Park Heritage Rotorua

... adventure activity.

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Waitomo is an area of limestone hiding a labrinth of caves and tunnels formed below the surface from rain eroding the soft rock within.
Gail chose to view the 'glow-worm' caves because she's a big girls blouse.
I chose to descend a 150ft chasm by abseiling down a rope like a fearless samurai. A task that I performed with a natural skill reserved for those of the ...

... pool. on the way we drove down a huge gorge which was about 55km long and very steep in parts.
28th-1st july we stayed at rotorua. The weather there was mostly rain. we went to hells gate which has mud pools and sulphur baths this was very good and relaxing. we also went to te puia which had information about maori culture and had a geyser which erupts everyday about once an hour.

... pleasant to swim in - luckily! It turned out he just wanted to demonstrate how to save someone and so hauled me back into the boat and only narrowly avoided being head butted in the ****** due to my still complete unawareness of what was actually going on! I figured it by the time I hit the bottom of the boat. So safety demonstration completed and we were ready to tackle the big one. We watched the two rafts ahead of us paddle to the edge, there was then a split seconds pause ...

... Day two, we still stink of eggs but that's not going to put us off zorbing and free falling. We went to the Agrodome and signed up to do the Freefall Xtreme which is basically a parachuting experience without the parachutes! You don your Xtreme suit and jump on top of a net until a huge pillar of wind lifts you off it. Then try and balance without getting flung off the edge, it's harder than it looks! Then it was time to get strapped into a huge plastic ball and let ...

... and extremely smelly Government Gardens. This is where the locals come for a bit of R+R. with thermal spas, mini-golf and of course lawn bowls. Unfortunately it was far too hot to stay out in the sun and so we ventured back to our rather swanky accommodation to hide from the smell and rays. So enjoy these piccys as much as we enjoyed the Maori night Until next time peeps J & H xx

... design. It could be something really fabulous if it was properly thought out. How about some proper outdoor tiles perhaps?? You never know...they might catch on..! The next day, David and I ventured out to the Buried Village. Te Wairoa was a small community in 1886. Then Mount Tarawera erupted. Spewing boiling and bubbling mud, rocks and ash all over the whole village, drowning, crushing and ultimately killing over 150 people, demolishing homes and hotels and turning the ...

... pools all are the most amazing colours due to the different minerals present in the water. Further attractions nearby include the Geyser which erupts at 10.15 daily. The timing is not natural as one of the rangers prompts the eruption by tossing in a bar of soap, which breaks the surface tension and sets off the eruption. Apparently this was how the geyser was discovered when some prisoners, working in the area, washed their clothes in the hot ...

... so much more fun than guided tours cause you have that eeriness of being ON YOUR OWN and also truly have the feeling of discovering the whole cave with really pretty remarkable formations in it. You can tell, we got the cave bug and absolutely loved it. Again glowworms galore and a nice grotto ...