Browsing Tag: Rotorua

White Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

When Tim and I were looking over the list of optional excursions that we could select from to customize our trip, a helicopter ride to White Island immediately got passed over by me. It was the most expensive excursion on the list and I thought we could spend that money elsewhere. Even with a discount, […]

Rotorua, New Zealand

Rotorua is a smelly town. The sulphur in the area because of the volcanic activity causes the city to be blanketed by the smell of rotten eggs. Actually, it’s not as bad as I just made it sound. Yes, you get whiffs of the sulphur here and there, but for the most part you don’t […]

Auckland to Rotorua

Day 2 of our trip started bright and early. We boarded a coach bus and headed south to Rotorua with a stop to the Waitomo Glow Worm caves, the Agrodome and Te Puia—Maori Arts & Crafts Institute and the Te Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley. The coach ride to each place and on into Rotorua made for a […]