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From £37.54
Location: Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
4star based on 29 reviews

Complete your adventure through Rotorua with a traditional Maori “hangi” feast. You’ll travel by coach to Tamaki Maori Village where your local guide will escort you on a cultural journey to the “marae” (Maori village), the life force of New Zealand’s indigenous people. Take the opportunity to engage in an evening of local customs including a traditional Maori dinner feast.

Highlights

• Free hotel pickup and drop-off included
• Led by a local guide
• Great overview and orientation of the city
• Dinner included
• Tour conducted in English

Your journey through time unfolds when your coach travels to a pre-European village set deep within the forest, 15 minutes from Rotorua. Let this 3.5-hour tour and your imagination take over as your guide instructs you on the protocol for visiting the marae. A chief is selected, a song is learnt and the eerie cry of the welcome is heard before you enter the world of the proud warriors of the ancient Maori.

You will experience the powhiri (welcome ceremony) before you enter the village, with crackling open fires in front of traditional whare (houses). You’ll hear traditional Maori instruments and watch the daily activities of days gone by. In the wharenui (meeting house), a Rangiatea culture group offers a powerful display of haka song and dance. Then, as new friendships are forged, dine on a traditional hangi feast, where the food is cooked slowly beneath the ground in earth ovens.

This is an amazing re-enactment based on actual events from history, with real characters, traditional arts and crafts, powerful song and dance while enjoying an authentic Hangi feas

Schedule

Departure Point: Tour departs from your selected Rotorua city hotel – Or – Hinemaru Street, Rotorua

Departure Time: You’ll be booked for the 6:30pm show, if the show is full you’ll be allocated to attend the 5:30pm or the 7:30pm show.

Hotel pickups commence approximately 30 – 60 minutes prior to this time, exact pickup time will be advised on reconfirmation.

Return Details: Returns to original departure point

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We had the best time here at the Tamaki Maori Concert and Hangi. It was one of the highlights of our whole NZ experience. Out bus driver who was part of the whole experience was amazing! Entertaining, informative, funny and a whole lot of fun. The ceremony was very interesting and the whole experience certainly opened my eyes to a culture I knew very little about. I have come away more open. The food was delicious and so much of it. You won’t come away hungry from this one! The village is set up so you can see more of the tradition and how things were done. There are a couple of little shops so you can bring some of the experience home. I had 2 teenage sons with me and they loved it just as much as I did. The bus ride back to the hotel again with Mark was a whole lot of fun and you really feel like part of the experience and that you are really valued. I couldn’t recommend this more highly. Excellent!!! Well worth the money and also not having to worry about driving there and back as you get picked up from wherever you are staying in Rotorua. Again, excellent!!

Reviewed by: kylie M, Australia

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