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CivicBlues · 02-26-2023, 01:41 PM

Thanks man appreciate your input. I've actually kept an eye on the Cyclone and it looks pretty bad. I'm hoping things will be fine in a couple months when I arrive. We've actually made all the bookings now for the N. Island and cut out Cathedral Cove because it seems like the direct roads there are all washed out and don't really feel like doubling the drive time to see a beach. Hope that's not a mistake!

So the first week of my itinerary now is Auckland > Worm Caves > Rotorua >Taupo> Tongariro > Wellington > Ferry to S. Island

Don't know if I'll be able to do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing though. Have you done that? Seems like a lot of the trail shuttles stop in April and then the weather turns to shit. Ah well. LOL we also sprung for the Hot Tub in the Rotorua hotel too before I read your comment, hope it's worth it!

Doing research seems like almost any popular natural has an admission fee slapped on it and even hiking shuttles that cost like $40 to get you to the trailhead. IS it really as bad as it seems? Point of comparison just went to Iceland last year and while shit was generally expensive, almost every attraction was free except for $5-10 parking every once in a while. Even the geysirs and geothermal areas were free there. But Rotorua's attractions cost like $30-50 bucks per head? How do they justify that?

02-26-2023, 01:41 PM	#46
CivicBlues linguistic ninja Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 17,260 Thanked 5,515 Times in 2,022 Posts Failed 156 Times in 93 Posts	Thanks man appreciate your input. I've actually kept an eye on the Cyclone and it looks pretty bad. I'm hoping things will be fine in a couple months when I arrive. We've actually made all the bookings now for the N. Island and cut out Cathedral Cove because it seems like the direct roads there are all washed out and don't really feel like doubling the drive time to see a beach. Hope that's not a mistake! So the first week of my itinerary now is Auckland > Worm Caves > Rotorua >Taupo> Tongariro > Wellington > Ferry to S. Island Don't know if I'll be able to do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing though. Have you done that? Seems like a lot of the trail shuttles stop in April and then the weather turns to shit. Ah well. LOL we also sprung for the Hot Tub in the Rotorua hotel too before I read your comment, hope it's worth it! Doing research seems like almost any popular natural has an admission fee slapped on it and even hiking shuttles that cost like $40 to get you to the trailhead. IS it really as bad as it seems? Point of comparison just went to Iceland last year and while shit was generally expensive, almost every attraction was free except for $5-10 parking every once in a while. Even the geysirs and geothermal areas were free there. But Rotorua's attractions cost like $30-50 bucks per head? How do they justify that? __________________ http://www.en.wikipedia.org Still a card carrying member of the SFC :) Last edited by CivicBlues; 02-26-2023 at 01:56 PM.