Choose a luxury hotel in Rotorua with Small Luxury Hotels of the World to sip fine New Zealand wines in the heartland of Maori culture. Explore national parks dotted with bubbling geothermal mud pools, sail on a pristine volcanic lake or bicycle through cool green forests of fern and pine.
Luxury things to do in Rotorua
During a private trek near Lake Tarawera, your guide will point out rocks adorned with ancient Maori paintings. At Tarawera Falls, where white-water surges from a fissure in the rock face, you’ll spot native forest birds like tomtits and fantails. Warm, velvety mineral-rich waters envelop your body as you luxuriate in a Polynesian spa bath overlooking Lake Rotorua. Navigate steaming sulphurous craters with your personal caddy as you play a dramatic round of 18-hole golf.
Luxury shopping in Rotorua
Near Kuirau Park in downtown Rotorua, Haupapa Street’s boutiques sell intricate, hand-carved traditional wooden Maori sculptures. On Fenton Street, browse exclusive shops for the softest sweaters and cosy scarves hand knitted from fine New Zealand merino wool. Artisan jewellers create bespoke pendants and bracelets from locally sourced jade that’s been polished until it gleams.
Gourmet Rotorua
Take a seat in a glass-fronted mountainside restaurant where chefs prepare succulent dishes like lightly smoked duck breast smothered in local Manuka honey. You can savour a glass of full-bodied fruit-driven Pinot Noir as you admire the sun setting behind volcanic peaks. Roasted apple and walnut crumble is served with decadent Pohutukawa ice cream.
Book a luxury hotel in Rotorua with Small Luxury Hotels of the Word to explore native bushland and luxuriate in blissful thermal pools. You’ll awake in an exclusive eco-lodge surrounded by 800-year-old forests or in a boutique lakeside hotel set on its own private peninsular.