Rotorua Hotels - Reviews and Rates

we arrived here anticipating a very strong stinky sulfur, rotten egg smell but i have to say...it wasn't that bad. Everyone explains Rotorua as being the stinkiest city they've ever been to and the Lonely Planet book even said it would take about 2 weeks to get used to the smell! Lucky for us...we didn't mind it so much. We arrived here knowing ...

Picked up the car in Auckalnd - we have a Nissan Bluebird - fantastic! It has 171k on the clock but drives really well & is automatic as well which is a real bonus. Only took around 3 hours to get down here to Rotorua & would have been quicker if there hadn't been roadworks. We came right down the 1 and then took the 5 but apparently cut...

Well today I got up, packed and got something to eat before checking out at 10am. Whichreminds me, I've had 3 meals for under 3 pounds, how's that for budgeting.. although I must also add that by the time I'm back I'll never want to see instant noodles again! ha ha! I saw Rory and Sharon again before I left as I spent about 2 hours in the common...

Hi Everyone, On Sunday and Monday we stayed around Roturua, which is nicknamed Sulphur City, as it has loads of geo thermal parks. The smell in the air is rotten eggs but you get used to it within a few hours and then can not smell it any more. On Sunday morning we headed to Te Puia, which is a Maori cultural experience park. Although it is aime...

Day Trip!!!! Today we packed a picnic lunch and headed to Rotorua to see the Thermal Springs. It was of course quite interesting however very STINKY! The thermal areas are caused by volcanic activity beneath the earths surface and caused hot bubbling mud pits which emit a sulfuric smell....so yes quite interesting...but not the best for our smel...

Rotorua is famous for thermal springs, erupting geysers and sadly, no avoiding it, the eggy smell! We visited the Lady Knox geyser which erupts promptly at 10:15 daily with the help of a little soap, and toured the 'Craters of the Moon' complete with bubbling sulphur pools. There is great pride in the Maori heritage and we were treated to tradit...

Drove east to Rotorua this morning and arrived at our B&B around 1pm. We were trying to avoid B&Bs but if anyone is traveling in the area I would highly recommend this one!!! It is called Country Villa and you can find them on-line. After arriving we went to eat lunch along the lake front and were so hungry ended up eating cold "American...

For those of you that haven't heard yet I got my wallet stolen in Rotura and am currently living off (fortunately) prebooked accomodation and the $8 in my pockets. It's not a total disaster though as I've already paid for two nights accomadation and the trip to White island. Special thanks have to go to monica, Toby and Segal for looking after m...

We continue driving south to rotorua, we took a walk to see the pools of boiling mud and the steaming fume holes, the steam was so thick you could not see through it as you can see by the pictures, what the pictures don't tell you about is the smell, it was AWFULL, it looked amazing id never seen anything like it, and the smell was BAD id never ...

Tuesday 3rd August - Taupo Woke up to our coldest morning yet anywhere - it was -4C according to the weatherman and our motel felt like it inside! Drove to Tongariro National Park for our mid-morning flight. When we got there, there was only one pilot available for flights so we had to wait an extra hour. We didn't mind as he left us to mind the...