Top 4 Tauranga Volcano Tours

1.Tauranga Shore Excursion: Rotorua Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 427 reviews · from $152Our pick

Travel from Tauranga to Rotorua with a local driver-guide such as Stephen or Rolf. Visit a kiwifruit orchard, redwood forest, Government Gardens, and Whakarewarewa’s geysers. A Māori guide leads the village visit and cultural performance. Lunch is at your own expense, and port return is guaranteed.

“This was a tour of an authentic Mauri village built over hot springs and geysers. Twenty five families still live here. Tour was led by a Mauri resident and the performance was great. The Pohutu geyser fully erupted. We even got to taste ears of corn cooked in a boiling pool. Tour also included a visit to a kiwi fruit orchard with tasting, a stop at the Whakarewsrewa Forest, government gardens, and Kaituna Falls. The tour began at the ship’s port and our guide was very careful to watch the time all day in order to get us back to the ship in plenty of time.”

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2.6.5 hour Small-Group Rotorua Naturally Shore Excursion – Tauranga

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 283 reviews · from $135Best value

Travel from Tauranga to Rotorua with a small group and a local guide such as Simon, Richie, or Alistair. See geothermal pools, soak your feet at Kuirau Park, sample a hangi-style pie, visit the Redwoods Treewalk and Glow Worm Cave, and return to port in about 6.5 hours.

“We enjoyed half of this tour very much. The walk in the redwood forest, on rope walkways high above the forest floor, was the highlight of this excursion. We enjoyed a quick stop to see the kiwi fruit plantation. After that, the trip’s pace was far too slow and detailed for most of our group. Rotorua Lake is pretty but not worth a half hour stop there. And our guide obviously was really most interested in showing us the geothermal pools in the city park, and while these were interesting, he took a really long time to show us every little pool, losing the interest of the tour group. I…”

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3.Rotorua Geothermal Living Maori Village Tour Whakarewarewa 6.5hours Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 145 reviews · from $166

Travel from Tauranga to Whakarewarewa Living Māori Village with guides such as Jack, Brian, Peter, or Saskia. Walk among steaming pools, see Pohutu geyser, eat a light hangi-style lunch, watch a 30-minute cultural show, and tour Rotorua and Mount Maunganui.

“An absolute must do with the Maori village & the people living there. We had an incredible guide who was born in the village & the hot springs & geyser was amazing. The insight that our guide gave was incredible. One of the highlights of our trip. Thankyou”

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4.Rotorua Geothermal Wonderland Tour – Departs Tauranga

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 123 reviews · from $166Top rated

Travel from Tauranga to Rotorua in a 12-seat minivan with a local guide. Visit Te Puia for geysers, mud pools, kiwi birds, Māori arts, and a cultural performance, then walk among redwoods and return to Mount Maunganui.

“We had a great time on this tour! Russell was very knowledgeable and answered all our questions. We loved the experience at the Maori center and felt we had adequate time to see everything there. As cruise ship passengers, this tour allowed us to pack in as much as we could in our day in port. Highly recommend!”

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