Rotorua Geothermal and Mt Maunganui Boutique Day Tour from Tauranga

Morning breaks over Mount Maunganui’s golden arc of sand, and the Pacific is already in motion—long, even sets pushing toward shore as gulls patrol the air. From the port, a small group slips into an air‑conditioned minivan and trades the salt air for the inland climb toward Rotorua. The highway threads through neat rows of kiwifruit vines, leaves rattling softly as if the orchards are comparing notes about the harvest. Beyond the farms, steam rises in thin white signatures across the hills—a quiet announcement that the earth here runs hot.