♨️ Te Puia Maori Show & Geothermal Park in Rotorua - New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year

[@FamilyTravelVlog]

Beautifully shot video!

[@NZPocketGuide]

Thanks team!

[@FamilyTravelVlog]

BackpackerGuide.NZ how do you Add the like/subscribe animation to the bottom of your videos? It looks really good

[@NZPocketGuide]

It's simple :) I made the alpha animation in After Effect and then add them onto the edit in Premiere Pro as a lower third layer.

[@shasza1713]

Haha. Found it really cool how you both are able to pronounce Maori words quite well, but struggled to pronounce geysers. Lol Geyser sounds like Guy as in a bloke and Sir as in a gentleman. Now put them together Guysir = Geyser. 😂😉

[@NZPocketGuide]

Haha funny right?! There are always a bunch of words which are just not sinking in...

[@arshr9674]

Absolutely love these videos! So cool watching you two do these activities. I am planning a trip to NZ aswell and you guys have giving me some inspiration. Just that, are you guys able to post at the end how much these activities cost for you two? Would be helpful to some like me whom are on a budget aswell.

[@NZPocketGuide]

Awwww thanks for the super nice feedback Arsh R! It means a lot to hear from travelers like you

[@arshr9674]

BackpackerGuide.NZ Sounds great, I have just checked it out, really nice stuff. Keep up the good work and content.

[@NZPocketGuide]

Thanks mate! Keep the feedback and questions coming :)

[@katharinamarsela1422]

Hi guys! cool video... love it! May I ask tho, did you guys join the tour for this? Cause I saw on their website they have 2 different kinds of tours: day and evening tour. I was thinking to do the day tour but it doesn't mention the Maori Cultural Performance on the highlights so I wasn't sure. If you guys don't mind sharing some info that would be amazing. Thank you so much!!

[@NZPocketGuide]

Thanks for the kind words Katharina :) They are two separate things, we did this tour in the morning, you will be able to book the cultural event when checking in :)

[@katharinamarsela1422]

@@NZPocketGuide that's great to know. thank you so much for the help and info! I really do enjoy all of you guys' videos by the way :)

[@NZPocketGuide]

@@katharinamarsela1422 Thanks for the kind words Katharina :) Feel free to join us live on Sunday 8am NZ time if you have more questions :)

[@alishagandhi9622]

Great videos. Really helps while planning trips. I am now working on budget and would like to know how much it costs to visit the geothermal springs and the Te puia village. It would also help if you could share costs for other activities in NZ. Thanks in advance.

[@NZPocketGuide]

Heya! Thanks for the kind words, we link to all prices here -> www.backpackerguide.nz/5-insane-geothermal-parks-new-zealand/ so you can plan your budget accordingly ;)

[@annawitter5161]

You are looking at a portion of planet earth that is still young.

[@annawitter5161]

Still having the toddler tantrums, you know

[@NZPocketGuide]

Haha that's a pretty devastating tantrum!

[@annawitter5161]

Wait till you have small children, you will see...spouting water, accompanied by thunderous noise, bubbling mud...at first quietly bubbling, then aggressively bubbling madly till its bouncing off your stomach....then glorious peace and quiet, untill the next volcanic outburst!

[@Y2J]

Yeah what happened to you guys at the end of the video, I've had that happen to me a few times in China. Sometimes at tourist attractions, sometimes just on the street in rural towns... basically you get either young people, usually teenagers, or elderly (the Mao Zedong generation) who've never seen a foreigner before and they want to come and meet you and get a photo with you. It doesn't happen often, and most chinese won't bother because they've seen foreigners in american movies etc. But it happens occasionally. I always enjoy the reaction of children to me while travelling the subway. When I walk around I tend to wear dark glasses and my wide brim australian kangaroo hat so not only do I look different from chinese, I look VERY different. And in subways you have no choice but to look at other people so you get school kids looking at you and pointing, lol.

[@NZPocketGuide]

Haha yeah, this was a Korean group on a bus tour all around New Zealand, real enthusiastic folks!

[@Y2J]

wow they let you fly the drone there?

[@NZPocketGuide]

Yeah! We worked with the iwi on getting the proper paperwork done and they helped us out :)

[@ExploreNewZealand]

That's fantastic news, I am a new drone user and an still finding my way about getting permission to fly. I also note they have a no photography for commercial purposes sign. Did you also get Iwi permission to do the photography in general?

[@waimaariahemara5047]

Enjoyable when i muted the sound😒

[@NZPocketGuide]

Thanks for your honest feedback :) I am sorry our voice over was not good enough for you.