Rotorua Sights: Te Puia, Rainbow Springs and Agrodome

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Discover three of Rotorua’s best visitor attractions on this morning Rotorua sightseeing tour.

Gain an insight into New Zealand’s Māori culture with a guided tour of Te Puia, Rotorua’s foremost cultural experience. Te Puia is built on the site of an ancient fortified village, and throughout your tour you’ll be surrounded by Māori art and culture from past to present. See the model village to see how Māori lived before Europeans arrived, visit ornately carved meeting houses and see contemporary artworks representing the celestial guardians. Your local tour guide will keep you spellbound with tales of the ancestors who settled here centuries ago. 

During your tour of Te Puia you’ll also experience Rotorua’s famous geothermal activity with a tour of Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley, where mud pools bubble and boil and geysers shoot steam high into the air. You’ll also see Te Puia’s woodcarving and weaving schools and see how these ancient Māori art forms are being passed on to a new generation of master artists.

Then see our agricultural industry in action at the Agrodome, a working organic farm where you can find out all about farming life in New Zealand, watch a sheep shearing display and see sheep dog trials where the hard-working farm dogs show off their amazing skills.

New Zealand wildlife and natural scenery is on display at Rainbow Springs Nature Park, where you can get up close to all kinds of native flora and fauna including the famous kiwi, a flightless native bird. Wander through native forest and discover New Zealand birds, fish and lizards (including the ancient tuatara), as well as exotic animals from around the world.