Day Tours From Auckland

Auckland

Rotorua/Waitomo

Bay of Islands

Tour 6V full day

ROTORUA DAY COACH HOP
Real Value Sightseeing From Auckland

An opportunity to visit the famous geothermal area of Rotorua with a little bit of fun along the way, meeting a number of our driver/guides as you join them for different sectors of the journey.

Highlights

• DEPART AUCKLAND with Guide Number One on a journey though the sprawling southern suburbs and lifestyle blocks of Auckland.
• TRAVEL ALONGSIDE THE WAIKATO RIVER into rich fertile Dairy farming lands before arriving at Hamilton, New Zealand's largest inland city.
• MEET GUIDE NUMBER TWO our Rotorua resident full of local stories. Enroute, drive through the picturesque town of Cambridge and alongside Lake Karapiro, then climb up the Mamaku Range, though the bush clad Fitizgerald Glade, before descending into Rotorua.
• FREE TIME: To have lunch or visit the slopes of Mt Ngongotaha by Gondola to view the lakes and city (Own arrangement)
• RIANBOW SPRINGS NATURE SANCTUARY: Join Guibe Number Three for your visit to the crystal clear cold springs, home for thousands of trout. Also see kiwis' native birds and other wildlife in a delightful native bush setting. Opportunity for souvenir shopping.
• RAINBOW FARM SHOW: See a flock of sheep mustered by highly trained sheep dogs, along with sheep drenching, shearing demonstrations and the history of dairy cow milking. Opportunity to milk a cow, feed young animals or be photographed witha huge bull. An enjoyable one hour show introducing visitors to New Zealand farming, old and new..
• LAKE ROTORUA'S WATERFRONT: Drive past the hundreds of ducks and swans to the historic and beautiful Government Gardens.
• WHAKAREWAREWA THERMAL RESERVE AND MAORI ARTS AND CRAFTS INSTITUTE: Arguably Rotorua's most famous action. See woodcarving, weaving displays, a Maori village and the fascinating Thermal Valley featuring GEYSERS, FUMAROLES, COLOURFUL SILICA DEPOSITS and BOILING MUD POOLS.
• RETURN TO AUCKLAND: Your attraction packed day concludes as the coach travels through the beaytiful horse breeding country of Matamata and the pastureland of the Hauraki plains.