Duration
Flexible timing
A gondola lifts you quietly up the forested flank of Mt Ngongotahā, and within minutes the whole geothermal basin opens up below — Lake Rotorua spread out blue and wide, steam drifting from the ground in the distance, the town reduced to a pale ribbon along the shore.
At the summit sits the original Skyline luge, where you take a gravity-powered cart down one of three sealed tracks carved into the hillside. The scenic route winds gently through the trees; the advanced track drops fast through banked corners. A chairlift carries you back up to go again.
