Wonderworld is a maze and puzzle park at 1135 Te Ngae Road in Tikitere, Rotorua. It has what the park calls the North Island's largest permanent maze, with 1.7 kilometres of pathways, a 3D layout with four coloured corner towers and bridges that change your view. Other attractions include a glow-in-the-dark Neon Cave, the Colour Maze, gravity mazes, wall mazes including what the park calls the tallest wall maze in New Zealand, puzzles, giant games and a playground for younger children. Birthday parties are hosted, and the park is open seven days a week in school holidays. Tickets can be booked online, and the park asks visitors to call before coming if there has been heavy rain.
Customers say the staff are friendly and that the maze is fun for adults as well as children. One family said a four-year-old loved it, and a group with a ten and a fourteen-year-old spent about two hours on the challenges. Others found it challenging but manageable, and it can be done fairly quickly. Our pick in Rotorua for a family afternoon of mazes and puzzles.