Highlights
• Waitomo Caves
• Rotorua
• Rotorua Attractions
• Lake Taupo
Day One: Auckland – Waitomo Caves – Rotorua
Travelling by road from Auckland to Rotorua via the Waitomo Glowworm caves, a guided tour of the caves including a by boat through the glowworm grotto is included. The tour then proceeds to Rotorua arriving late afternoon. On arrival you will be transferred to your evenings accommodation.
Evening Accommodation: Millenium Hotel Rotorua or similar
Day Two: Rotorua
This morning Visit Te Puia and experience Rotorua’s famous Maori culture and geothermal activity with a tour of the neighbouring Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley – a place where mud pools bubble and boil and geysers shoot steam high into the air.
Tour concludes early afternoon with the remainder of the day at leisure.
Evening Accommodation Millenium Hotel Rotorua or similar
Day Three: Rotorua – Wellington
Travel from Rotorua to Wellington by road, via Lake Taupo, the central plateau (home to several active volcanoes), Palmerston North and the Kapiti Coast arriving in Wellington late afternoon at which time you will be transferred to you central city accommodation, at which time your tour will conclude.
Please Note:
- Should you require one or more nights accommodation in Auckland prior to the commencement of this tour this is available on request.
- Should you require an airport transfer from Auckland International Airport to your Auckland accommodation this is also available on request.
- The coaching on Day Three from Rotorua to Wellington is by Intercity Coach which will not include commentary. This is the only option available for this leg of the tour by which we can guarantee daily departure throughout the year.
- At the time of booking your credit card information will be securely sent via the payment process. Your credit card will not be charged until 5 days prior to the date of travel.
- As from the 1st October 2019 all visitors regardless of passports, except Australian, will require a tourism visa (NZeTA) which can be obtained online https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/about-visa/nzeta very straight forward process, the online fee is NZ$12.00 per person.
Once you obtain the visa’s they are valid for 2 years and can be used more than once. They work exactly the same way as a US ESTA. The NZeTA is not avaioable to all nationalities, the site provides a list of elligible countries.
- This tour operates in reverse (see tour LT94). When booking this tour for 3 people, please select the 2 persons option and add the Triple Room supplement before proceeding. Quad room types and pricing are also available on request – email: info@leisuretours.co.nz
