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Tips 1 - 10 of 11 Rotorua Things to Do
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Wai-O-Tapu: Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Park
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There are many great thermal parks to visit in Rotorua. This large feature pool below is called "The Artist's Palette"
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Orakei Korako: Orakei Korako I
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Orakei Korako: Orakei Korako II
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Rising steam, bubbling water or mud, almost wherever you look. That's what it's like at many of the great Thermal attractions in and around Rotorua.
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Hell's Gate: Tikitere Thermal Park
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This park is called "Tikitere" which translates as "Hell's Gate".
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Hell's Gate: Hells Gate II
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Hellfire, smoke and brimstone? Another view of Hell's Gate.
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Address: Rotorua
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Te Puia: Whakawerawera Geyser
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One of the best parts in the Whakawerawera Thermal Park is the huge geyser jet of water and steam that goes off, each hour almost on the hour (aided, I've heard, by adding some washing powder into the crevasse to froth things up a bit more!)
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Lake Rotorua: Lake Rotorua Cruise
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A 1 hour cruise on Lake Rotorua is a nice, relaxing and non-strenuous thing to do (and when I got out of the hospital, that's what I did).
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Address: Lake Rotorua
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Rotorua's Buried Village is a fascinating and informative place...you can learn about the volcanic eruption which once buried this village, and wander around the excavations of huts that are still partly visible. One of the best things we visited.
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Rotorua Museum: Rotorua Museum/Rotorua Bathouse
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This building is the original Rotorua Bathouse, which in the early 1900's was a very special place for therapeutic spas, using the power of the geothermal, of course. Also the famous mud of Rotorua was also used in the therapies. Now the Bathouse is a museum, and you can see how it used to be, plus some rooms of art and other exhibits. Well worth a visit, and the outside of the building is especially pleasing to the eye.
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Phone: 07 - 349 4350
Address: Government Gardens, Rotorua.
Directions: 3 mins walk from Visitor Information Centre.
Website: http://www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz
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Blue Baths: The Blue Baths
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In their heyday, the 1940's, the Blue Baths in Rotorua were a real institution...not just leisure, but the place to be seen. You can still swim here, but one pool is long since closed, and its space turned into a fancy restaurant/afternoon tea place, and the changing rooms are part museum, part audio visual room, focussing a lot on those early years. The building combines both elements of Spanish Mission and Art Deco (which are in some ways related to each other).
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Directions: Government Gardens (just across from Rotorua Museum)
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BluBluBlu Tue Aug 1, 2006 08:47 UTC
Excellent page on a truly weird place! Blu | joanj Tue Jul 13, 2004 21:29 UTC
I symnpathise with you, got food poisoning in Vancouver, and had to be taken off the aircraft prior to take-off. Hospitalised, and embarassed, I did send the food back, but one bite was enough. | pepples46 Thu Jun 19, 2003 06:42 UTC
a gentle push, a little encouragment or simply a kick in ...you produced a beautiful page, pinpointed tips and great pics...good one>sent the food back...thanx Kate | mafootje Mon Apr 21, 2003 08:58 UTC
Washing pow(d)er in a geyser ?? MM sounds like clean fun... |
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