WRITTEN ON March 1st, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland

Tags: adventure, new zealand, rotorua, travel, zorbing

I had been wanting to have a go at Zorbing since the first time I heard about the crazy “sport”. It basically involves rolling downhill inside a giant inflatable ball. There’s two ways to do it: strapped to the zorb, going down the hill on a straight route or having a bit of water inside the zorb and having your body float aimlessly inside it while you go downhill on a zigzag kind of way. Of course we chose the latter. And, obviously, there’s no better place to do it than the original birthplace of Zorbing - Rotorua.

I can’t really tell you how long it lasts for. It must take about one minute but it certainly feels way longer than that inside the zorb. It is an amazing feeling and I now understand why it is on so many “to do” lists of tourists to New Zealand. Well worth going all the way to Rotorua for and well worth putting up with the sulphur smell.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go sit by the washing machine feeling jealous of my clothes.