Distance: 275 km
had lunch at a little town called Opotiki
Left Gisborne for Rotorua, stopping by Opotiki for lunch - found a cosy restaurant run by a Chinese couple from China. My son had his favourite - fried chicken wings.
Arrived at Rotorua around 2 pm and headed straight for the Skyline Skyrides cable car which takes us up to Mount Ngongotaha for a bit of fun. I was eager to try out the luge ride which I saw on the Amazing Race Asia 1 when the teams went to New Zealand.
view of the city from the cable car
the luge ride...you just gotta try it!
zooming down the mountain
take a ride back up and start again!
My children enjoyed the luge so much that they rode it a few times and were quite reluctant to leave.
helicopter rides
On the way back to the motel we stopped by a park to have a look at some bubbling mud pools. We just took some quick snapshots and ran back to the car...we couldn't stand the smell!
This is one of the few motels that had a swimming pool.
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