New Zealand’s Best Adventure Experience
Eight Times in Nine Years, Rotorua Canopy Tours has been crowned the Best in New Zealand, the South Pacific, or the World.
Rotorua Canopy Tours is one of New Zealand’s most awarded adventure experiences, combining thrilling Rotorua ziplines, ancient native forest, world-class guides and conservation in action.
Voted New Zealand’s Best Experience Again in 2025
Rotorua Canopy Tours was voted the number one experience in New Zealand in Tripadvisor’s 2025 Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards.
Based entirely on reviews and ratings from real travellers, this award confirms Rotorua Canopy Tours as one of the best adventure experiences in New Zealand.
With more than 10,000 five-star reviews, guests consistently recognise the thrill of our Rotorua zipline adventures, our exceptional guides, the ancient native forest and our conservation work.
Thank you to every guest who has helped make Rotorua Canopy Tours New Zealand’s best experience – again.
Rotorua’s Award-Winning Zipline Adventure Becomes B Corp Certified in 2024
Rotorua Canopy Tours became a Certified B Corporation in 2024, joining a global community of businesses committed to high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
For us, B Corp certification reflects the way we believe adventure tourism should operate. Every Rotorua Canopy Tours experience combines thrilling ziplines, exceptional guiding and ancient native forest with meaningful conservation and positive outcomes for people and place.
Through predator control, biodiversity monitoring, conservation education and responsible tourism, every guest helps support the restoration and long-term protection of the forest.
This certification reinforces our commitment to delivering one of New Zealand’s best adventure experiences while helping tourism create lasting environmental and community benefits.
Tripadvisor Best of the Best Awards
Each year, Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards recognise the highest-rated experiences and attractions in the world, based on reviews and ratings from real travellers.
Rotorua Canopy Tours has repeatedly earned Tripadvisor’s highest honours, including being voted the best experience in New Zealand, the South Pacific and the world.
This repeated recognition places Rotorua Canopy Tours among the most highly rated adventure and nature experiences worldwide and reinforces our reputation as one of New Zealand’s best adventure experiences.
Guests consistently praise the thrill of our Rotorua ziplines, the beauty of the ancient native forest, the quality of our guides and the conservation work that makes every tour more meaningful.
Two-Time Winner of the Qualmark 100% Pure New Zealand Experience Award
Rotorua Canopy Tours is one of only two New Zealand tourism businesses to have won the Qualmark 100% Pure New Zealand Experience Award twice.
The award recognises exceptional tourism experiences that deliver outstanding visitor experiences while creating positive outcomes for New Zealand’s people, communities, culture and environment.
For Rotorua Canopy Tours, this recognition reflects the way we combine thrilling Rotorua ziplines, world-class guiding and ancient native forest with meaningful conservation in action.
Every tour helps support the restoration and long-term protection of the forest, making Rotorua Canopy Tours one of New Zealand’s leading adventure and conservation experiences.
Winner of the Air New Zealand Supreme Tourism Award
Rotorua Canopy Tours won the Air New Zealand Supreme Tourism Award, one of the highest honours in New Zealand tourism.
The Supreme Award recognises outstanding tourism businesses that demonstrate excellence, innovation and a meaningful contribution to New Zealand’s visitor economy.
Rotorua Canopy Tours received the award in only its fourth year of operation, after winning multiple categories at the New Zealand Tourism Awards.
This achievement recognised the strength of our visitor experience, our people and our conservation work, establishing Rotorua Canopy Tours as one of New Zealand’s leading adventure tourism experiences.
Throughout the years
We have received several accolades and awards that we sincerely appreciate, these included:
Say What Magazine – Experience of the year
Rotorua Chamber of Commerce Business Awards – Manaatianga Award for the Best Visitor Experience
Top 10 Activity in the South Pacific – TripAdvisor
Commercial organisation – Restoring Public Conservation areas – NZ Sustainable Business Network
Tourism Export Council – Operator of the Year
Westpac Rotorua Business Awards
Business of the year
Best Attraction of the Year
Excellence in Sustainable Practices