Ibis Rotorua

... corresponding pungent smell of hydrogen sulphide. I arrived in Rotorua around 1:30PM and was dropped off at my hotel which was the Hotel Ibis Rotorua located near the lakefront. After I checked into my hotel, I decided to go out and explore a bit and ...

... in this little gem and were treated to some of the most interesting experiences yet! En route from Wellington to Rotorua, we passed through Tongariro National Park which is known for its mountainous volcanoes and sacred Maori sites leading to a ...

Today I took a short half day morning tour of Rotorua to view its geothermal activity, local arts and culture of the indigenous Maori people, a sheep show, and the local flora and fauna. I first went to the Whakarewarewa (Whaka for short) Thermal Valley ...

... be outside and for the atmosphere to be more traditional. Sunday 16 March 2008 - 16:56 Location: Hotel Ibis Rotorua, Rotorua Absolutely perfect weather today - hardly a cloud in the sky and the temperature about 25 degrees ...

... then spent an hour or so at the Polynesian Spa which is in the most stunning setting you could imagine, on the banks of Lake Rotorua. The natural hot mineral pools were of various temperatures up to 42 degrees c and good for the skin – you could see ...

... NZ and it produces some smelly and hot steam (but not as bad as we thought) and some amazing landscapes and colours.  Rotorua itself is a very nice lakeside town and very pretty.  Wish we had more time here. 6.30pm - continuing this in ...

Im Anschluss an Whakatane ging es in die wohl am übelsten riechende Stadt der Welt. Rotorua. Unglaublich, dass hier 70.400 Einwohner den Gestank freiwillig ertragen. Gut, wenn hier ein Lüftchen weht. Abends sind wir wiedermal bei einem Thai essen ...

We headed into the town of Rotorua, we had a tour of the city before we dropped our bags off. Later that evening, we had a trip to a local Maori Village. En route to the village, our tour guide for the night gave us a taste of some Maori language and ...

... 'r unseren ganzen Urlaub ausstattete. Nach einer kurzen aber herzlichen Verabschiedung setzten wir unsere Fahrt zur nächsten Unterkunft nach Rotorua fort. Schon komisch, die Treffen in Berlin pro Jahr kann man an einer Hand abzählen. Dafür trifft man ...

... so rugged…  The day after we left Gizzy there was a sizeable earth tremor – four point something - watch out Rotorua, watch out Auckland, there is a pattern emerging here: we leave somewhere and a day or two later there’s a ...

... so much fun and also our shower for the day, true backpacking has commenced. Back at 4.15pm and decided to head straight to Rotorua, a dynamic thermal area. It would be an 8 hours drive but no point in wasting time during the day when there wasn’t ...

... was weird, because he already had a relationship with the Fiji group and that took a long while to overcome.  We drove to Rotorua, about 3 hours away.  We stopped at Matamata "Hobbiton", an area where the shire was filmed for Lord of the Rings ...

Am 20.12. ging es dann zunächst kurz nach Te Puke, der Kiwi-Hauptstadt der Welt. Dort haben wir einen Aussichtsturm in Form einer Kiwi erklommen, in einem Laden voller Kiwi-Schnickschnack herum gestöbert und uns verschiedene Kiwi-Weine und ...

We had an idea in our mind about New Zealand, nature, beautiful sceneries and beaches. We haven't been disappointed. Au contraire, c'est superbe! After a 12 hour night flight we thought it would be unsafe to get on the road and drive on the left side. ...