Day 5: Rotorua to Murupara

Today we visit the Te Puia Māori Village. You’ll learn more about Māori history and culture, come face to face with the Pohutu Geyser, see bubbling mud pools and get up close and personal with the endangered and iconic kiwi bird.

Later this afternoon we head to the Kohutapu Lodge in Murupara. This is home for tonight and it is here that you’ll have a chance to learn the world-famous haka and weave your own dinner plate out of flax (a type of plant).

Tonight’s dinner is a traditional hāngi meal. Cooked in an underground earth oven you can expect tender meat and delicious vegetables infused with a smoky, earthy fragrance – it will fill your puku (belly) right up!

The best part about spending the evening at Kohutapu Lodge? Most of the proceeds from this activity go back into the local community.

INCLUDED

Breakfast

Visit Te Puia Māori Village

See kiwi birds

See the Pōhutu Geyser

Learn the haka

Learn to weave flax

Dinner (a hāngi cooked in an underground oven)