Cactus Jacks Backpackers can provide you with some travel advice and assist you to plan your Rotorua visit based on your interests and activity levels. Here is just a taste of what is on offer in Rotorua, New Zealand. 

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Set amidst a landscape of erupting geysers, hot thermal springs and bubbling mud pools, is the living village of Whakarewarewa. Experience the unique lifestyle of our people in a natural, Maori village setting. Join us on a tour. View bubbling mud pools and mineral springs where we have bathed for generations. Then from our viewing platform, see the awesome power of the ‘Pohutu’ and ‘Prince of Wales Feathers’ geysers.

www.whakarewarewa.com
 

Come and meet the People of the Land at Mitai Maori Village. The Mitai Family endeavour to bring you the most authentic Maori Cultural experience in NZ today.

This experience includes the world famous Fairy Spring, the Maori song and dance (haka), traditionally cooked hangi meal, glow worm tour and an evening bush walk. And you will see warriors in traditional dress paddle an ancient warrior canoe (waka) down the Wai-o-whiro stream. An evening at Mitai will give you an authentic introduction to Maori culture leaving you amazed and in awe.

Click here to visit the Mitai Website 

 

A geothermal experience not to be missed!  Nowhere else in the world can you experience the shear beauty and awesome earth power that Wai-O-Tapu has to offer. View towering geysers erupting majestically to huge heights.  Experience the power of violently boiling pools of mud and be amazed at the huge steamy volcanic craters. Colours unimaginable of every tint and hue abound pools, volcanic lakes, and even the paths you walk on, like natures own ever changing artists palette.

www.geyserland.co.nz
 

Feel the earth’s raw power at Rotorua’s most active thermal park. New Zealand’s only mud bath complex with geothermal mud and therapeutic water.

Hells Gate is Rotorua’s fiercest thermal area and largest active mud volcano, New Zealand’s largest boiling whirlpool, largest hot water fall in southern hemisphere, naturally hot mineral foot pools, water and steam vent geyser, hot spraying pools and tame birds.

www.hellsgate.co.nz
 

The Buried Village of Te Wairoa is an unforgettable encounter with the thermal region’s violent volcanic past. The village of Te Wairoa, buried by the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886, is today on display as an archaeological site. The Museum and excavated sites combine with natural beauty and wildlife to make a walk through the Buried Village a unique experience.

Five times winner of New Zealand’s heritage and culture award and Tourism’s overall Supreme Award Winner offering you a journey you will always remember.

www.buriedvillage.co.nz