Auckland: Sought by One hundred Lovers
The city of Auckland, on the coast of New Zealand, is considered one of the Pacific’s best cities for vacationers. The city and surrounding area offer guests over fifty amazing things to see and do, from swimming with sharks to balloon safaris. Activities abound for both the traveler looking for an extreme experience and the traveler desiring rest and relaxation.
The ancient people of Auckland, the Maori, named the area where Auckland is located Tamaki Makau Rau, or the maiden sought by one hundred lovers. Modern visitors will agree as they also fall in love with this vibrant and beautiful city.
One of Auckland’s most popular tourist adventures is the Rainforest Express. Guests will board a train and travel into the rainforests surrounding Auckland, the Waitakere Ranges. The train will make it’s way over quaint wooden bridges, dense forests and tunnels which are lit by actual glowworms! The train will stop at the Nihotapu Dam allowing tourists to take photos of Auckland’s tallest dam. The Rainforest played a vital role in the building of the dam and the conductor will relate the history of the Rainforest Express during your journey.
For the more adventurous traveler, Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World offers exciting activities. Visitors will enter the snow and ice of the Antarctic and meet real colonies of penguins. The penguins frolic on the ice and in the snow and also dive deep below the ice. Underwater offers visitors even more adventure as they can swim with the sharks and the stingrays.
These and many more adventures await you in the land sought by one hundred lovers, Auckland.
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