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ROTORUA LODGE  

Lake Rotorua    
North Island, New Zealand     

THE ACCOMMODATION: Rotorua Lodge offers three spacious bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and TV. Bathrooms have hair dryers and heated towel racks. The bedrooms feature views overlooking Lake Rotorua, two from furnished balconies.
     Common rooms include a spacious guest lounge overlooking the lake with Sky TV, pool table, library, fridge, and tea/coffee facilities. There is a separate conservatory/breakfast room with cozy log fire and bar.
     The lodge provides guests a choice of continental or cooked-to-order breakfast each morning. Wide, furnished verandahs open onto manicured lawns and gardens with spa pool and barbecue. Telephone, fax, internet, and laundry are available.

          DOUBLE BEDROOM SUITE WITH
FURNISHED BALCONY AT ROTORUA LODGE.

THE HOSTS at Rotorua Lodge take an active interest in their guests, and are enthusiastic and very knowledgeable about the Rotorua region. They will help you make arrangements for all kinds of activities, from golf to dinner reservations—but especially fishing, for your host is an expert fishing guide.

HIGHLY-RATED: Rotorua Lodge is a perennially top-rated Home at First accommodation on the North Island of New Zealand by guest review.

VAL & BRIAN, THE WELCOMING, HELPFUL
OWNER/HOSTS AT ROTORUA LODGE.

THE SETTING: The cedar wood and native stone house stands at the end of a non-through street (no traffic noise) at the entrance of a fishing creek into Lake Rotorua.

FISHING IS AS CLOSE AS THE CREEK BY   ROTORUA LODGE.

THE LOCATION: of Rotorua Lodge is about ten minutes drive northwest of the small city of Rotorua, best known as the center of New Zealand’s large, active geothermal area. Like America’s Yellowstone Park, Rotorua’s Whakarewarewa Themal Reserve is home to a strange geology of geysers, fumeroles, boiling mudpots, and hot springs. The Thermal Reserve can be found by following your nose—the smell of sulphur permeates Rotorua (but does not reach Rotorua Lodge). Rotorua is also a well-known center of native Maori culture. In fact the thermal reserve is on Maori land—land sacred to the native New Zealanders. The dual attractions of the large geothermal zone and the Maori culture make Rotorua a major New Zealand tourism center. For its size Rotorua offers a great number of restaurants, shops, and activities.

MAORI MEETING HOUSE, ROTORUA.

ACTIVITIES: In addition to the thermal reserve, Rotorua offers the opportunity to observe traditional Maori life at Whakarewarewa. In the evenings it is possible to experience a Maori hangi and concert. After native experiences and geothermal wonders, Rotorua’s third major drawing card is fishing. World-class trout fishing is available here—on Lake Rotorua and other regional lakes and streams. Your host is a fishing expert who can organize guided fishing excursions on Lake Rotorua and throughout the region, with guides, licenses, transport, provisions, and equipment provided.

JET BOATING THRILLS AT THE NEARBY AGRODOME,
ROTORUA'S AGRICULTURE THEME PARK.

        In addition, at Rotorua Lodge there is canoeing on the lake, and motorboat rental. Nearby, there are 5 golf courses, hunting and horseback riding, helicopter touring, white water rafting, and, at the Agrodome theme park, jetboating and zorbing—making the Rotorua area a major outdoor and adventure activities center on the North Island.

AVAILABILITY: For current availability information, call HOME AT FIRST at (800) 523-5842, or contact us by e-mail at: info@homeatfirst.com

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