January 8, 2009
Kia Ora !*FIRSTNAME*!,
Summer has arrived and Rotorua is ready to greet you with its 16
lakes, a host of water-based activities, picnic spots and shady
trails on offer within a 25-minute drive of the city. It’s a great
time to savour Rotorua's many outdoor experiences.
This summer Rotorua hosts a great mix of events from mountain
bike and multi sport competitions to the Billy Connolly and
Lakeside Concerts. The popular Raggamuffin reggae festival is back
in February at the Rotorua International Stadium.
There’s simply no better time to experience New Zealand’s top
tourist destination. To find out more or begin planning your summer
getaway please visit rotoruaNZ.com
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Rotorua Events |
Rotorua has an exciting mix of events this summer to either
take up the challenge and participate in or simply enjoy. For
full list of Rotorua events please visit rotoruaNZ.com/events
Wild Moa Multisport
Event MULTISPORT RACE FROM LAKE OKATAINA
TO THE REDWOODS Date:
Saturday, January 10 Venue: Race starts Lake
Okataina
Bike Vegas N-Duro Summer MTB Cup
#1 25KM OR 45KM MOUNTAIN BIKE
RACES Date: Sunday, January
11 Venue: Long Mile Road, Whakarewarewa Forest
World Invitational Superstock
Champs INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
ACTION Date: January
16-17 Venue: Paradise Valley Raceway
Blue Lake
Multisport Festival THREE EVENTS, TWO DAYS ONE
GREAT LOCATION Date: January
24-25 Venue: Blue Lake, Rotorua
Lakeside Concert
2009 OUTDOOR CONCERT SPECTACULAR Date: Saturday 31 January Venue: Village
Green, Rotorua Lakefront
Raggamuffin Festival SUMMER REGGAE
FESTIVAL FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Date: Saturday, February 7 Venue: Rotorua
International Stadium
Rotorua Festival of Arts - Te Ihi Te
Wehi AMAZING ACTS, EVENTS, STREET THEATRE
AND EXHIBITIONS Date: March
7-21 Venue: Various venues around Rotorua
2009 IFDS World Blind Sailing
Championships INTERNATIONAL CREWS
COMPETE IN THIS PRESTIGIOUS EVENT Date: March 12-21 Venue: Lake Rotorua
Rotorua Walking Festival FANTASTIC
WALKING TRACKS & GREAT HOSPITALITY Dates: 21-22 March Venue: Neil Hunt Park,
Tarawera Road
NZDBA National Dragon Boat
Championships BRIGHTLY COLOURED DRAGON
BOATS COMPETING FOR NATIONAL HONOURS Dates: 28-29 March Venue: Blue Lake,
Rotorua
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Family Leisure |
Rotorua’s backyard is full of fun and adventure, there’s
something for the whole family to enjoy. Walks, picnics &
mountain
bike rides in the beautiful Redwoods to endless water
activities available from any of Rotorua's
many beautiful Lakes.
New Rotorua mountain bike guide
Wanting to take the family out for a ride? Check out the
new Rotorua Mountain Biking guide to help get you started. download
yourself a copy here now.
Hot Deals
Take advantage of some of the following family Hot Deals
& begin planning your Rotorua family fun holiday
today! |
Includes a thrilling jet boat ride on Kawarau Jet and free
entry to Rotorua Museum. View
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NZD $69.00 per person |
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Includes return Gondola ride plus 10 luge rides to share
amoungst your family. View
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NZD $95.00 per family |
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The Skyline Annual Gondola Card
Skyline Skyrides making it easy and economical for families
to come and visit as often as they
like.
Benefits Include:
- Complimentary Gondola ride
- Buffet lunch at $25.00 incl per adult
- Buffet Dinner at $45.00 incl per adult
- 25% discount off full retail price on food (except
packaged items) in the Terraces Café
- $5.00 luge rides
- Discounts for accompanying friends & relatives
10% off gondola, 15% off food in Cableway Restaurant &
Terraces Café maximum three guests per Card
holder.
The Gondola Card costs only for a full Year $34.00 for
adults $22.00 Students $29.00 Senior Citizens
$17.00 for children
Gondola Cards can be purchased from the bottom
terminal at Skyline Skyrides
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Forest Activities |
Escape into the beautiful Whakarewarewa forest, one of
Rotorua most spectacular assets. Entry to the forest is free
to enjoy & explore with many activities available from
walks, picnics, mountainbiking and horse riding.
All tracks open
The current track status at the Redwoods show all tracks
are open, great news for some summer exploration or a relaxing
stroll in the shade.
There are tracks suitable for
young children, the elderly, pushchairs and wheelchairs and
some nice up hills for the more fit.
At this time of
year when the sun is beating down The Redwoods is a great
place to escape the heat under the shade of the majestic
Redwoods.
Enjoy the fresh forest air and rejuvenate
the spirit during the busy holiday season. Or bring the kids
and the dog, tire them out on a decent walk, then enjoy a well
deserved ice-cream on our front lawn under the trees.
New Rotorua mountain bike guide
Keen to discover why so many people rave about mountain
biking in Rotorua? This new guide will help you as a beginner
get started and grab your piece of the action, download yourself a
copy here now.
Forest Events
Wild Moa Multisport
Event MULTISPORT RACE FROM LAKE OKATAINA
TO THE REDWOODS Date:
Saturday, January 10 Venue:
Race starts Lake Okataina
Bike Vegas N-Duro Summer MTB Cup
#1 25KM OR 45KM MOUNTAIN BIKE
RACES Date: Sunday, January
11 Venue: Long Mile Road, Whakarewarewa Forest
Kingsgate Hotel Rotorua Half
Marathon CHALLENGING OFF ROAD HALF MARATHON
AND FUN RUN OPTIONS Date:
Sunday, March 8 Venue: Waipa Mill Car Park,
Whakarewarewa Forest
For full list of Rotorua events please visit rotoruaNZ.com/events
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Fishing, Lakes & Rivers |
With 16 lakes – 14 of them publicly accessible - Rotorua is
a year-round aquatic paradise. Lake Okareka and Blue Lake are
popular swimming spots in summer, and both offer barbecue
facilities, picnic tables, toilets and a playground for your
enjoyment.
