Auckland to Rotorua via Waitomo Caves and Te Puia Small Group Tour

• Waitomo Glowworm Caves

  2 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  See the magical glowworms and world-famous limestone formations of Waitomo Caves.

• Te Puia

  2 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  One of New Zealand's foremost cultural venues. At Te Puia's marae, you will receive a traditional welcome and be invited to experience a Maori cultural performance, in which ancient and modern stories are told through song, dance, poi and stick games. You'll gain an understanding of this unique culture and its history and be thoroughly entertained by the talented and charismatic performers.

• Whakarewarewa - The Living Maori Village

  4 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Enter the world of Mitai and learn about the history of this area which was once flourished in villages. See fierce warriors in traditional dress paddle an ancient warrior canoe (waka) down the Wai-o-Whiro stream and the story of the migration of Tamatekapua of the Te Arawa canoe to Aotearoa and the Māori Pacifica connection told in dance form. Join in this Maori and Island fusion extravaganza, including a feast for the ravenous. Your hāngī/umu earth oven food of Polynesia includes pork, chicken, taro, island-style potato salad, and much more. The hāngī/umu is cooked in an earth-oven, a hole 1-2m into the ground, the baskets of kai (food) are placed on hot stones at the bottom of a hāngī pit. The kai is then covered to trap the heat, the steam and heat from heated hāngī stones infuse the kai with delicious earthy flavours while it cooks for 3-4 hours. Try the delicious tempting hula food of the Great Ocean of Kiwa.
• Accommodations

  3-Star Hotel in Rotorua

  Food And Drinks

  Dinner - Traditional hāngi

  Lunch