Hobbiton to Rotorua

What to do next? Waitomo Caves or Rotorua? Both are about 1-1,5 hrs drive away. Checked the weather forecast and decided to go to Rotorua. The heart of the geothermal area. But first we made a visit to the Californian Redwoods. It‘s nice to see them again after our visit to California and Oregon in 2015. The climate in New Zealand is even better than in California or Oregon, which leads to a quicker growth of the trees.

For the treewalk we were able to use one of their specially made strollers, as no baby carriers were allowed, but Greta decided anyway to walk half of the treewalk holding on to mama‘s hands 🙈

Walking makes us hungry and we headed to downtown Rotorua and found a nice little Vietnamese Bistro. The Pho Bo was good, as well as the Rice Noodle salad. You do taste that everything‘s made from scratch & fresh.

The campground for the night was next to a creek and to lake Rotorua. The creek was steaming, due to the geothermal activities the water‘s rather warm, if not hot.Read more