Rotorua - we're coming!
On April 26th a few friends of mine and I have been to Rotorua. And hey, the day became even much more fun than we had thought. How come?
Of course, the weather wasn’t on our side and it was rainy all day long but we wouldn’t have been stopped by ugly wet autumn weather, no panic.
But maybe the car, which obviously wasn’t the latest model and made some strange noises, could have thwarted our plans. But that story had a happy ending, too.
After all the main problems had been eliminated the only challenge was to find a good spot to begin with our sightseeing/adventure tour.
On our way to Rotorua we passed the Agrodome, a centre with a lot of adventurous activities to experience.
Hence off we went to Rotorua, a city surrounded by volcanos and known for its healing baths. So, that’s why the city is known for its totally strong and characteristic smell of sulphur because a lot of open wells dominate the area in and around Rotorua. By the way, Rotorua is the Maori word for 'second lake'.
The city is one of New Zealand’s cultural centres and very popular among tourists. No real surprise, though.
The Rotorua Museum, which is an ancient (now restored) bathhouse from 1907 offers a deep view into native Maori culture and is an architectural joy as well!
Some steamy sulphur wells are located not far from the museum - " take a breath! It’s a pity that photos or videos can’t transport that typical smell in our living rooms at home when we’re showing our photos to curious relatives and friends.
Another interesting activity we did was just normal window-shopping but thanks to many art galleries and different gift shops it wasn’t boring at all.
Okay, back to the Agrodome experience.
Everybody, who loves extreme challenges, will love that place. It’s great but not really cheap fun. You can challenging yourself with a bungy jump from a 43 m high crane, an awesome unattached body flying experience, an unstoppable downhill ride inside a Zorb, a fast Agrojet ride and some other ‘neat little’ attractions.
We tried out the Swoop, which is a 130-kph flight through the air - " just breathtaking and shaking!
All in all the Rotorua adventure trip was an interesting, funny and completely surprising day! And there are still so much more new spots and activities to explore …
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This center offers many different but also quite expensive outside fun activities that are absolutely breathtaking.
It’s hard to decide what to do because all adventures are tempting but if you won’t spend your entire holiday budget you have to make a decision.
Would you enjoy one of New Zealand’s fastest JET-BOATING trips? Or would you prefer the BUNGY JUMP from a 43m high crane? Maybe you would like the FREEFALL XTREME, where you are blown about three meters high? If you prefer a group adrenalin kick you should try the SWOOP, where you flying through the air like a hang-glider or the exciting downhill ride inside a ZORB, which is a transparent ball. If you want to experience a totally new vehicle experience you should try the SHWEEP, just race along the unique human-powered monorail racetrack.
And if you finally need to relax just enjoy the farm tour or the entertaining sheep shearing show.
Every single Agrodome experience is completely good fun and can be a sensational but too short experience that’s why I think that the price performance ratio could be a bit more convincing.
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