There’s possibly no better way to experience Rotorua than to undergo the exhilarating adventures of water sports amongst the freefalling water ways and natural lakes that lie interconnected in delightful abundance at this famous tourist destination. This is also probably the largest tourist area in New Zealand that affords a pretty glimpse of the still prevailing Maori lifestyle.
Water based excursions are many and vary from cruising down in a fine boat to enjoying the amazing scenery,fishing excursions and the more adrenaline pumping activities like kayaking and white water rafting. The Kaituna River is one special location where either rafting or sledging can be enjoyed with world class safety measures as well as reliable safety gear. You can also enjoy sledging where you get to drive your own vessel, manipulating your journey with the flippers at your feet while gliding or falling with the water. The real peaks include the 7m Tutea Falls that you encounter on your journey including 14 drops that will momentary suspend your heartbeat as you cascade down. The amazing thing is that the training and guidance is so exceptional that you need not have prior experience and while you are on your own down this cruise, your safety is definitely ensured. Rafting is likewise one awesome way to experience water based adventures and comes in graded levels to suit different capacities.
If one prefers a slightly less adventurous way to explore Rotorua’s unchartered waters, the jet boat is a superb choice as it takes you along a speedy ride complete with a combination of spins that will leave you dizzy with sheer delight. For the more placid temperaments, what better choice than to cruise along Lake Rotorua in a pretty sailboat basking in the awesome sunshine and scenery; or maybe sit down to do some serious trout fishing for which this area is famous.
A brief stroll away from Rotorua takes you to the sight of the splendid Millennium Hotel Rotorua whose strategic location means that it is within easy reach of Rotorua’s International Convention Centre, the world renowned Polynesian Spa as well as other main tourist attractions. As a hotel in Rotorua, the Millennium Hotel definitely lives up to a traveller’s expectations with its generous array of suites and deluxe rooms with all modern facilities. Holiday accommodation Rotorua cannot get better than this when one also considers the irresistible culinary spread laid out everyday for you to enjoy authentic New Zealand cuisine after exploring this beautiful part of the country all day.