Fairy Springs Road, Rotorua
Phone: +64-7-347 9301
Fax: +64-7-346 0641
Freephone: 0800 724 626 (NZ ONLY)
Email: rainbow@rainbownz.co.nz
Website: rainbownz.co.nz
Time: Open 7 days

Set amidst beautiful, native bush with meandering, crystal clear freshwater streams and deep, fern-fringed pools, Rainbow Springs is a showcase of New Zealand's natural flora and fauna. Scattered throughout the park, natural springs daily pump millions of litres of pure subterranean water. These springs and their streams are home to the largest of rainbow, brown and tiger trout. View native New Zealand birds in our walk-through bird aviary.

The perennial stars of Rainbow Springs are the kiwis. See the kiwi and learn about Rainbow's involvement in the NZ Department of Conservation's Kiwi Recovery Programme. Rainbow Farm Show is definitely a 'hands on' experience to entertain and amuse you. Each Farm Show gives an animated insight into New Zealand's farming history, from sheep farming through to the dairy and wool industries - all in just 50 minutes! 5 Farm Shows a day at 10.30am, 11.45am, 1pm, 2.30pm and 4pm. Our kiwi farm presenters will enthral you during an action-packed show that is both richly informative and highly entertaining.

Amoore Road, RD 2, Rotorua
Phone: +64-7-332 5748
Fax: +64-7-332 5510
Email: play@offroadnz.co.nz
Website: offroadnz.co.nz
Time: Open 7 days

DRIVE YOURSELF TO THE MAX! Experience off-road driving and adventure activities, including 4WD BUSH SAFARI - drive our 4WDs through an extreme trail in the native bush - the vehicles get dirty, you stay clean! SPRINT CAR RACING - get your backside trackside and try to beat the lap record. MONSTER 4X4 THRILL RIDE - hang on tight as we drive you over impossible terrain.

Plus Claybird Shooting, Archery, Golf Hole-in-1, Team Building. Check out our Native Bush Camp. Look for the signs, 15 minutes north of Rotorua on State Highway 5, open 7 days - 9am-5pm, all weather, OSH approved.

Riverdale Park, Western Road, Ngongotaha, Rotorua
Phone: +64-7-357 1050
Fax: +64-7-357 5307
Freephone: 0800 339 400 (NZ ONLY)
Email: reservations@agrodome.co.nz
Website: agrodome.co.nz
Time: 8.30am-5pm (7 days)

Action-Packed stage show featuring trained rams, sheep shearing, sheep dogs, cow milking and baby lambs. 800 seat auditorium. Tour the 350-acre working farm, get up-close and friendly with a variety of REAL farm animals, sheep, cattle, deer, alpacas. Visit the Agrodome Woollen Mill & Chocsaway Chocolate factory and see all the goodies being made.

Enjoy a range of adventure activities - Agrojet, Bungy, Swoop, helicopter flights and Zorb.

587 Waimangu Road (PO Box 6141), Rotorua
Phone: +64-7-366 6137
Fax: +64-7-366 6607
Email: nature@waimangu.co.nz
Website: www.waimangu.com
Open 7 Days

Amazing geothermal activity in the volcanic craters formed in 1886 by the eruption of Mt Tarawera. Cool native bushwalks amidst huge hot-water springs and lakes, beautiful silica terraces and rare thermal plants. Boat cruises on picturesque crater Lake Rotomahana run 6 times daily. The world's newest geothermal system. Winner of NZ Ecotourism Award 2001. Winner of Service to the Environment Award 2001 and 2002.

Tarawera Road,
RD 5,
Rotorua,
New Zealand
Phone: +64-7 362 8287
Fax: +64-7 362 8287
E-mail: discover@buriedvillage.co.nz

The Buried Village is an unforgettable, quality experience that you'll wish to repeat.

