Bay of Plenty

It was Captain Cook, who named the Bay of Plenty as he entered the port in 1769, and abundant remains to this day, blessed with buckets of sunshine and a coastline of fine sand. The bay extends from Waihi Beach in the west to Opotiki in the east, with a sprinkling of coastal cities and the bustling heart of Tauranga in the middle. Mt Maunganui - the beach suburb of saliva that bears his name from the green hill at the end - has been popular among tourists for generations Kiwi love him for his leisure lashings licked salt.

East along the coast is covered pohutukawa Whakatane, the starting point for excursions to the most active volcano in New Zealand, Whakaari (White Island). Volcanic activity blocks the landscape here in the Central Plateau, constant reminders that, in this fertile soil is a molten core, oozing upward to the surface.
This hive of activity is more obvious than in Rotorua, New Zealand's most famous tourist destination.

ROTORUA

Here the daily business of life continues between the explosive geysers steaming hot springs, bubbling mud pools and sulphurous gas clouds responsible for Eggy smell unique. Rotorua and the Bay to remain the bastions of Maori tradition and history, so there are plenty of opportunities to explore the rich culture of the indigenous peoples of New Zealand - if they are attending a concert of powerful, chowing down in a hangi or discover the meaning and techniques of Maori arts and crafts.

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In the Rotorua region is protected by the countries high in the south and east, have less wind than in many other parts of New Zealand. Inner being, a wide range of temperature is experienced. The warm and dry and settled predominantly in the summer. Typical summer daytime air temperature range of up to 21 ° C to 26 ° C, rarely exceeding 30 ° C. The winters are cold and this is usually the most volatile time of year. Typical winter daytime air temperature range of up to 10 ° C to 14 ° C. Frosts occur in clear and calm conditions in winter. Average insolation from 2000 to 2100 in most places hours. Southwesterlies prevail. lake breezes often occur in Rotorua on hot summer days.

Rotorua has a nickname of the city of sulfur, due to emissions of hydrogen sulphide, which gives the city a "rotten egg" smell (Hamurana Lodge is not about these issues). The acrid smell, especially in the central-east 'Te Ngae' due to dense sulfur deposits located near the southern border of the gardens of Government in the area known as "Point of Sulphur".

With 17 lakes, the Rotorua region is an aquatic paradise. Fishing, water skiing, swimming and other water activities are very popular in summer. The lakes are also places of great event, Rotorua hosted the World Water Ski Championships 2007 Lake Rotorua was the venue for the World Blind Sailing Championshipsin March 2009. Lake Rotorua is also used as a starting point and landing seaplane.

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