Rotorua Geothermal Wonderland Tour: Explore Natural Bush, Geysers, and Mud Pools
4.9
41 Ratings
Mount Maunganui

Explore Te Puia, where the renowned Pohutu Geyser resides. This is the biggest geyser located in the southern hemisphere. An expert guide will lead you through the native forest, geysers, and mud pools, culminating in a spectacular walk on the Te Whakarewarewa geyser terrace.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mount Maunganui - Your driver/guide will take you on a wonderful sightseeing experience to the heart of New Zealand’s geothermal locations. Departing from the port gates you will travel through Mount Maunganui township past Mauao the iconic landmark mountain and one of New Zealand’s most popular beaches “The Mount Main Beach” home of surfing, professional beach volleyball and surf lifesaving competitions. Hear about the forming of the landscape, the arrival of man and the founding of the city, through to the different produce grown in the province and what modern life is like in the area.
What's Included
  • Entry into Te Puia Geothermal Park
  • Port pickup and drop-off
  • Live commentary on board
  • Local driver/guide
  • 12 seater modern, clean air conditioned minivan for your comfort and safety
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Passengers must be able to embark / disembark with minimal assistance.
Location
Port of Tauranga Ltd
Salisbury Avenue
Meet on the grassy mound by the flag pole directly opposite the port gates
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(41 Ratings)
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Jacqueline_h
Mar 13, 2024
Wonderful experience - Had an amazing experience with this company. Rotorua Geothermal wonderland tour was great choice. Nicolle was a kind and knowledgeable tour guide driving us safely around so many places, explaining the history with interesting detail. If I'm ever back in this area I would book again. Thanks for a great day Nicolle.
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Marion_p
Mar 4, 2024
Geyser, Mauri and Kiwi experiece - The whole experience was very well put together. The staff were extremely knowledgeable and approachable. The native experience was very well done and the geysers obliged us with a very well timed eruption.
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Vfg8407
Feb 21, 2024
Opportunity to learn about Māori culture. - Our guide was knowledgeable, friendly, and efficient picking us up at the cruise ship port then taking us to Rotorua with some stops along the way for beautiful vistas and to see a kiwi farm. The Māori cultural center is not to be missed along with the geysers, mud pools, and the kiwis (both live and on the vine!)
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Craig
Feb 21, 2024
Rotorua winner - We lucked out and got the owner of the company, Russell (some of his summer workers had just returned to school after [Kiwi] summer break). Very knowledgable and responsible in terms of keeping our group of nine together and on time. Really appreciated all the stops on the way back from Rotorua: redwoods, the lake, kiwi vineyards and beach. Also appreciated the fact that he was in touch by email pre-tour and we knew exactly when and where to go to meet him (off of our cruise ship). He was the only one of our four tours to have a sign board with our name. Russell has been in the hospitality field for 30 years, and it shows. This is a professionally run operation
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Grada_m
Feb 20, 2024
Excellent tour and Fabulous tour guide! - Excellent tour and fabulous tour guide! She was so knowledgeable and friendly. And showed us interesting and beautiful sights along the way. Delicious ice cream stop on the trip back.
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Udo_r
Feb 18, 2024
Great full tour with a very good guide - Our Guide RUSELL make a very very good job by our tour. He explained us very good, not too much and not too low , he was perfect and showed us what was interesting for us. Nice to see the forest and all about the geothermal wonder wold with the Māori culture places and the ritual. Very interesting was too the manufacture of Māori products.
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Karen_m
Feb 12, 2024
Great experience - Nickoli was excellent very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the country. We had a great experience and learns lot.
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Joanne_g
Feb 7, 2024
Great Rotorua experience - Our guide Nicole was great. The cultural and geothermal stops were very good. We had moments of rain which actually enhanced our experience of the geyser
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Elaine_e
Jan 29, 2024
Great experience - Our guide was wonderful and tour was fantastic!!! Highly recommend !! So glad we went on this one. Thank you!!
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Judy_m
Mar 7, 2024
Good tour poor tour operator - Communication by Wicked Wanders Tours was lacking. The tour van was overcrowded. The actual tour of the Geothermal geysers & mud baths along with the Mauri cultural song, dance & school tour was excellent making the long drive worthwhile. I would go again but with a different tour operator.
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