Shore Excursion: Rotorua Cultural and Geothermal Experience from Tauranga

Exellent and knowable guide. The Cultural Show vas very interesting and the Geothermal area beautiful.

Loved this excursion! Our guide was very knowledgeable on the area. The whole tour was lovely. My favorite was the Maori cultural performance, such beautiful traditions. The i was able to try kiwi fruit ice cream at the kiwi fruit orchard, which I liked, and traditional Hangi at the cultural site.

Worth every cent. Performance was entertaining and educational. The geysers and mud field were interesting. A school showing their artistry and of course a gift shop. The facility had a full service restaurant as well as a small Cafe for take away. The grounds are beautiful.

It was Tauranga excursion during the cruise Australia-New Zealand. Because of this excursion duration we ask company about more early start . We met our group in 7:30 am and it was good to be in time for boarding ship. Our driver-guide was excellent. Paul showed along the road beautiful forests of his country with unusual fern trees , Manuka bushes which flowers are source for very valuable and expensive honey and so on. He told about pines for wood and paper industries. He showed lakes and told about environment defense with water, wind and solar source of energy(but not nuclear plant).He invited us in kiwi farm and explained how unusual this fruits and defense of them from strong winds by tall live green fence. Then time was for meeting with Geothermal geysers, mud ponds, lakes wrapped by steam clouds.This was unforgettable experience in spite of our memory about Yellowstone national park (Wyoming, USA). Then Maori history and their concert. This folk program was interesting but all explanations by Paul in this area and museum were great. There we saw how Maori from Polynesia arrived in New Zealand, their tools and weapon, how they made their fabric, how they made canoe and were the ancient sailors, carved their wood masterpieces, decorating their ships and religion subjects... Returning back we had new information and saw again this green road. So it was the beautiful sunny day with blue sky and new view on NZ and all this knowledge were given by high skilled person Mr.Paul. God bless him and his very interesting country.

This tour was one of the highlights of our travels through New Zealand and the credit has to go to our excellent guide, Bronwyn. She did a great job guiding us to the essential Rotorua highlights and efficiently using our time there. The sights were all great to see but I think the best part of this tour was that Bron was able to give me some insight into the character of the New Zealand people themselves and how it was shaped by their history and culture.

Great, experienced tour guide - touch of culture was very informative as well as the geyser park

We had a wonderful day with Paul Marston at the wheel of our bus. He livened the sights with his own special brand of commentary from the time we pulled away from the dock until our return several hours later.

Had an amazing day at Rotorua with our guide Paul who was very knowledgeable. On the way there we visited a kiwi farm which was very interesting. At Rotorua the mud pools and geysers were spectacular and we thoroughly enjoyed the visit to the workshops together with the Maori culture show. Unfortunately there was insufficient time to look round the excellent gift shop. All in all a great day out.

Lack of topical local read tourism information. Poor pre tour information, particularly regarding meeting times. Not value for money Steve, South Australia

Excellent guide and very enjoyable tour but admin was poor with no pick up time and the wrong pick up time for some other passengers. Value fro money