Rotorua Travel Guide
For details of what to do and see in Rotorua check out our Rotorua guide to car hire in Rotorua.
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Steeped in the history and legend of the Maori people as a place of creation, Rotorua is one of the most geothermally active places on the face of the Earth. Lake Rotorua is at the centre of the North Island of New Zealand, and in the surrounding area, you can see many incredible natural sights including geysers, hot springs and seething pools of hot mud that ooze up to the surface.
An understandably popular place to spend a few days while touring New Zealand, Rotorua is a unique region where the myths of the Maori people were first written, amid the prehistoric landscape and volcanoes nature.
As one of the premier holiday destinations in the southern hemisphere, there is plenty to see and do for visitors to the unique area no matter what their interests. If you are a fan of natural processes, then the Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve is the place to go to see the world in action, but there are also places where you can lie back and enjoy the naturally heated water in a spa bath, or be covered in the sulphurous mud from deep within the earth.
Slightly further away from Rotorua, you can visit Lake Taupo, which boasts some of the best fishing in the southern hemisphere - especially for brown trout, and in the volcanoes of the Tongarira Crossing, you can hike through perhaps the most stunning landscape anywhere. If you are keen to see the Maori culture then head to Te Tawa Ngahere Pa where you can listen to traditional tribal songs and enjoy a traditional Maori Hangi Feast.
There is nowhere like Rotorua anywhere in the world, a place so filled with myth, yet so active too. The region is somewhere that no visitor to New Zealand should miss out one.
