Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 07-343 9500, 0800 723 822)
Rafting trips on the Kaituna ($105), Rangitaiki ($139) and
Wairoa ($129), plus sledging on the Kaituna ($119).
Kaituna Cascades
RAFTING, KAYAKING
( 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.
Go Wild Adventures
KAYAKING
( 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).
Kaitiaki Adventures
RAFTING, SLEDGING
( 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).
Kaituna Kayaks
KAYAKING
( 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.
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.
Polynesian Spa
SPA, MASSAGE
( 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 therapies 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.
Tramping
