Places to Eat
As a world-class holiday destination, Rotorua is renowned for its award winning restaurants, Maori Hangi dining and contemporary cuisine using the freshest of New Zealand flavours combined with international flair.
As a world-class holiday destination, Rotorua is renowned for its award winning restaurants, Maori Hangi dining and contemporary cuisine using the freshest of New Zealand flavours combined with international flair.
The popularity of Rotorua as a premium New Zealand holiday destination has seen a staggering increase in the number of beds on offer! Within a stones throw from the lake you can find great accommodation, infact, in Rotorua you can find any type of accommodation to suit your budget and holiday plans!
Rotorua is world-renowned for its local Maori culture, geothermal wonderland, numerous lakes and stunning natural scenery. Rotorua is steeped in history, tradition and culture. The name Rotorua comes from Maori, the full name is Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe.
Rotorua is a tourist destination that truly does capture the best of New Zealand all in one exciting region! Whatever your idea is for a perfect holiday, be it relaxing in hot pools and unwinding, exploring the great outdoors, delving into our unique Maori culture or extreme action.
While most visitors come to Rotorua to experience the amazing Maori culture, unique scenery and world-class attractions, if you enjoy strolling the city streets and window-shopping, or perusing local stalls and markets, then you will be pretty satisfied with what Rotorua has to offer.
Where the city meets the sea, that’s where you’ll find Whangarei, Maori translation for "Bountiful Land". A two hour drive north of Auckland, is this medium-sized, laid back city at the top of the North Island.
If you’re looking for a destination central to many interesting locations but with a slightly rural atmosphere, Hamilton could be the place for you. Situated in the North Island, a two hour drive south of Auckland, Hamilton caters to the whole Waikato region.
The East Cape offers a slow, peaceful existence to those who reside there, and an equally relaxed, enchanting place for its visitors. With few harbours and a mountainous, wild bush interior, the Cape has been isolated for many years until the road network was completed.
If total isolation and total wilderness excites you, the Chatham Islands may just be the destination you have been searching for. Located east of the South Island, the ‘Chathams’, as they are affectionately known, is approximately a 1 hour flight from Wellington or Christchurch!
This laid-back sun-drenched eastern corner of the Bay of Plenty has golden sand beaches for those who want to laze and swim. It also has action aplenty for adrenalin-junkies and adventurers. This is a town that is small in numbers but big in attitude.
'The Mount' rises abruptly at the entrance to Tauranga Harbour. It is an extinct volcanic cone that towers over the idyllic Ocean Beach, a summer mecca for thousands of sun, sea, surf and sand worshippers.
Sun and fun aplenty, all year round, is the main feature of the beautiful Bay of Plenty. You will never be lost for things to do here.