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Rotorua

Highlights

  • Rafting/kayaking
  • Okere Falls Track
  • Annual October Beer Fest.

Proximity

  • by car:

    20 mins from Rotorua CBD

  • by car:

    3 hours from Auckland

Just outside Rotorua, Okere Falls is famed for its rapids, waterfalls, bush walk and beers.

Walking tracks in the reserve lead to four picturesque waterfalls, the site of Rotorua's first hydro-electric power station, the Tutea Caves and Hinemoa's Steps.
Rotorua
Okere Falls, Rotorua

Okere Falls(opens in new window) lies approximately 20km north of Rotorua and sits on the shores of Lake Rotoiti, at the inlet to the Kaituna River.

This section of the Kaituna River is extremely popular with rafters and kayakers due to its frequency of rapids and waterfalls, and also lays claim to having the highest commercially rafted waterfall in the world, at 7 metres. The first 11km of this section of the Kaituna River is often called “The Okere River” which fittingly means "the place of drifting" and is a site of significant Maori history. Kaituna referring to its importance as a source of food the river holds, namely eels.

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