2025 Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award

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Auckland Rotorua North Island Tours

Rotorua Highlights Tour including Te Puia Tour, Cultural Show & Buffet Lunch

From NZD$419

4.7

(49 reviews)

Departs from: Auckland

Duration: 13 hours

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Discover the essence of Rotorua on this full-day guided tour from Auckland, where breathtaking geothermal landscapes meet rich Māori heritage. Journey through the lush Waikato countryside before arriving at Rotorua to explore its stunning lakes, historic landmarks, and cultural treasures. Experience the magic of Te Puia with a guided tour, an unforgettable Māori performance, and a delicious buffet lunch. With small-group travel and a friendly local guide, this is an inspiring and personal way to experience the heart of New Zealand’s culture.

Please note

Depending on your selected package and preferences, not all guests will participate in the same activities, ensuring a tailored and personalized experience for everyone!

Why you’ll love this

Witness Rotorua’s geothermal wonders and the mighty Pōhutu Geyser

Immerse yourself in Māori culture with a guided tour and live performance at Te Puia

Savour a mouthwatering buffet lunch featuring local and international dishes

Enjoy a scenic journey through the beautiful Waikato farming region

Explore Rotorua’s iconic landmarks, including Lake Rotorua and the Government Gardens

Relax on a comfortable small-group tour with expert commentary and care

Itinerary

What’s included

Complimentary hotel pick-up and drop-off in Auckland

Entry to Te Puia with guided tour, cultural performance, and buffet lunch

Fully guided tour with a professional, friendly driver-guide

Comfortable, air-conditioned transport

Small-group travel for a personal experience

Why choose us

Famously passionate tour guides

Our guides share stories, laughs, and Kiwi charm on every journey.

Travel in comfort

Small groups, big comfort. Relax in our modern Mercedes minibuses with style and space.

Award-winning tours

Thousands of five-star reviews and top travel awards - experiences loved worldwide.

Kiwi owned. Kiwi operated

Proudly local and passionate about sharing authentic New Zealand with every traveller.

Stories worth sharing

9/2/2025

A 110% must do if you like culture and history

Without question, this was one of the highlights of my three-week vacation in New Zealand. The Te Puia Cultural Tour is worth the trip alone - from the history and heritage of the Māori people to the geothermal activity on display, I cannot recommend enough. The cultural show was terrific and, as the person from the tour who ended up collecting the peace offering at the beginning of the cultural show, that will stay with me for a long time. Spine-tingling.

Matthew R

8/23/2025

Perfect beginning to NZ adventures

First visit to New Zealand and first tour. Best decision ever! Jeoff our guide was fun and knowledgeable. The cultural center is a must do to embrace the Maori history and enjoy all NZ things. Being able to pick the afternoon activities was awesome!

Luissette N

8/13/2025

Amazing experience

Fantastic tour. I would definitely recommend cheeky Kiwi as a tour company. They went the extra mile to fit things in and were very efficient. Hanoz was amazing and friendly and helped make it a really good group experience. Roturua and the tree tops tour was fab

Larissa H

7/8/2025

Amazing day

Amazing!! John was our guide and oh he was hilarious. He kept us entertained all day. Nothing was too much trouble and he even kept my 13 year old son entertained with his music, quizzes and general interesting facts about NZ. Thanks to John, we even got an extra activity in as we were unaware we could book multiple things for the day. He made it super easy for us to pay for the extra activity and I am so grateful as otherwise we would have missed out on a great experience at Redwoods Treewalk. We had a great group with us also. The day flew by so quick. Thank you so much for a fantastic day Cheeky Kiwi Travel and John.

Nicole M

5/14/2025

Incredibly fun and interactive tour that offered well worth it views and stuff to do and learn

An incredible experience and opportunity and the tour guide John, was an entertaining and very engaging guide who was very keen to answer questions and offer knowledge of the land and activities. He recommended many of other stuff to do in Auckland and overall was the perfect choice to have guiding us. Te Puia was also well worth the trip and offered so much more than expected, alongside the cultural show. I was honoured to represent as Chief and will be a memory ill forever cherish. 5/5

Ben D

5/14/2025

Birthday experience

Today was my birthday so I wanted to book something that would be really fun. John picked me up from the meeting point and was so polite. The trip was a experience I will never forget and thanks to John I had a great birthday! When I come back to visit I don't want anyone else to be my tour guide but John!

Nicole T

4/19/2025

Must visit!

Such a great experience! You learn about the culture and uts history. I highly recommend this tour and also with Cheeky!

Jacqueline C

4/5/2025

New Zealand Great Discovery 2025 with Titan Tours

New Zealand's most magnificent geothermal wonderland. This experience featured dramatic geysers, bubbling mud, and beautiful native bush explored by personalised guided tour. Te Puia is home to the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute and offers a state-of-the-art Kiwi Conservation Centre, in which you can get closer than ever before to New Zealand’s national treasure - the native Kiwi bird. For generations, Te Puia has welcomed manuhiri (visitors) from all over the world to explore the magic hidden within Te Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley during both the day and evening. Nau mai, haere mai. Our experience continued with what was a mouth-watering buffet dinner with locally sourced cuisine and an authentic Māori twist in each dish. Following dinner, we experienced the exhilarating pōhiri (ceremonial welcome) into a beautifully carved meeting house, Te Aronui a Rua. Thoroughly enjoyed the beauty and power of traditional waiata (song), mōteatea (chants), poi and haka. The experience ended at the geothermal valley via a 36-seat electric passenger shuttle for a hot chocolate upon the naturally heated rock-seating overlooking the dramatically lit Pōhutu Geyser. A thoroughly interesting visit like no other.

GhostSniper7.62

3/8/2025

Great Tour of Maori Culture and the Environment of the New Zealand

Brandon was an excellent tour guide and driver. As a local, he was an expert and very, very informative. Brandon made the 2 hour ride interesting and enjoyable. I loved the Maori Village, show and learning about the culture and their arts. The Tour guide was very good at the Maori center. Hangi food Buffett was excellent and filling.

CezWho

2/22/2025

A wonderful experience!

This tour was amazing Our driver, was professional, friendly, and knowledgeable. We learned so much from him on the 2.5-hour drive to and from Rotorua. I highly recommend this day trip with Cheeky Kiwi Tours.

Peter P

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