Rydges Rotorua

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 ...

... spring was.  Along the way in the jet boat the driver stopped to tell us interesting stories about the area.  The Lake Rotorua is actually the centre of a volcano.   We arrived back on dry land a little wet and headed to the shops ...

... our way into some bigger towns with a few more people as each town/city along the way in the North Island, including Rotorua, had it's more than fair share of fast food spots.  Having not seen ANY billboard throughout the drive, except for PSAs about ...

... to come out with so many bruises I don't know if that was down to the accomadation that we had. We stayed in a 4 bed dorm in Rydges hotel, which had a tv in our room with Sky movies!, a fridge in our room, spa, sauna, free drink on the Saturday night in ...

... greeting of welcome/hello etc. Not the name of an orange drink as you Irish folk might think So I say again Kia Ora from Rotorua which means Lake Two… it was the second lake named in the region. These people were very logical. As predicted we had a ...

You walk out on a bright beautiful, autumn morning....and get this faint smell of...day old boiled egg! We have been slightly underwhelmed by R. itself, very commercialised, but the volcanic area overall is fascinating. We are off to the Coromandel ...

... if we’ve stepped into a 5 star hotel. And GUESS WHAT! At S$136 per night, it’s cheaper than Millennium at Rotorua! The location is very centralised too! What a bargain! We walked down the street and settled for dinner at a restaurant/ bar at ...

... memories. I think I ended my last blog with news of my upcoming skydive so this is where I'll start off... After leaving Rotorua we headed to a place called Kerosene Creek where there's a creek that doubles as a spa.  It's the only natural, ...

... the Pirates of the Caribbean. We arrived in Auckland around 3:30 PM and were definitely happy to see that the accomodations were upgraded from Rotorua. Auckland is a wonderful Metropolitan city with lots to explore. This is how we are spending our ...

... relaxing.  The Rydges hotel there is lovely, with a private spa on your balcony you can sip bubbles whilst looking out over Lake Rotorua.  As it was 10 years ago that I was in Christchurch for the millenium NYE and I went white water rafting, we ...

... do we want the yield the market is providing?" Rob Finlayson, central North Island sales manager for Ngai Tahu Tourism, looks after Rotorua's Rainbow Springs, Kiwi Encounter and Hukafall Jet boating. He says it's a familiar feeling. "All they do is the ...

... pretty countryside to reach Auckland, but not before we had a look at the Green Lake and Lake Tarawera, and then a look at Rotorua Town, which was very pleasant with a big broad street leading to a huge lake and with some very nice old buildings along ...

... , calves and ducklings everywhere Hardly any traffic on the roads Strong sense of Maori heritage New Zealand dislikes: Sandflies Detours due to mountains being in the way Sulphur smells in Rotorua So far away from England, not easy go there on holiday! ...