Journey to historic places and hear the legends that make Rotorua famous worldwide. Unravel the meanings and stories of Maori place names.Sonny’s World Maori Stories and Legends Tours include the very best scenery Rotorua has to offer.

You can visit the most important Marae (ancestral house) in the region, and talk about the protocol of visiting these sacred places.

You can watch a geyser erupt and take a look at New Zealand’s largest mudpool.After a walk through Waiotapu, one of the world’s most colourful thermal regions, you will be given a full geology lesson to explain why the mudpools, geysers, hotsprings, volcanoes, earthquakes etc. occur.A cold or hot water swim is optional.

You will be driven out to the Lakes district, Blue and Green lakes and Mt and Lake Tarawera.

New Zealand’s history and how the nation of New Zealand is today will be discussed.All these visits are flavoured with many beautiful stories, legends, history, placenames etc, and done at a nice, leisurely pace.

There are also sing songs and the haka is performed on request.

Visits to Rotorua’s other main attractions, Whakarewarewa, Agrodome, Buried Village, Rainbow Springs and Farm Show, etc. are available.

As a Maori Guiding Service, Sonny offers more than 600 years of expertise.

Sonny and his staff are natural people, and looking after visitors is not something that they have learned, it comes naturally to them and is part of their culture.

The guides are all locals, they are friendly, knowledgeable, humorous, talented and very professional. They will greatly enhance your New Zealand experience. 

Please call for departure dates and prices.