SPA AND WELLNESS
Take a trip out to Te Puke, the “Kiwifruit capital of the world,” which is also home to Kiwi360. This kiwifruit attraction offers a mix of educational and fun activities, including tours through the extensive kiwifruit orchards and horticultural theme park on a unique “kiwi-cart.”
The tour route winds past more than 50 varieties of fruit and nuts that grow in the region’s fertile soils, while your guide provides commentary about the growing process, the kiwifruit industry and its importance to the Bay of Plenty region.
Kiwifruit is renowned to be one of the world’s healthiest fruits. During the tour, you may be able to pick some kiwifruit yourself, or sample a range of products (including wines) at the Kiwi Café and retail shop.
Duration: Allow 1-2 hours.
Now, head down the road to the Comvita Visitor Centre in Paengaroa, which is home to a huge range of bee-related health products. The company’s products have proven to improve your health, so be sure to sample the many honey products.
A trip to Comvita includes a personally guided tour to help you understand just how Comvita began and produces its famous honey. Visitors enjoy watching the busy bees trekking in and out of a honey bee display, carrying in pollen to create honey to make Comvita’s products.
The visitor centre has three main attractions – an educational gallery, an auditorium and a retail outlet store where visitors can taste test a number of locally-made honey products.
Duration: Allow 1 hour.
