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Why donft you try these activitities! Rotorua, Waitomo, and Taupo are the mecca of adrenaline activities in New Zealand. You can book the activities below and ask about other activities at the counter.

Ph: 07-348-3486
Email: info@spalodge.co.nz

Let's take a look some of our recommendations.

Hellfs Gate / Kaituna Cascades / Tamaki Tours
Zorb / Off Road NZ / Wai O Tapu
Hobbiton Movie Set and Farm Tour / NZOne


Hellfs Gate - Mud volcano and Mud Spa

New Zealandfs only accessible mud Volcano! Follow the footstep of warriors past through the swirling clouds of steam, pass the pool where our Maori Princess eHurutinif lost her life and and the violent geothermal activity of the Inferno with temperature in excess of 105 degree C - to the Kakahi Falls, the largest hot waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere. eWai Oraf Spa at Tikitere has been known and treasured by the local Maori people as a place of healing and revitalizing. Its special waters and muds have been looked after for centuries by Kaitiaki (Guardian Warriors).
- Special mud therapy package
- Traditional Wai Ora massage
- Private mud baths
- Body mud scrubs
- Facials & Mud masks

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Kaituna Cascades - Rafting
Kaituna cascade is a company of paddlers, offering many types of rafting on the rivers surrounding Rotorua. With a raft/kayak, you will jump into the pool, raft water falls and canyons, and paddle through rapids gradients, and Rotoiti lake. If you are water enthusiasts, you will enjoy these adrenaline rafting/kayaking.
- Kaituna River (pool/drop/pool)
- Rangitaiki River (continuous gradient)
- Wairoa River (pool/drop/poo)
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- Topo duo (Awesome tandem kayaking)
- Lake Rotoiti

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Tamaki Tours - Maori concert and Hangi dinner
  Journey back in time to pre-European lifestyle experience of customs and traditions while ambling down the pathways of the rediscovered village as it comes alive to the sound and activities of tribal songs, dances, myths, legends and spiritual stories. Enjoy the nightfs Hangi dinner with us in a time of sharing and feasting to a banquet of succulent foods cooked traditionally on hot rocks in an earthen oven. Departing time - 5pm, 6pm, 7pm in summer - 5pm, 7pm in winter

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Zorb
Zorb is an activity which a person in the middle of this big ball. They got about 700 mm of air between them and the ground - that's about 2 feet for you metrically challenged folks - and this air cushion keeps them safe as they hurtle down the side of a hill at speeds of up to 50 kilometres per hour. There are 3 types of Zorbs are available. Harness Zorbing The Zorbonaut is strapped into a harness and rolls down the hill. This gives you maximum G force as you tumble head over heels.There is a sensation of weightlessness at the top of the Zorb, and the view of green grass followed by blue sky. Hydro-Zorbing The Zorbonaut is not harnessed in the Zorb but free with a bucket of water. You and up to two others slide on the bottom of the Zorb, standing up or backwards. In winter we use hot water giving you a sauna on wheels. Zylinder Take a Zorb turn it inside out and upside down. Now get two of these and cut them in half and join them together and you have the Zylinder. Developed just for children who are too young or small to go into the big Zorbs.

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Off Road NZ - Riding with 4 wheels buggy
If you are looking for pulse racing, adrenaline pumping adventure, you have found it! Off Road NZ provides the best self drive off road vehicle experience of its type in New Zealand. There are thrills for men and women of all ages. Test your SPEED, SKILL, ACCURACY and NERVE. You will be surprised! We pride ourselves in running a professional, safe operation with key focus on providing clients with first class, action packed, high adventure. You will always be welcome at Off Road NZ. Whether you have a go at driving one of our 4WD's, racing a sprint car, riding our Monster 4X4 Truck, blasting claybirds, firing arrows, golf hole-in-1, novelty steer cars and bikes, team building challenges or relaxing around the camp fire in our Native Bush Camp catering venue.
- 4WD bush safari
- Sprint Cars
- Monster truck
- Claybird shooting
- Archery & Golf

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Wai O Tapu - Scenic Volcano Tour
Wai O Tapu (eSacred Waterf ) is New Zealandfs most colourful and diverse volcanic area. The walks take visitors on a journey through stunning geothermal activity and unforgettable vistas. The Artistfs Palette A panorama of hot and cold pools, and steaming, hissing fumeroles with everchanging colours. The Champagne Pool Unique in the world,m a fifth of a hectare of bubbling, hissing water, with a beautiful ochre-coloured petrified edge. Mud Pools The largest violent and spectacular boiling mud in New Zealand. Lady Knox Geysers It erupts daily 10.15 am reaching height of up to 20 metres. Huge Volcanic craters Well over a dozen craters, some formed by eruptions, some by internal chasms.

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Hobbiton Movie Set and Farm Tour
  Daily tours are now available to visit the original Hobbiton village set from the Lord of The Rings movie trilogy.
The hobbiton movie set has returned to its nature state, however hobbit holes and some structures from the film set are still present.

your tour guide will escort you through the ten acre site recounting fascinating details on houw the Hobbiton set was created.

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NZOne - Sky diving
It takes a certain kind of person to step out of an aircraft at 15,000ft (5,000m) into the air. You are harnessed by space age materials to an experienced qualified Jumpmaster makes a little difference. you step out that aircraft door and for some 60 seconds you plummet towards the ground at 200km/h. The first skydive is a scary thing. You can expect sensory overload as your mind/soul/body fight against every natural self-preservatory urge.

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Rotorua has a lot more to offer, please feel free to ask any questions. We are pretty good at it!