Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Raftabout
( 07-343 9500, 0800 723 822)
Rafting trips on the Kaituna ($105), Rangitaiki ($139) and
Wairoa ($129), plus sledging on the Kaituna ($119).
RAFTING, SLEDGING
Kaituna Cascades
( 07-345 4199, 0800 524 8862;
www.kaitunacascades.co.nz
)
Rafting on the Kaituna ($84), Rangitaiki
($118) and Wairoa ($108), plus kayaking options and combos.
RAFTING, KAYAKING
Go Wild Adventures
( 07-533 2926;
www.adventurekayaking.co.nz
)
Takes trips on Lakes Rotorua, Rotoiti, Tarawera
and Okataina (per two hours/half-day/full day from $80/95/130). Also offers freedom hire
(from $50 per day).
KAYAKING
Kaitiaki Adventures
( 07-357 2236, 0800 338 736;
www.kaitiaki.co.nz
)
Offers white-water rafting trips on the Kaituna
($95), Wairoa ($99) and Rangitaiki ($125), plus sledging on the Wairoa ($299) and a
Grade III section of the Kaituna ($109).
RAFTING, SLEDGING
Kaituna Kayaks
( 07-362 4486;
www.kaitunakayaks.co.nz
;
half-day trips from $199, lessons per half-/full day from $199/299)
Guided tandem trips and kayaking lessons (cheaper for groups) on the Kaituna River.
KAYAKING
Thermal Pools & Massage
Spa/pool complexes in the area include Hells Gate & Wai Ora Spa (
Click here
)
, 16km
northeast of Rotorua, and Waikite Valley Thermal Pools (
Click here
)
, around 35km south.
SPA, MASSAGE
Polynesian Spa
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 07-348 1328;
www.polynesianspa.co.nz
;
1000 Hinemoa St; adults-only pools $25, private pools per 30min adult/
child from $18/6.50, family pool adult/child/family $14.50/6.50/36, spa therapies from $85; 8am-11pm, spa ther-
apies 10am-7pm)
A bathhouse opened at these Government Gardens springs in 1882, and
people have been swearing by the waters ever since. There is mineral bathing (36°C to
42°C) in several picturesque pools at the lake's edge, marble-lined terraced pools and a
larger, main pool. Also here are luxury therapies (massage, mud and beauty treatments)
and a cafe.
