...
Rotorua
... worry about the diet - next to these Maori guys, Chas looks pretty small! We also met up with 2 of Chas's mum cousins and it was great to see them and we were treated to some very homely Kiwi hospitality. We left Rotorua with some very happy ...
Taupo to Rotorua
... went up to a big dam that we watched the giant floodgates open on amazing the sheer volume of water. Then we headed toward Rotorua a very geothermal active area of N.Z. On the way there we noticed steam coming from various places far from the road; we ...
The Sulphur City!
... who haven't seen things like that before but it was all wasted on me. Having been so blown away by Yellowstone, poor Rotorua was going to have to be extra special in order to compete. Unfortunately, it wasn't! $30 bucks wasted! ...
Church and citywalk.
This sunny morning we visited a living church, The Rotorua Baptist Church. Many people came to the service and we were given many evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The evidence is to find in the new testament, through the witness of the the ...
Day 41 - What Goes Up Must Come Down
... ;s facebook status we drove out of town to visit the Orakei Korako thermal area. It was described as the best in New Zealand and one of best in the world. Although more expensive than others we researched, it definitely delivered with amazing ...
Geysers, Mud, Smells and Zorbing
... free to wander around the park and enjoy the various natural sights and smells. From here it was a short drive to Rotorua, our next destination and famous for its distinctive sulphur smell thanks to all the geothermal activity in the area. After settling ...