Auckland: Depart with Guide Number One on a journey through the sprawling southern suburbs and lifestyle blocks of Auckland.
Waikato River: Travel alongside the Waikato River into rich fertile Dairy farming lands before arriving at Hamilton, New Zealand's largest inland city.
Hamilton: Meet Guide Number Two, our Rotorua resident full of local stories. En route, drive through the picturesque town of Cambridge and alongside Lake Karapiro before climbing the Mamaku Range, through the bush clad Fitzgerald Glade, before descending into Rotorua.
Free time: To have lunch or visit the slopes of Mt Ngongotaha by gondola to view the lakes and the city (own arrangements).
Rainbow Springs Nature Sanctuary: Join Guide Number Three for your visit to the crystal clear cold springs, home to thousands of trout. Also see Kiwis, native birds and other wildlife in a delightful native bush setting. Opportunity for souvenir shopping.
The Rainbow Farm Show: See a flock of sheep mustered by highly trained sheep dogs, along with drenching, a shearing demonstration and the history of dairy milking. Opportunity to milk a cow, feed young animals or to be photographed with a huge bull. An enjoyable one hour show introducing visitors to New Zealand farming, old and new.
Lake Rotorua's Waterfront: Drive past hundreds of ducks and swans to the historic and beautiful Government Gardens.
Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve and Maori Arts And Crafts Institute: Rotorua's most famous attraction. See wood-carving, weaving displays, Maori village and the thermal valley with its geysers, fumaroles, colourful silica deposits and boiling mud pools.
Return to Auckland: Your attraction packed day concludes as the coach travels through the beautiful horse breeding country of Matamata and the pastureland of the Hauraki Plains