Auckland and Rotorua

Get the best of both worlds when you stay at SKYCITY Hotel in the heart of Auckland City. The Qualmark rated four plus star hotel means you can relax and enjoy all the luxuries of a top hotel - spacious deluxe rooms, a heated rooftop pool, sauna and gym.

Or choose from two casinos, 18 restaurants and bars, a theatre, free live entertainment and the spectacular Sky Tower - all right on your doorstep!

Enjoy a buffet dinner at the Observatory Restaurant of Sky Tower, the highest building in the Southern Hemisphere. A full buffet breakfast is also included each morning.

Observatory Restaurant

For a dining experience with magnificent views of Auckland, take a ride up the Sky Tower to The Observatory Restaurant.

With our unique combination of sumptuous brasserie-style buffet, stunning seafood specialties and succulent cook-to-order specials - on top of spectacular views - we know we'll see more of you, too.

Guests enjoy complimentary access to Sky Tower's main observation level before or after dining. Please note that the observation levels close at 10.30pm.

Half day sightseeing with Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World

See first hand why Auckland is known as the City of Sails as you enjoy a trip over the Harbour Bridge. Visit the famous Auckland landmark of Mount Eden, a dormant volcano whose summit offers excellent panoramic views of the city and harbours. From this fantastic vantage point you will see evidence of Auckland's volcanic history, the most significant being the youngest volcano of Rangitoto Island at the entrance to the Waitemata harbour.

The sightseeing tour also takes in the Auckland Domain, the city's oldest park which is situated on a 62,000 year old volcano. In addition to these natural features the city sights tour also takes in the trendy shopping area of Parnell Village with its historical buildings that have been transformed into boutiques, antique, craft and specialty shops. Your tour will then take you along the scenic waterfront route of Tamaki Drive before returning to Downtown.

Visit Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World. Learn about the city's fascinating history and discover spectacular scenery before plunging under Auckland's waterfront for a scuba diver's view of the incredible ocean that surrounds us. Come face to face with sharks, massive stingrays and other incredible deep sea creatures and watch King and Gentoo Penguins play in a simulated Antarctic environment.

Includes:Tour pick up and return to hotel.

Coachtour from Auckland to Waitomo including visit to Glowworm Caves then continuing to Rotorua (lunch included)

Travel south from Auckland through the rich farmland of the Waikato on to Waitomo.

Enjoy a guided tour through the long galleries and lofty chambers of the World Famous Glowworm Caves. Your tour continues with a boat ride through the Glowworm Grotto, illuminated by thousands of tiny lights from the glow worms suspended from the cave ceiling. Following your tour there is time for your included lunch.

Continue to Rotorua by coach.

Millenium Hotel Rotorua is perfectly situated in the heart of the city by the lake and the Polynesian Spa. Five levels of superb accommodation offer a wide variety of scenic views over Lake Rotorua, Government Gardens and the hotel's own native garden courtyard.

227 rooms have Sky TV, minibar, tea & coffee making facilities, iron & ironing board and hairdryers and six ground floor rooms have private patio spa pools. Other facilities include bar, restaurant, heated swimming pool, day spa with sauna, private and gymnasium. In-house massages and beauty therapies available at The Spa.

Maori-performance at a Marae with Hangi feast

The Rotorua Story...

Journey of Ages, set in Rotorua, is the first story in The Chronicles of Uitara tale.

It is a time long before European have arrived in New Zealand. The still-new Maori culture is developing its own unique rituals and traditions. Maori tribes are being formed, land is being claimed and warfare is rife.

It is in this context that you and your fellow guests will approach the ancient Maori forest village of Ngati Tama and, guided by The Storyteller, you will come face to face with a revered sect of Maori warriors. Here, you meet Uitara IV. Though still a young man, he has become famous throughout the land for his physical prowess. Uitara is ambitious and hungry for war, so when news arrives that the fearless warlord Te Ao Huri is en route and recruiting Maori warriors for a rampage in to the South, Uitara IV is eager to enlist.

You’ll share in ancient ceremonies of welcome and of farewell, and experience the lifestyles and warrior traditions of pre-European times.

This is an amazing re-enactment - based on a true story, real characters and actual events over 3.5 hours every night, culminating in a traditional and delicious Hangi feast

Includes:Tour pick up and return to hotel.

Half day sightseeing tour with Te Puia, Maori Arts & Craft Institue, Rainbow Springs Nature Park, Agrodome Sheep Show

Experience Te Puia, a place of Maori culture and a thermal wonderland of impressive geysers and boiling mud pools. Explore Rainbow Springs Nature Park, which showcases native flora and fauna as well as the New Zealand Kiwi. Then see NZ's agricultural industry in action with a sheep shearing display and sheep dog trials at the Agrodome.

Includes: Tour pick up and return to hotel.