FAMOUS PLACES AND POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS WE HAVE BEEN TO
[Places To See Before You're Too Old]
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22 June 2009

Rotorua Skyline Skyrides, Rotorua New Zealand

Rotorua Skyline Skyrides - Rotorua Starts Here! Set high on the side of Mount Ngongotaha with extensive views of Rotorua city, Lake Rotorua, geothermal areas and surrounding hinterlands, Skyline Skyrides provides the ideal venue for a day of family fun, a romantic evening for two or a event with that all important wow factor. Visit Skyline Skyrides Rotorua NZ, a true KIWI ICON. Take the Gondola Cableway; Visit the home of the LUGE; Relax in the Terraces Cafe and Sails. Soak up the views and enjoy the spectacular 'Best of New Zealand Buffet and Grill' night dining in the Cableway Restaurant and Bar.

Rotorua, New Zealand

Rotorua - “Kia ora” welcome to Rotorua, city of 13,000 beds and as many friendly hosts. Rotorua region captures the best of New Zealand all in one place! Whether seeking to experience Maori culture, geothermal earth forces, spa rejuvenation, thrills and adventure, or any of the other natural assets such as 16 lakes, some of the world's best mountain biking trails, fantastic trout fishing and myriad forest walking tracks – Rotorua delivers it all! "Rotorua - feel the spirit – Manaakitanga" is the catch-cry . . . and it holds a pretty powerful promise as well as an invitation to experience extraordinary slice of New Zealand. A deep-rooted Maori cultural concept, Manaakitanga places a responsibility on us as your hosts to give you the best of ourselves, our time and our history.
“Nau mai, haere mai” Welcome, welcome, welcome to Rotorua

Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton, New Zealand covers an area of 58 hectares at the southern end of Hamilton City, New Zealand. It is a public park owned and managed by the Hamilton City Council. Admission to all areas of Hamilton Gardens is free. Some minor garden development started in the early 1960's and the Rogers Rose Garden was made in 1971 but most development has occurred since 1982. Today Hamilton Gardens is the most popular visitor attraction in the region with about 600,000 visitors each year, nearly half of them being tourists. There are nearly 2000 events held within Hamilton Gardens each year. The unique theme of Hamilton Gardens is 'the story of gardens' which is explored through a series of five garden collections : The Paradise Garden Collection; The Productive Garden Collection; The Fantasy Garden Collection; The Cultivar Garden Collection and The Landscape Garden Collection.

Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton (Kirikiriroa in Māori) is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's seventh largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato region of the North Island, approximately 130 km (80 mi) south of Auckland. It sits at a major road and rail nexus in the centre of the Waikato basin, on both banks of the Waikato River. The area now covered by the city was originally the site of a handful of Māori villages, including Kirikiriroa ("long stretch of gravel'), from which the city takes its Māori name. By the time British settlers arrived, most of these villages, which sat beside the Waikato River, were abandoned. The settlement founded on 24 August, 1864 and named after Captain John Charles Fane Hamilton