Depart Auckland for Rotorua in the early evening, stopping at Bombay for a meal (own expense).
Overnight in Rotorua ready for a full day of touring the following morning.
Join the Lake Rotorua breakfast cruise on board the paddle steamer Lakeland Queen (breakfast included).
Visit Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland and see the 20-metre Lady Knox geyser erupt to a height of 20 metres.
Explore the Buried Village of Te Wairoa to see the excavated Maori and European dwellings
and artefacts buried by the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886.
Geysers erupting in Rotorua
Stroll through Rotorua’s Government Gardens and the active thermal area on the edge of Lake Rotorua.