Mamaku Blue Blueberry Experience

orchard — Mamaku · Mamaku

About Mamaku Blue Blueberry Experience

A blueberry orchard, cafe and tour experience at 311 Maraeroa Road in Mamaku, about 20 minutes north of Rotorua, at around 600 metres above sea level. The cafe serves blueberry muffins, pancakes, crepes, blueberry ice cream sundaes, real fruit soft serve, and a venison and blueberry pie. Gooseberry pies and gooseberry and cream cheese muffins are also on the menu, and there is a blueberry tea and berry jam on toast.

Visitors are met by a tour guide and can take a walk through the orchard or ride in an air-conditioned people carrier. The tour shares how the blueberries are grown and sent to markets, and visitors can taste juice, wine and liqueur at the shop afterwards. The orchard is spray-free and encourages bees. The cafe has a patio looking over the countryside, with donkeys, sheep and cattle in the paddocks.

Tours need to be booked at least three days ahead, and allow at least an hour. A group of up to four has a minimum charge of $152, as at 2026. The main room seats up to 100, and a board room and museum space seats 15. The business is closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday and Anzac Day. The orchard's own site says it will also close on the afternoon of Friday 2 October for a blueberry industry field day.