Rotorua Cultural Activities
Rotorua’s rich Maori heritage gives an added cultural dimension to your holiday. Visit a Maori village, learn about the famous haka and sample a succulent hangi (Maori feast).
- Be welcomed into an authentic Maori village to discover Maori art forms, ancient rituals and traditions, experience thrilling song and dance, and then share in a 3 course meal with your Maori hosts.
- At Mitai you will an authentic introduction to Maori culture. Be enthralled by the natural bush setting, see traditional Maori warriors paddle an ancient warrior canoe (waka), enjoy an authentic hangi dinner, and dont miss your only opportunity in the Rotorua area to see glow worms in their natural habitat.
- Located only minutes from Golden Glow Motel, Te Puia is New Zealands living Maori cultural centre. Te Puias is home to the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, a live kiwi enclosure, the world-famous Pohutu Geyser, and more than 500 geothermal wonders.
- Hells Gate, New Zealand's only Maori owned thermal park is a geothermal attraction featuring boiling hot pools, erupting waters, hot water lakes, sulphur crystals, and New Zealand's largest active mud volcano.
- The people of Te Whakarewarewa village have have shared their home, their culture, and their way of life with visitors from all around the world for over two hundred years. Join a guided tour of the village and iconic Maori cultural performances and a traditional Maori Hangi meal.