Rotorua Native Tours

Rotorua Māori Tours – Guided Day-Tours and Personalised Tours for one to eight people


Experience a unique Rotorua guided day tour and Māori culture with a local Māori guide. Visit sacred places, geothermal hot springs, enjoy native food flavours, Traditional Māori bodywork healing and manaakitanga (Māori hospitality).

Wiki and her family belong to the local Rotorua Te Arawa tribe sharing their local knowledge as they guide you to their favourite secret spots off the beaten track and off the commercial tourism-route.

Rotorua Tours

Start your day with an optional traditional Māori healing massage at Wiki’s Lakeside Retreat overlooking Lake Rotoiti.

Experience the ‘mauri’ (life essence) and ‘wairua’ (spirit) when you are guided through ancient forests to learn about the medicinal and culinary properties of the native trees and plants. Pick kawakawa to make a native cleansing tea.

For lunch excite the taste buds with organic and regional New Zealand produce flavoured with our native herbs and spices prepared by Wiki.

Visit our family ancestral Māori Pa at Ohinemutu to learn about Māori culture and history.

Experience total relaxation with a soak in therapeutic healing soda bubble pools, with 26 minerals to penetrate the body and soften the skin.

Visit a Māori carver and a unique Māori sculpture garden

Choose from the following options

Go Native Rongoa Māori Day Tour
•Native bush walk and rongoa (Māori plant medicine) education
•Native flavours inspired lunch with organic and regional produce
•Māori sculpture garden visit
•Bathe in geothermal hot mineral pools
•2014 – Cost $250 per person)
•Duration: 6.5 hours – note this is not a strenuous physical activity

Māori Healing Culture Day Tour
•Visit to Ohinemutu Māori ancestral village-Papaiouru Marae
•Traditional Romiromi and Mirimiri Maori Massage and healing at Lakeside Retreat overlooking Lake Rotoiti
•Native flavours inspired lunch with organic and regional produce
•Bathe in geothermal healing pools perfect for relaxation at the end of your day
•2014-Cost $300 per person
•Duration – 6.5 hours