Rotorua lakes hot
Fishing on the Rotorua lakes is hot right now. Fly and spin
fishing are proving good options at the mouth of the Lake
Rotorua tributary streams and all of the popular trolling runs
on the lake especially off the Ohau and the North West corner.
Now’s a great time to get a line in the water. For Rotorua
lake information and maps please click
here.
Clearwater lands cafe
Clearwater has bought The Landing (café and launch
services) at Lake Tarawera and will offer a range of new
products in conjunction with other tourism operators. The
range includes guided kayaking tours, paddle boat hire, luxury
launch cruises, fishing trips, walking tours to Tarawera Falls
and helicopter flights to the top of Mt
Tarawera. www.thelandinglaketarawera.co.nz
Lakes Events
Blue Lake Rowing
Regatta ANNUAL ROWING RACE ATTRACTING
NZ’S PREMIER ROWERS Date:
January 17-18 Venue: Blue Lake, Rotorua
Parade of Classic and Wooden
Boats FUN FILLED FAMILY DAY Date: Saturday, February 7 Venue: Lake
Rotoiti, Rotorua
Noelex 25 National
Championships EXCITING YACHTING
ACTION Dates: 6-7
March Venue: Lake Rotorua
2009 IFDS World Blind Sailing
Championships INTERNATIONAL CREWS
COMPETE IN THIS PRESTIGIOUS EVENT Date: March 12-21 Venue: Lake Rotorua
NZDBA National Dragon Boat
Championships BRIGHTLY
COLOURED DRAGON BOATS COMPETING FOR NATIONAL
HONOURS Dates: 28-29
March Venue: Blue Lake, Rotorua
Tagged Trout Tournament TWO DAYS OF
FISHING WITH GREAT CASH PRIZES Date:
April 18-19 Venue: Lake Rotorua
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Geothermal Attractions |
From the moment visitors enter Rotorua, they know they are
somewhere unique. Steam rises from cracks, gardens, pathways
and even residential streets. This, together with the
distinctive scent of sulphur, signals to visitors that they
are in the centre of an active thermal area. Just minutes
from city centre there are geysers, boiling pools of mud,
silica terraces, mud fumeroles and volcanoes.
Kuirau Park still a favourite
Located next to the central business district, Kuirau Park
is still a favourite site for visitors. Walk between bubbling
mud pools, steaming holes, crater lakes and sulphur vents.
There are also two hot pools where visitors can soak their
feet. People are advised to stick to the tracks for safety
reasons. The playground is a great place to take the children
and a weekly farmers market (Saturday morning) offers the
opportunity to buy fresh local produce.
Luxury on the lake
Hells Gate sister company Wai Ora Lakeside
Spa Resort opened in September 2008. Featuring 20 superior
rooms and 10 deluxe suites, as well as bar, restaurant and spa
facilities.
The facility offers a resort day spa with
eight treatment rooms, free-form private and public spa pools
and saunas - and feature internationally-acclaimed Wai Ora spa
products.
Please visit www.waiora-resort.com for more information.
Hot Deals
Take advantage of some of the following geothermal Hot
Deals & begin planning your Rotorua holiday
today! |
Includes a Mud Bath and Spa and walk through the Geothermal
Reserve. View
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NZD $75.00 per person |
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Discover Rotorua's natural geothermal wonders with these
two experiences. View
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NZD $55.00
per adult |
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Adventure Activities |
Looking for adrenalin-pumping action? Rotorua is the place
to be. Rotorua's natural setting provides lots of thrill and
adventure experiences, walk on a volcano, raft the highest
commercially rafted waterfall in the southern hemisphere or
try zorbing,
the luge
and the shweeb
- all Rotorua 'world first' adventure options.
Double the fun in half the time
Skyline Skyrides in Rotorua has invested three million
dollars in a second chairlift system. Visitors can now enjoy
more luge rides in half the time, with capacity increasing
from 935 to 1850 runs every hour.
Three new luge entry points have been created, including a
suspended overpass when entering tracks. The scenic luge track
has been extended by 500 metres.
skylineskyrides.co.nz
The Skyline Annual Gondola Card
Skyline Skyrides making it easy and economical for families
to come and visit as often as they like.
Benefits Include:
- Complimentary Gondola ride
- Buffet lunch at $25.00 incl per adult
- Buffet Dinner at $45.00 incl per adult
- 25% discount off full retail price on food (except
packaged items) in the Terraces Café
- $5.00 luge rides
- Discounts for accompanying friends & relatives
10% off gondola, 15% off food in Cableway Restaurant &
Terraces Café maximum three guests per Card
holder.
The Gondola Card costs only for a full Year $34.00 for
adults $22.00 Students $29.00 Senior Citizens
$17.00 for children
Gondola Cards can be purchased from the bottom
terminal at Skyline Skyrides
Hot Deals
Take advantage of some of the following adventure Hot Deals
& begin planning your Rotorua holiday today! |
Off Road NZ trill rides, Skyline Skyrides gondola ride, two
luge rides and the Skyswing. View
detail..
NZD $119.00 per person |
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Select any three of the following four activities
Agrojet,swoop,freefall ( 1 minute flight) & shweeb. View
detail..
NZD $114.00 per person |
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