Rotorua

 Last full day on board 

Once we were back on board we played three games of rummy under cover at the pool side. 

After that we were at the hot tub where we had a good time chatting with other people. 

A short nap later and we headed out for supper in the main dining room. We both had steak tonight. It was very good.

Two more games of rummy followed by a fantastic stage show finished our night. 

In the morning we walked around Tauranga for an hour enjoying the beaches and townsite. One of the beaches we saw ( Maunganui ) is rated in the top 25 beaches in the world. 

We picked up our 6 1/2 hour Rotorua tour at 1000 hours. We drove through beautiful countryside forests and valleys to a thermally active  old volcano lake (Rotorua).We saw lots of thermal vents, smelled the sulphur in the air and at one point we were able to dip our feet in a pool of hot water which felt very nice. 

We next went to a Moari village where  lunch was served, followed by a short drive to a Redwood forest to do the world’s longest living tree walk. At the beginning of the 1900’s the NZ government planted huge areas of various types of trees to see which type of tree was best for lumber ( it was not Redwoods and the decision was made to keep all these trees , and now there is a beautiful forest)

A final stop to get a close up of kiwi fruit on the vine orchard and then back to town.