Explore geysers, meet kiwi, and connect with Māori culture on a 90-minute guided journey through Te Whakarewarewa Valley—Rotorua’s living geothermal and cultural heart.
Experience Rotorua's top guided experience at Te Puia!Te Puia invites guests to discover the beauty hidden within the Te Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley.
Delve into Te Puia's interesting history on a personalized guided tour, where each guide adds a unique touch, creating a genuine connection with the experience. Explore the 60-hectare landscape of untouched beauty, featuring impressive geysers, mud pools and lush forests that surround. Take a breathtaking stroll along the Te Whakarewarewa geyser terrace, home to the Pōhutu geyser—the Southern Hemisphere's largest!
Encounter our national treasure, the Kiwi, up close at the modern Kiwi Conservation Centre. Marvel at traditional Māori carving and weaving at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, showcasing wood, stone, bone carvings, and flax-weaving. Browse the collections at the Āhua Gallery, featuring pounamu, wood carvings, whalebone, bronze, stone, and more.
Te Rā's guided experience offers discovery, cultural richness, and natural beauty. Be among the generations of visitors to experience Te Puia!
We had a great time. Our guide was informative while making everything fun and interesting. I gained another perspective of Māori history and culture. Well worth a visit.
The tour was very interesting, thank you !
It's interesting but it's expensive. The guided tour is too quick. We don't have time to really visit the sculpture school. The passage to see the kiwis is very good.Fortunately you can walk around the site alone after the guided tour.
Great to see kiwi birds in real life. Also nice mud pools, geyser and Māori art.
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Patricia Cunningham from United Kingdom wrote on 15 October 2025
Best part was seeing some kiwis
Our guides were excellent - very knowledgeable and always happy to answer questions. Our experience could have been better if the weather had been kinder - a bit more sunshine and less rain. The geysers were good to see and the main geyser was active so even better. The best part was that we managed to see a couple of kiwis that are in the conservation project. Learning a bit about Māori culture in the institute was also interesting. All in all a good afternoon out with friendly, helpful and know your guides.