A day with geysers and Maori!

(Rotorua, New Zealand, 17th of January 2017)

This morning we spent some time buying a bus ticket for the next day’s destination, Waitomo caves, and then we went for a tour of the Te Puia Park with the Geyser Pohutu. Our hotel could be viewed from the park and it really looks like a ghost hotel.

The ticket price included a guide and besides bubbling mud pools we also got to see Maori handicraft and a Kiwi bird.

We spent the evening in the Maori village Tamaki Maori Village where we got to see the Haka dance (Maori war dance), ancient games and listen to beautiful Maori songs.

It all ended with a very delicious meal where meat and vegetables were cooked in baskets in holes in the ground. Delicious!

For dessert we had Pavlova cake which apparently is a speciality of New Zeeland. The evening was really enjoyable and memorable, especially I liked the Maori songs.

/Christel