Mike Yardley: Elemental pleasures in Rotorua
Unleash your own sense of spring fever and embrace the elements around Rotorua. The thrills are free at the gorgeously landscaped Kuirau Park, where it’s c
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Unleash your own sense of spring fever and embrace the elements around Rotorua. The thrills are free at the gorgeously landscaped Kuirau Park, where it’s c
Brook Sabin Hidden in the central North Island is a hot spring that you can only get to by boat or plane. Steam rises off the lake in front of bush-clad hills as Pure Cruise’s luxury catamaran, Tiua, eases across Lake Rotoiti. Then, like a mirage, civilisation appears in the form of hot pools, buildings and jetties lined with boats. These are the hidden hot springs of Manupirua Bay, Lake Rotoiti, near Rotorua. The only way there is by boat, or air, which makes it seem like being escorted into a privileged, secret club. Private boats and charter boats snuggle up to the jetties and Volcanic...