Rotorua Resorts - Reviews and Rates

This morning we visited the Waikato museum in Hamilton before driving to Rotorua. Lily and Heath were a bit shocked by the smell, but seem to be over it now. We did some shopping at Farmers (like a Target?) and Countdown (like Coles?). We now have a pram (push-chair) for Hugh.

There is a heated mineral pool downstairs from our room at th...

We were off towards Rotorua. That's Rotorulla if your american, because if you pronounce it like it seems people don't have a clue where you are talking about. The van drove fine and we managed to avoid crashing on our first double roundabout out of Auckland. Driving on the left hand side of the road did trip me up a bit, especially having the t...

When the sun came out, it was warmer, so it felt soo nice to sleep somemore. We made our way to drive to Waiotapu, passing Te Kuiti. Pleasant drive with lovely lovely rolling hills again. At one point, Vincent, being rather tired nearly fell asleep. I was wide awake, when the van slowly seemed to veer off course, he quickly corrected it, and tha...

After our fantastic time in Auckland, it was on the road southbound to our second job, working at Brookvale Farm (home to Warren, Lynise and Eviannah). They were a great mob, very welcoming and mega friendly. As with all Kiwis the accent takes a bit of getting used to. At the chippy we got "fush un chups" and when somesome says they are going fo...

Between the mountains of the central plateau all the way out to the Bay of Plenty, covering both Taupo and Rotorua is one of the most active thermal areas in New Zealand. Geothermal springs, hotpools and steaming mud abound and produce some very exotic looking landscapes and formations usually involving bright colours and lots of steam. We trave...

Here we are again.This time in Rotorua,which is the thermal centre of N.Z.We drove from Blenheim and went 20 kms. off course to Hidden Valley.We drove over the hill and there was this fab.lake.A wee motor boat took us across the lake to a wonderful thermal area-geysers,boiling mud pools boiling springs and fabulous colours of the rocks and sulph...

Started the day off quietly with a visit to Lake Rotorua and the old bath house that now houses the museum. All very interesting but this afternoon was the important bit. I went to Hobbiton. The set has now been stripped because it was mostly polystyrene, but all the hobbit holes are there. And the guide walks you rounds describing where everyth...

I discovered on Friday whilst visiting the museum that Rotorua has on average 70 earthquakes a day, one of which measures 2 on the Richter Scale. Much to my disappointment I have not detected anything seismic, apart from a few nights ago one of the beds in the dorm was wobbling, but that might have just been its occupant wiggling about in bed! I...