{"id":2360,"date":"2025-01-28T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amberrfield.com\/staging\/1483\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2025-01-27T08:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:20:13","slug":"new-zealand-travel-rotorua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amberrfield.com\/staging\/1483\/new-zealand-travel-rotorua\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Travel: Rotorua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rotorua is a small city on a huge lake that’s packed with a lot of activities, from ziplining to geothermal wonders. Last week, I showed you what there is to do around Mount Maunganui<\/a>. This week, we travel an hour away from the Bay of Plenty to take a look at Rotorua. Here’s why I think a visit to the area is worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rotorua On The Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Zorbing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have you heard of zorbing<\/a>? Zorbing is one of the weirder things you can do in New Zealand. When you zorb, you get into a giant inflated ball that has a little bit of water in it with a couple of your friends and then….they push you down a hill. Rotorua is the place it was invented and Zorb Rotorua<\/a> is the place to try it. They have four tracks that are either straight or that zig and zag you through field and forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zorb Rotorua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why on Earth did we do this? Well, I made a list of experience present choices for the kids this year. Since we were traveling over the holidays and had to pack light, each kid got to pick out something to do as their big Christmas present. I included a couple of quintessential New Zealand activities, of course (zorbing and bungy jumping) and my youngest daughter picked zorbing. She didn’t even think about it, she just knew she wanted to do it. (Thank goodness no one picked bungy jumping!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jumping Into the Zorb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Zorbing was honestly pretty fun. We did two tracks: one straight, fast one, and one that zigged back and forth down the hill. By far, I would recommend the straight fast track. I got a little queasy on the second one, but we all had a ton of fun. Here’s what it’s like to be inside of one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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