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Whaka Trails and Maori Village Combo Tour: Iconic Cultural and Geothermal Experience
4.7
167 Ratings
Rotorua
Embark on a Whaka Trails and Maori Village Combo Tour for an immersive experience of rich Maori history and geothermal wonders. Discover the secrets of the village and explore untouched natural landscapes with your family.
Embark on a Whaka Trails and Maori Village Combo Tour for an immersive experience of rich Maori history and geothermal wonders. Discover the secrets of the village and explore untouched natural landscapes with your family.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Whakarewarewa - The Living Maori Village - Embark on a Guided Tour through our Village to marvel at nature’s hot-spring pools, including the world-famous Pohutu Geyser from viewing platforms. Learn about our history, traditions, culture, and how we harness the geothermal energy beneath our village, with a special tasting experience of corn on the…
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Whakarewarewa - The Living Maori Village - Embark on a Guided Tour through our Village to marvel at nature’s hot-spring pools, including the world-famous Pohutu Geyser from viewing platforms. Learn about our history, traditions, culture, and how we harness the geothermal energy beneath our village, with a special tasting experience of corn on the cob cooked in our largest hot pool.
You can then enjoy a self-guided, leisurely walk through our Geothermal Trails, offering exclusive access to untouched geothermal landscapes. Visitors can immerse themselves in the raw beauty of Papatuanuku (Mother Earth). These Jurassic Park-like trails are known for their regenerative powers, bringing you face-to-face with hot-spring lakes, bubbling mud pools, geysers, and Manuka bush trails. - Whakarewarewa - The Living Maori Village - On our guided tour, visit two lookout platforms to witness the incredible Pohutu Geyser, which erupts as Mother Nature intended, up to twice an hour.
What's Included
- Access to Whaka Geothermal Trails
- Village Guided Tour
- Access to Whaka Geothermal Trails
- Village Guided Tour
What's Not Included
- Tea and coffee
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Tea and coffee
- Lunch
- Bottled water
Additional Information
Our combination deal provides you the chance to join our Iconic Village Guided Tour, where you’ll learn about our deep-rooted history, cultural practices, and the use of geothermal energy in our village, which includes the boiling of corn on the cob in our hot springs. All under the presence of our hot springs and Geysers in one remarkable location. The…
Our combination deal provides you the chance to join our Iconic Village Guided Tour, where you’ll learn about our deep-rooted history, cultural practices, and the use of geothermal energy in our village, which includes the boiling of corn on the cob in our hot springs. All under the presence of our hot springs and Geysers in one remarkable location. The Geothermal Trails, launched in December 2021, allows you to witness pristine natural landscapes, mud pools, and misty lakes. The trail offers optimal spots for photography and is family-friendly.
Location
17 Tryon Street
Tryon Street
Please come into our admissions building on arrival, this is sign posted outside the building.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(167 Ratings)
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S_sannab2025
Apr 10, 2025
Wonderful Whaka trails and Māori village tour experience - This is well worth a visit. We were very fortunate to have Merri as our tour guide. Welcoming, informative and fun. Highly recommend and we’re thankful for TripAdviser.
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Brendan4037
Apr 8, 2025
Loved it - Really worthwhile day, we enjoyed learning, experiencing, tasting and smelling. We did the guided tour, cultural performance, hangi lunch and walked a bit around the self guided mud pool trails, though our young kids had tired legs by that point
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Catherine_c
Apr 4, 2025
Really enjoyed it! - Really great tour, great guide and an amazing way to experience living history, contemporary life and the geothermal landscape.
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Ivan_g
Apr 3, 2025
Fantastic experience of Maori life. - A great tour from the local guide who lives in the Maori village and experiences everyday living in the village. From cooking meals over hot steam to washing in the hot outdoor thermal baths, we even got to eat a corn on the cob cooked in one of the hot pools. The tour was brilliant from start to finish and is well worth a visit.
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326fionae
Apr 2, 2025
Fabulous! - Absolutely fantastic!! A whole other world and well worth it! Great service and super friendly people, we just loved every moment!!
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Ivan
Mar 31, 2025
Brilliant, fascinating , cultural tour. - This was a great tour with a local Maori guide who lived in the village all her life. The village is in a geothermal area and has lots of geezers large and small. The history of the Maori culture is fascinating and was brilliantly explained by our tour guide. A great tour and a must for any tourist in Rotorua.
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Cristi
Mar 15, 2025
Living Maori Village - We got the combo tour as we wanted to have a walk around the lakes. Guided tour with a knowledgeable local person who explained to us the insights of the village. You will taste some thermal boiled corn and a bonus free view of the geyser, which is not on the premises of the village, but you can get a free view. If you do the tour between 10 am and 1 pm, you can enjoy a free show including traditional maori dance and haka.
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Clairebw2569bw
Mar 13, 2025
Insight into Māori culture - A fantastic insight into Māori culture and specifically into the lives of those living around the hot springs. I would really recommend the guided tour. It was well done with lots of information on the village’s past and present. Everyone was really friendly and welcoming. I especially loved the cultural performance. It was so well done with lots of information at the start on what you were going to see and the history of it all. Performers were fantastic with beautiful voices. Definitely a highlight of our NZ trip. A must for those wanting to learn more about the people and culture of the country
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212nict
Mar 13, 2025
A great experience of a living village - We did the all day pass, so we had access to the guided village tour, the cultural performance and the self guided thermal trails. This was such an amazing experience. We kept waffling between the Whakarewarewa Living Māori Village and the Te Puia Cultural Center and ended up choosing Whakarewarewa and absolutely loved every minute. There is something about this being an active living area (around 20 families live here now) and have been guiding visitors for over 200 years through the area. Our tour guide is a descendant and was very informative of the area, the culture and the history. I encourage you to visit. I spent about 3 hours doing all three activities. The cultural performance is about 30 minutes and was fun to watch. The thermal trail was a great walk and glad I did it.
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Myscha
Mar 24, 2025
Maybe will come again - Been here a few times and usually things look different. Maybe because of a change of guide, usually all of whom we have found quite entertaining and informative. The concert performances have much improved over the years.
Booking on-line is the simple way to pay and takes much less time for check in. Parking is easy.
The various whanau craft shops are always interesting with locally made taonga.
The trail walks are also interesting but I wish the many species of trees were labeled to inform us visitors. What we didn't like seeing was the many feral cats ducking in and out of the bushes.
Is the Catholic Church been decommissioned as it does not look like a RC church? That is, lack of holy icons, etc.
Going into the whare kai I could not find a coat or hat hook. I have to put my potae on the floor as I can't put it on a table or chair.
Otherwise, we are happy to visit again sometime.
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