Waitomo Caves & Rotorua Geothermal Deluxe Tour

This tour starts in Auckland with complementary central hotel pick ups. Alternatively, you can start the tour from our central bus stop -102 Hobson Street. Travel the main Southern Highway through small rural townships steeped in early pioneer history. See New Zealands largest dairy and sheep farming province. Travel the outskirts of Hamilton City via small farming settlements towards the King country, home place of the Maori Monarchy. Take in the beauty of the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves: a world-famous cave formation, you will experience the cave by drifting silently in a boat through a Glow Worm Cavern lit up with thousands of tiny Glow Worm lights. Departing Waitomo enjoy a delicious picnic style lunch (vegetarian and other dietary options available on request) made locally in Waitomo whilst traveling to Rotorua. Drive through Cambridge and what was the main frontier settlement for the British constabulary during the Maori land wars, which is now a popular horse breeding area. See Rotorua - New Zealands highest city, 305 meters (1000 feet) above sea level, located inside the rim of a volcanic crater - an area of great geothermal activity. Arrive at the Agrodome complex for an introduction to New Zealand farming. Join a tour of an authentic working farm in all-weather, all-terrain vehicles. Watch a sheep being shorn and hand-feed the animals. This is followed by a sheepdog demonstration and a visit to a 100-year-old working woolen mill. Travel via Rotorua lakefront through the Government Gardens, which contain large formal gardens which house the historic Tudor style museum and blue baths. Indulge in the Te Puia Maori Concert- Inside the Te Puia sacred Marae (meeting house) surrounded by the carvings of the ancestors. Be treated to the perfect harmonies, Poi, Haka, and Tititorea (stick dance). Lastly, we will head to Te Puia Thermal Reserve and Maori Arts & Crafts Institute - Rotoruas most famous attractions, with wood carvings and weaving displays in the Maori village. Next, see the Thermal Valley with the famous Pohutu geyser, fumaroles, and boiling mud pools. An opportunity to wander through the nocturnal Kiwi House (time permitting). Travel back to Auckland on board our luxury coach, kick back and take in the stunning scenery that New Zealand has to offer. Complimentary hotel pickup and drop-off included. You will arrive back into Auckland at approximately 8:15 pm.