Today we try to visit to the beautiful surroundings of Rotorua, its rushing rivers and their waterfalls, the various geothermal areas with pools of bubbling mud and steaming geysers. We come back from this tour in the afternoon to prepare to participate in the Te Po event that will allow us to know more about the history of the Maori people, their customs, their customs and their way of cooking the main meal (Hangi). Greeted at the entrance by an amazing and well-trained Maori who outlined how their ancestors coming from the Polynesian, have colonized New Zealand gradually after having known the positive and negative aspects (the first came in the summer and discovered the cold winter and the need to cover to protect from frost) animal behavior (particularly of the many migratory birds) and flora from which they took the essential (the fibers of the local Flax, the Harekeke, a vegetable that they could found everywhere). Brief information on the ethnic origins of the Polynesians from the legendary Hawaiki until Aoteaora and the first reliable information on the great navigator Kupe (for more info click here)
Guided tour of the geysers Pohutu, then witnessing the welcoming ceremony with the offer of peace and the Maori greeting (rubbing noses) a series of dances and songs features including the Haka or war dance.
