Tarawera and Rotorua Lakes Eco Tour by Boat with Guide
Description
The Tarawera and Lakes Tour is the ultimate way to experience the beauty of Rotorua's lakes district and uncover the stories of the land, its people, and the devastating 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera. This fully guided 120-minute adventure takes you across land and water aboard a genuine WWII amphibious duck, visiting four of Rotorua's stunning lakes and cruising across three — with the breathtaking Lake Tarawera at the foot of the mighty Mt Tarawera as the undeniable highlight. With comfortable seating and a small group setting, this tour is perfect for families, couples, and solo travellers looking to immerse themselves in Rotorua's rich history and spectacular natural landscapes. Our guides are passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated to making every tour an experience to remember.
Tour Options
Itinerary
We are on this attraction for 120mins
Drive past and learn about Treewalk
We travel onto Okareka and clients will learn about Lake,
We go onto this lake and clients will learn about this lake and and also get the chance to take photos
Drive by view and learn about
We visit and go onto Lake Tarawera 15-20mins. We also stop at the Landing Cafe on the shores of Tarawera where clients are able to soak up the amazing scenery.
View and learn about the eruption from Lake Tarawera at the foot of the mountain.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- We have tours available with translation sheets in Chinese, French and English
Reviews(202)
Pootu & Maui here and we had an awesome time with Tim & the rest of the group. We missed our first tour at 11am, so we booked for the one at 2:15pm and honestly, it was just AMAZING. Our tour guide is the BEST! Thank you so much for everything Tim.
We had an absolutely fantastic time on the Duck Tour! There were 6 of us in total—four visiting from the Polynesian Spa Retreat—and we joined the 3:30pm Lake Tarawera tour. Our guide Aaron (I think that was his name 🤔—the hilarious one!) and driver Matt made the experience unforgettable. We loved learning about the unique history of the “boat,” the surrounding geography, and the rich Māori stories shared along the way. The highlight was definitely the thrilling splash into the lake—and even more amazing was driving straight back out onto land! At one stop, one of our friends couldn’t resist and literally jumped in for a swim, which made the whole experience even more memorable. We’ll absolutely be recommending this to all of our visiting guests at the spa!
So very informative and totally enjoyable. Driver Matt and Aaron were both great. A little light humour made the experience great fun
Wow! This is some tour. My wife and I did the tour this afternoon and it was simply brilliant. Tim was our driver/guide and he simply did a great job to make the tour so memorable - great stories; great laughs; great information, so you learn so much about the lakes and the area you are travelling through. One of the best activities we've experienced since we've been in New Zealand. Put it top of your 'to do' list if you're visiting Rotarua! It tells you something about Tim's sense of humour when he plays music from 'The Titanic' when the 'Duck' enters the first lake!! Brilliant trip. Thank you, Tim
We had a good time till our weather forecast turned red warnings so missed out on last lake as too risky to go, our guide was always looking out for our safety!
Great tour.Tim was an amazing guide, very funny, friendly and very informative. Would recommend, great scenery. Time was spot on, 1.5 hr good time
This was a fun experience for sure! The duck tour was fun and we even learned a lot! We had a new guide who was training (with a veteran accompanying her) so we hit the jackpot! They were both caring and helpful.
Great experience Great comical lady driver Very factual tour A must do tour. Funny songs played when entering the lakes.
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to write this great feedback. Great to hear you enjoyed it.
We had a fabulous time on the tour. Matt was very funny and great story teller All three lakes were great. We got to Al almost endangered bird
Such kind words. Matt is such a character and a great tour guide. Thank you.
It was really great learniing so much amazing history of Rotorua. Also learned a lot about the history of the vehicle we were in.
