Tuku Iho Guided Cultural Discovery Walk
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September 2025
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What you can expect
Experience a two-hour and 45-minute guided adventure through a geothermal valley rich with culture, history, and natural wonders. Walk along bushland tracks and sinter paths as your guide reveals how ancestors used these mineral-rich pools for cooking and bathing. Taste sweetcorn cooked the traditional way in an ancient boiling ngāwhā, while hearing the legendary tale of Hatupatu and Kurungaituku, a story of courage and survival. Along the way, you’ll also visit the Kiwi Conservation Centre, the sacred Rotowhio marae grounds, and the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute.
Your journey ends with a cultural performance inside the carved meeting house, Te Aronui a Rua. Be welcomed with a traditional pōhiri and listen to waiata (song), mōteatea (chant), poi, and the stirring haka. With guided walks, food tastings, and a full cultural showcase all included, it’s a truly unique way to connect with the land and the people that have shaped this extraordinary part of New Zealand.
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What you need to know
- Guided tour of geothermal areas, bushland trails, and cultural sites
- Learn ancient cooking methods and taste food from a boiling ngāwhā
- Cultural performance featuring pōhiri, waiata, mōteatea, poi, and haka
- Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure.
- This experience is two hours and 45 minutes in duration.
- This experience departs from Te Puia, 20 Hemo Road, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua 3010.
- Bookings are essential.
- Change your booking up to 24 hours before the start time of your experience
- Changes are not permitted within 24 hours of your experience
- Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience
- Confirmation in the form of a tour voucher will be received at time of booking
- Upon completion of purchase, please print the voucher and present on day of the experience
- Mobile Vouchers are accepted! Vouchers can also be presented on your mobile device for this attraction
- Availability was accurate at the time of booking however, is subject to change due to circumstances out of our control
- For your information, complete Tour Operator Information including contact details is included on your tour voucher
- We strongly suggest reconfirming your booking with the tour operator within 24 hours of making your booking and prior to making other travel arrangements
Need help?
- Email us at enquiry@experienceoz.com.au
- Help code: D2B-AF1A
- This experience is supplied by Te Puia Geothermal and Maori Cultural Experience
