Top 4 Geothermal Tours in Tauranga

1.Rotorua Geothermal Living Maori Village Tour Whakarewarewa 6.5hours Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 145 reviews · from $166Our pick

Travel from Tauranga to Rotorua in a small air-conditioned vehicle, then tour Whakarewarewa Living Māori Village with a local guide. See geothermal cooking, steaming pools, and Pohutu geyser, enjoy a hangi-style lunch and 30-minute performance, and return via Rotorua, Te Puke, and Mount Maunganui.

“This was a wonderful tour, a long drive to the village but well worth it. Jack was full of information about the area and fun to be with. Excellent driver as well.”

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2.Rotorua Geothermal Wonderland Tour – Departs Tauranga

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 123 reviews · from $166Top rated

Travel from Mount Maunganui to Rotorua in a small minivan with a local guide such as Nicolle, Russell, Tracy, or Buddy. Visit Te Puia for Māori culture, crafts, kiwi birds, Pohutu Geyser, mud pools, and a cultural performance, then walk among the redwoods before returning to Tauranga.

“I will not book on Wonderland Tours again. We arrived 15 minutes early for our confirmed tour, but were then told we were being added to a different earlier tour. The earlier tour used a 15 person van and was full except for 2 remaining seaRead more”

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3.Boutique tour , Mt Maunganui, NZ farm, Rotorua lakes/geothermal

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 50 reviews · from $137Best value

From Tauranga Port, Arrow Tours takes you by air-conditioned minivan to Mt Maunganui, a kiwi orchard, Rotorua’s lakes, geothermal parks, native bush, and Okere Falls. Guides such as Toby and Kerry add local stories, while the optional Māori cultural visit costs extra.

“Excellent tour for the money. Small group tour of 12 people 6 couples, easy to hop on and hop off the van to see things, everyone returned back to the van on time.Roger was our guide, he is very knowledgeable. He stopped in many places and let us to get off the van to see things and take pictures. We paid extra NZ25 to see Maori Cultural Experience, it was very nice to experience NZ culture. Roger managed our tour time quite time. It was full 7 hours tour and we had great time.We also loved our kiwifruits farm visit as well. Highly recommend this tour to those cruisers visiting…”

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4.Hell’s Gate Geothermal Park & Mud Spa Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 41 reviews · from $183

Travel from Tauranga’s cruise port to Hell’s Gate Geothermal Park near Rotorua for a self-guided walk, 20-minute mud bath, sulphur spa, cool plunge, and Māori carving. Local drivers such as Cookie, Grant, Martin, and Mike add commentary, with stops around Mount Maunganui and Okere Falls.

“i enjoyed the trip, the driver added extra stops at the end to the redwood forest, kiwi fruit, goverment house/garden. Unfortunetly he had a very thick NZ accent and he was hard to understand, plus we could not hear in the back”

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