Stay in town or head for the hills? That’s the dilemma facing every visitor to Auckland but few can resist the temptation of Rotorua, just two and a half hours drive from the queen city.
Known as action central and the heart of Maori culture – visitors come face to face with fierce hakas, bubbling mud pools and spouting geysers.
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We’ll show you a world of luxury thermal spas, geological chasms and the Southern Hemisphere’s only scorching waterfall.