It’s Day 300!! For this final major milestone of our 365 Days: 365 Activities, we need to do something EPIC! Luckily for us, this comes during the time we are in Taupo, which is considered the N

Taupo is one of those places where there are as much things to do off the land as there is to do on it! Yesterday we sailed on New Zealand’s largest lake and today we are hitting the Waikato to

Today we are visiting New Zealand’s most-visited natural attraction… but in style! Our morning drive brings us just outside of Taupo to the Wairakei Park, home of heaps of things to do inc

Yes! We are in Taupo, a town on the edge of New Zealand’s largest lake and what is considered the “Adventure Capital” of the North Island. We have 10 days of epic activities ahead of

After 10 days of mountain bike festivals, giant swings, Shweebs, jetboats, freefalling, zombie killing, geothermal parks under the rain, Zorbing, bathing in thermal pools, encountering endangered bird

Nowhere sums up Rotorua quite like Te Puia! The attraction easily accessed from the city encapsulated two of the most famous things Rotorua is known for: geothermal activity and the Maori culture. It&

Before we came to New Zealand, we just assumed these “kiwi birds” were everywhere – waiting for you to leave on the street so they could steal the crumbs of your lunch, stealing your

What’s a trip to Rotorua without a cheeky Luge ride? Admittedly, we took one tiny ride in the downhill go-karts during the Crankworx Festival when we first arrived in the city. It was just there

Kia Ora from Rotorua, home of Maori cultural experiences! Finally, the time has come for us to immerse in the Maori culture ourselves by staying in a traditional-style Maori village overnight! That

Today, we are going to run into the heart of a volcanic crater! Simple! Rotorua is, of course, famous for its geothermal activity which we have already discovered at Orakei Korako and Kuirau Park. But

Rotorua seems to have everything, doesn’t it? It has an unusual landscape of geothermal activity; it has Maori culture; it has adventure activities; and as we are about to find out today, Rotoru

We love Rotorua for its bizarre little oddities. Take its geothermal activity with steam rising from all sorts of weird and wonderful geothermal features, for instance, or its strange activities like

When you step our of your hostel and the smell of sulfur licks your face, you know you’re in Rotorua! The city is a geothermal hotbed. When walking or driving around the city, it’s easy to

Autumn in New Zealand often means rain… Lots of rain. Nevertheless, the show that is 365 Days: 365 Activities must go on! It turns out there are heaps of ways to spend a rainy day in Rotorua 

Update: Agroventures is now called “Velocity Valley”. We have such an action-packed day ahead that we’ll just jump straight into it! Our first activity of Day 287 out of 365 Days: 36