Redwoods treewalk and geothermal hot pools ROTORUA, New Zealand | NORTH ISLAND NZ TRAVEL VLOG 5/5

This is the final vlog from our North Island NZ road trip that we shot a couple of weeks back. We've been to Rotorua many times before, but there's always so much to see and do in this city renowned for its fascinating geothermal activity. Rotorua is located in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand.

En route to Rotorua from Gisborne, we decided to make a quick stop to check out Lake Okataina but it wasn't much longer before we finally arrived at Redwoods Treewalk. This was something on our 'must do' list for Rotorua especially since there was a special on where you could do both the day and night time walks for $30 per person (normally you would have to pay for each walk so $60 per person).

Redwoods treewalk is a unique tree top walk suspended high up above the forest floor and takes roughly 40 minutes to cover the course. We recommend going later in the afternoon so that you can enjoy both the day and evening views as the sun goes down. It's quite a different experience at night when all the lights come on too. You'll want to line up relatively earlier for the night walk as the queue can get pretty long if you go too late.

Redwoods Treewalk
Address: 1 Long Mile Road, access off Tarawera Road, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua 3010
Hours: Monday - Sunday 9:30am–8pm (up to 9pm on Saturdays)

Rotorua is famous for its geothermal activity, hot pools, mud pools, and geysers and there are a few main places where you can check this out but Peter's favourite to see all this is Wai-O-Tapu. Here you can see acidic green lakes and the massive champagne pool where the natural colours are very vivid and striking. With 3 different walks you can do around Wai-O-Tapu, you can easily spend around 2 or so hours wondering about.

Wai-O-Tapu
Address: 201 Waiotapu Loop Road, Rotorua 3073
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Sat & Sun 9am–4pm
Closed Wednesdays and Thursdays

Something we really enjoy doing in cold weather is going for a soak in mineral hot pools. We find it's a great way to relax muscles and joints. An awesome thing about Waikite Valley Thermal Pools and what drew us to it is that it has private hot pools that you can book for 40 minute time slots and that also gives you access to their public pools. Best of all it's only a few bucks more than the general admission price and pools are drained and refilled daily.

Waikite Valley Thermal Pools
Address: 648 Waikite Valley Road, Waikite Valley, Rotorua 3077
Hours: Monday - Sunday 10:30am–8pm

To wrap up our time in Rotorua and our North Island road trip, we went to Saigon '60s for some delicious Vietnamese cuisine. We love Vietnamese food and were very happy to come across this place. Highly recommend their spring rolls! It transported us right back to Vietnam.

Saigon '60s Vietnamese Cuisine
Address: 1205 Fenton Street, Rotorua 3010
Hours: Monday - Sunday 11am–8:30pm

We hope you've enjoyed this NZ travel road trip series with us. Please do check out our previous vlogs from this North Island trip if you haven't seen them already :)

North Island NZ Road Trip Vlog 1 of 5:
https://youtu.be/Ryx-Rhbltvo

North Island NZ Road Trip Vlog 2 of 5:
https://youtu.be/fWDsmS817Ik

North Island NZ Road Trip Vlog 3 of 5:
https://youtu.be/DwmCY_o2eK8

North Island NZ Road Trip Vlog 4 of 5:
https://youtu.be/I1AskrZQdGI

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