Museum of Te Wairoa Journey through time and watch the captivating tale of Te Wairoa unfold. Artifacts and exhibits, photographs and models recreate the thunderous calamity.	Blacksmith's shop Inspect the tools and implements used to shoe the horses and maintain the coaches and wagons that brought visitors and supplies to the village.
Tohunga's whare In this house the Maori high priest who predicted the destruction remained buried for 100 hours. Reputedly aged 110 years, the man died several days later.	Maori whare Excavated to original floor level, this site displays a fireplace and an assortment of relics recovered when digging first began in 1931.
Maori whare Excavated to original floor level, this site displays a fireplace and an assortment of relics recovered when digging first began in 1931.	Rotomahana Hotel This two storey wooden building collapsed six hours after the eruption started, killing an English tourist. Travellers stayed here en route to the terraces.
Baker's oven Bread was baked in this large unit from locally produced flour. It is built of hewn volcanic stone and imported firebricks.	Stone storehouse Te Wairoa people stored various foods for winter usage in this storehouse, which features rare Maori stone carvings. One of two on the property.
Trout stream Runs three kilometres from the Green Lake to Lake Tarawera, 100 metres lower in altitude. Rainbow trout can be seen feeding and spawning.	Te Wairoa falls The steep track follows the falls and cascades, down through dense native bush and a cave; then up to the Buried Village tea rooms and souvenir shop.
Flour Mill Parts of the mill, including millstones and gears. Wheat was grown in the Te Wairoa Valley and the stream was diverted to drive the mill's waterwheel.	Aspen poplars Among the tallest in New Zealand, these trees grew from fence posts that formed a property boundary before the eruption. Tops of posts can be seen above ground.
Barman's house Plates and household items were found here, along with bottles, tools and implements, and a well preserved fireplace and cast iron bed frame.	Stone Chimney On the hill in the bush, across Tarawera Road, are the remains of the home of one of the two local Maori leaders at Te Wairoa.
Faloona's Store One of two general stores in Te Wairoa selling everything from tobacco to toothbrushes, this was apparently looted in the days following the eruption.

Tamaki Headquarters are located in Hinemaru Street Rotorua, New Zealand.
P O Box 1492
Rotorua
Phone: +64 7 346 2823
Fax: +64 7 347 2913
E-Mail: info@maoriculture.co.nz

Our Maori culture is rich in the historically changing images of our people. From our long sea voyages our peace and our wars and of our survival, we wear the mantle of the land with dignity and respect.
Our culture embraces the heartbeat of a people caring nation. We sing, dance and live to the rhythm of life. Born conservationists, deeply ceremonial, factually spiritual and communally visionary, no writing exists of our beginning or our past But we read the stars, the moon, the seasons, the tides, the days, the nights, the months, the years and the subtle changes in our environment. Where trees whisper and sing in harmony with mankind to celebrate the greatest gift the understanding of our spirit.

Government Gardens, Rotorua
Phone: +64-7-349 4350
Fax: +64-7-349 2819
Email: rotoruamuseum@rdc.govt.nz
Website: www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz

We invite you to discover the essence of Rotorua: its people, culture and volcanic landscape. Located in the world-famous Bath House building, an architectural icon in itself, Rotorua Museum is a must-see for all who visit our fascinating city. Enjoy a state-of-the-art cinema experience, unique in New Zealand, that will surprise and thrill as you travel through time. Learn about the fascinating history, mythology and geology of the Rotorua area.

467 Paradise Valley Road, Rotorua
Phone: +64-7-348 9667
Email: paradisev@xtra.co.nz
Website: www.paradisev.co.nz

10 minutes from Rotorua in a beautiful valley. New Zealand's largest trout easily viewed and fed. Underwater viewing, natural wetland and NZ's wild animals and birds. A natural spring produces pure water bottled and purchased at source. A separate area houses a pride of lions - lion feeding 2.30pm daily.

494 Orakei Korako Road, RD2, Rotorua
Phone: +64-7-378 3131
Email: ok@reap.org.nz
Website: orakeikorako.co.nz

Orakei Korako Geyserland & Cave, it's a completely natural geothermal experience. Situated 25 minutes north of Taupo & 45 minutes south of Rotorua. The 11th edition of Lonely Planet states Orakei Korako as "possibly the best thermal area left in New Zealand and one of the finest in the world".

Phone: +64 7 347 8282
mobile: 021 126 1675
24 Gallagher Street
Rotorua, New Zealand

New Zealand is unlike any place in the world... with unique Maori culture, amazing birds and native forest, breathtaking lakes and rivers, prehistoric volcanoes dormant and active, powerful geothermal systems not to mention - untold activities.

Elite Adventures endeavours to showcase, educate and entertain you in whatever you want to see or do ... We provide half-day to multi-day exclusive and group tours of Rotorua and the North Island. Tell us where your interest lies and we can create the tour you desire.