Amazing Rotorua
New Zealand is the youngest country on earth - the last plateau was found. Maori tribe was the first to move to New Zealand in a thousand years ago. Since then, people came from all over the world to settle here.
New Zealand has a rich and fascinating history, reflecting both Maori and European heritage.
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Rotorua is located on the North Island is a magnet for tourists, who come to see the volcanic phenomena and study the Maori culture in New Zealand. Rotorua will captivate you with geothermal wonders and unique cultural experiences - from geysers and hot mud pools to shelter marae, hangi feast, a village pre-European indigenous Maori. Rotorua has a cultural adventure that has been well developed, from skydiving to zorbing.
Drowning In History and Culture
More than a third of Rotorua are Maori, so the area is the best place to throw themselves in the indigenous culture of New Zealand. Rotorua has a remarkable history, who will be happy to local Maori population is divided so that enrich your experience. Their stories are very captivating.
Go back to the Tamaki Maori Village. In the depths of the forest, you will get a clear picture of how the lifestyle and traditions of Maori, from pre-European times to the present. See and learn about traditional Maori art is preserved in the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute. You can talk to an expert carving and weaving and learn the history and process involved in every form of art.
Do not forget the hot spa bath in the clear at the Blue Baths, which displays the building's colorful past. Then, enjoy a meal on the upper floor and enjoy the scenery of the beautiful Government Gardens.
Also Visit excavation site at Te Wairoa, a village buried by the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Enjoy a hangi meal and a Maori concert on Mokoia Island or at a hotel in the city.
Natural beauty
Lake Rotorua, though looks beautiful and peaceful, has a cruel history. Large volcano erupted in the region about 200 thousand years ago, creating a caldera 16 km in diameter. Caldera was then filled with water and become the second largest lake in the North Island. Rotorua and 15 other lakes in the area that connect with caldera Rotorua and Mount Tarawera.
According to legend, the Europeans found the geysers and mud pools of Rotorua in the 1880s, which is now the city's largest decoy. Pohutu geyser famous, as well as other geysers located elsewhere in the region, is the attraction to be seen. Pohutu hot springs, in the Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley, erupted several times a day, spraying hot water up to 30 m into the air.
That is not to be missed also is spring spa therapy, and soak in thermal pools. You can also mud bath, which will make your skin feel smooth as silk.
Rotorua is one of the best health spas in New Zealand. Hell's Gate is a waterfall of hot water only in the Southern Hemisphere. Enjoy the experience of bathing as a family at Polynesian Spa.
Maximum Tension
Rotorua promises satisfaction for the adrenaline junkie - even that level is even worse. Many adventure that will spur the thrill and adrenalin, with typical New Zealand's best scenery.
Overcome your fears and feel a tandem parachute jump from a height of 4500 meters. Jumped from the plane is once in a lifetime experience that you should try. Gliding down from 4,500 meters to give you the opportunity look at the Rotorua lakes and forests that is unrivaled.
You can also glide over the scree - full of steep gravel slope - on Mount Tarawera or Mount Ngongotaha, and listen to the screams of other gliders in the air.
You are in the perfect place for whitewater rafting in New Zealand. This is a popular activity throughout the year. You can challenge the currents in the Kaituna River (level five), Wairoa (level five) and the Rangitaiki (level four). Kaituna River you will encounter a waterfall as high as 7 m Tutea - the highest waterfall commercially forded.
Family Entertainment
Rotorua is the place of family fun vacation adventure. There is always something for everyone, whatever their age. For example, driving by car ferry and shaving the sheep, to spinning with a jet boat.
Visit the Hobbiton Movie Set & Farm Tour, which is based on the original location of Hobbiton in the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings". You will be guided to explore the sites of 4 hectares and told interesting details about the making of the film.
Activities on the farm is not less exciting, such as shaving and feeding sheep or milking cows. There is also a demonstration of sheep herding and sheep auction. When visiting the organic kiwi fruit garden, you can stop for wine tasting kiwi fruit and honey.
Want to see lions, fish, giant eels, waterfowl, deer and other? Paradise Valley Springs place.
For some sensation derivatives, zorbing is another crazy adventure that found by the Kiwis. "Zorbonauts" spin down a steep hillside in a big rubber ball filled with air.
Get on the boat jet to down the Waikato River through the spectacular gorge Tutukau. Discover the flora and fauna native and one of the most popular attractions in New Zealand is geothermal thermal Riverjet in safari.
For an unforgettable dining experience, follow the adventures of Indigenous Food Trail. This is a food trail in the forest which aims to educate visitors about the native cuisine Maori and indigenous herbs and plants used, and led by a local expert Charles Royal. Charles, to create this tour exclusively for Treetops Lodge and Wilderness Estate, who has had experience of more than 20 years of Maori food.
New Zealand has four seasons: autumn (March to May), winter (June to August) and spring (September-November), summer (December-February).
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