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  • Alfie Burndred
    Auckland, New Zealand2 contributions
    Review of: Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland
    Fantastic
    Fantastically beautiful area. The most incredible colours and war water wherever you look. We had the perfect weather and were very lucky to enjoy this impressive landscape. Fantastic colourful terrain.
    Written January 12, 2022
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  • L0afie
    Bridport, UK88 contributions
    Review of: Te Puia
    Very informative guided tour then freedom to wander around
    Great few hours here starting off with an excellent guided tour by a tribe member around the school/college, kiwi house and geothermal area before wandering around ourselves. Very informative and pretty quiet out of season
    Written August 8, 2022
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  • Kim H
    5 contributions
    Review of: Redwoods, Whakarewarewa Forest
    Awesome experience
    Awesome walks around the forest and amongst the trees. Highly recommend everyone to experience the relaxing walk, day and night lights
    Written August 2, 2022
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  • Jamoz23
    Brisbane, Australia376 contributions
    Review of: Whakarewarewa - The Living Maori Village
    Interesting to be amongst history.
    We loved the fact that people actually live and work in this village.
    Enjoyed the show put on.
    Make sure you go and do the boardwalk through the geothermal site down the bottom, well worth the walking involved.
    Written April 14, 2022
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  • Joanne O
    Auckland, New Zealand6 contributions
    Review of: Waimangu Volcanic Valley
    Outstanding Family Fun!
    We had the most wonderful day here - two adults and two kids (8 & 11) and we loved this outing. We bought the walk and boat option and it was worth every cent. Highly recommend the deal on Book.me which gave us a huge discount too. The day we did it, the weather was perfect and it made for some amazing images ranging from the geothermal area to the lake by the boat (departure area). Highly recommend!
    Written July 22, 2022
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  • foxylady49
    Pitlochry, UK91 contributions
    Review of: Rainbow Springs Nature Park
    Fun for all
    I took my son and family here not expecting to enjoy it myself, however I did, it was a very interesting place to visit, we saw Kiwi birds , parrots and many other birds, fish in natural rivers, fish hatcheries, and beautiful plants. Fun water boat trip which I enjoyed several times, it is really nicely done. Bit disappointed in lack of choice in the restaurant but everywhere else was well worth a visit, considering there was 3 generations visiting.
    Written March 11, 2020
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  • Cara H
    5 contributions
    Review of: 3D Trick Art Gallery
    Such a good idea!
    This is a wonderful idea, well executed and so much fun to visit. We had 3 kids (9-12 years old) with us and we all had fun. The examples displayed by the artwork help you make the most of your visit and the works themselves are cleverly done. We buzzed through the venue quite quickly so if you didn't have much time, you could still get a lot from it and if you wanted to spend loads of time, you very easily could. This is a fantastic activity for those looking to get out of the sun or rain (really good for a wet and windy day) and is fairly unique as an attraction. The gift shop at the end also had a really good variety of items for sale to suit a broad range of budgets. x
    Written August 18, 2022
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  • Karyn C
    8 contributions
    Review of: Kuirau Park
    Exceeded Expectations
    We didn't know what to expect from our visit but it was a nice place to wonder around. It was well signposted.
    Written August 8, 2022
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  • Big_Bad_Stu
    Auckland, New Zealand5 contributions
    Review of: Fancy Meow Cat Cafe
    Beautiful cats
    Very clean with beautiful friendly cats. Lots of different spaces and enrichment toys for the cats to choose from.
    Written July 10, 2022
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  • Lisa
    1 contribution
    Review of: Waikite Valley Thermal Pools
    A+ private pool experience
    The 2 ladies working lastnight (tues 2nd) were very lovely and even gave us extra time in our private pool as it was my partner’s birthday
    Written August 3, 2022
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  • Jenn
    11 contributions
    Review of: Paradise Valley Springs Wildlife Park
    A great roar 🦁
    We absolutely love this place 😁
    It’s clean and tidy
    The kids loved feeding all the animals and learning about them, loved watching the lions be feed and hearing them roar 🦁
    Written July 16, 2022
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  • Sophie V
    Mount Maunganui, New Zealand9 contributions
    Review of: Volcanic Hills Winery
    Wine tasting
    We sheltered from the rain here during a luge trip. Delicious wines and awesome staff. Would definitely come here again.
    Written June 11, 2022
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  • Sandra
    Kerikeri, New Zealand1 contribution
    Review of: Agrodome
    We All Loved It
    What an awesome facility this is and it must have been so hard during lockdown and traffic light restrictions to just keep going.
    Very clean and tidy facilities with a large auditorium to entertain the visitors.
    We were only a small crowd today but a very appreciative one. The kids had a ball and audience participation was a lot of fun.
    Highlights were pretty much everything on offer and who knew we had so many different breeds of sheep in NZ
    Thank you Scott, you are hilarious and we enjoyed the show very much. Get out there fellow kiwis and tour your own backyard.
    Written April 27, 2022
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  • Wally-Singapore
    Singapore, Singapore450 contributions
    Review of: Government Gardens
    First time going to Government Gardens
    A wonderful place for photo opportunities, I have much time as I wished to spend here. Its a vibrant place with much to see and do. Flowers were in bloom and made for picture postcard photos. Will spend more time there the next time I visit Rotorua
    Written July 15, 2022
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  • Chris D
    Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand274 contributions
    Review of: Eat Street
    good selection
    nice to walk through with no pressure good to sight menus and make a choice before going into a specific resturant
    Written August 2, 2022
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