There are 8 ways to get from Chicago to Rotorua by plane, taxi, bus, towncar, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tauranga Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tauranga Airport (TRG)plane ORD - TRG
- Take the taxi from Tauranga-Airport-TRG to Rotoruataxi
24h 48m$1,254–3,768Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rotorua
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Rotorua (ROT)plane ORD - ROT
26h 5m$1,006–3,413Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Auckland, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Auckland (AKL)plane ORD - AKL
- Take the bus from Manukau City to Rotoruabus
26h 37m$1,521–3,485Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Tauranga Airport, taxi
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Tauranga Airport (TRG)plane MDW - TRG
- Take the taxi from Tauranga-Airport-TRG to Rotoruataxi
24h 7m$1,504–4,668Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Rotorua
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Rotorua (ROT)plane MDW - ROT
24h 38m$1,206–4,413Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Auckland, bus
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Auckland (AKL)plane MDW - AKL
- Take the bus from Manukau City to Rotoruabus
26h 21m$1,221–4,285Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Taupo, towncar
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Taupo (TUO)plane MDW - TUO
- Take a town car from Taupo Airport to Tūrangitowncar
- Take a town car from Tūrangi to Rotoruatowncar
26h 59m$1,529–4,733Train, shuttle to Indianapolis, fly to Auckland, bus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Lafayette Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Holiday Inn City Centre to Indianapolis Airport
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Auckland (AKL)plane IND - AKL
- Take the bus from Manukau City to Rotoruabus
31h 18m$1,310–4,370
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tauranga Airport (TRG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Rotorua is to fly which costs $1,000 - $3,500 and takes 26h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Rotorua is to fly and taxi which takes 24h 7m and costs $1,500 - $4,700.
The distance between Chicago and Rotorua is 13216 km.
It takes approximately 24h 48m to get from Chicago to Rotorua, including transfers.
Rotorua is 17h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 1:09 PM in Chicago and 6:09 AM in Rotorua.
There are 576+ hotels available in Rotorua.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Rotorua, New Zealand?
United Airlines, Air New Zealand, and three other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Rotorua (ROT) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tauranga Airport via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tauranga Airport via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tauranga Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rotorua via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rotorua via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rotorua via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rotorua via Houston, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Auckland via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Auckland via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tauranga Airport via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tauranga Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tauranga Airport via San Francisco, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Rotorua via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Rotorua via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Rotorua via San Francisco, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Auckland via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Auckland via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Taupo via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Taupo via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Taupo via Los Angeles, Papeete, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–11,000
Flights from Indianapolis to Auckland via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Indianapolis to Auckland via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
Flights from Indianapolis to Auckland via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Auckland via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Auckland via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Auckland via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Auckland via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
Flights from Indianapolis to Auckland via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Indianapolis to Auckland via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
Flights from Indianapolis to Auckland via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Auckland via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Auckland via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
Flights from Indianapolis to Auckland via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Indianapolis to Auckland via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 18m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Auckland via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–11,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Auckland via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–11,000
Flights from Indianapolis to Auckland via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 29m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–11,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Auckland via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Auckland via Los Angeles, Papeete
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–11,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Lafayette Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Manukau City to Rotorua
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Manukau City to Rotorua
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Manukau City to Rotorua
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
- Phone
- +1 800-589-6004
- [email protected]
- Website
- goexpresstravel.com
Shuttle from Holiday Inn City Centre to Indianapolis Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $56
- Schedules at
- goexpresstravel.com
- Phone
- +1(765)4973828
- Website
- lafayettelimo.com
Shuttle from Holiday Inn City Centre to Indianapolis Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–47
- Schedules at
- lafayettelimo.com
- Child
- $25–40
- Adult
- $42–47
- Phone
- +64 021 146 7654
- [email protected]
- Website
- mywakayourwaka.com
Towncar from Taupo Airport to Tūrangi
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $100
- Schedules at
- mywakayourwaka.com
Towncar from Tūrangi to Rotorua
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $225
- Schedules at
- mywakayourwaka.com
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Estimated price
- $300–360
Dial A Cab Bay of Plenty
- Phone
- +64 7 543 5050
Kubat Taxi
- Phone
- +64 800 698 294
- Website
- kubat.co.nz
New Zealand Cabs Tauranga
- Phone
- +64 800 482 947
- Website
- nzcabs.com
Tauranga Mount Taxis
- Phone
- +64 7 577 5565
- Website
- taurangataxis.co.nz
Taxi Cabs Tauranga
- Phone
- +64 7 578 7878
- Website
- taurangataxi.co.nz
Dial A Cab Bay of Plenty
- Phone
- +64 7 543 5050
Kubat Taxi
- Phone
- +64 800 698 294
- Website
- kubat.co.nz
New Zealand Cabs Tauranga
- Phone
- +64 800 482 947
- Website
- nzcabs.com
Tauranga Mount Taxis
- Phone
- +64 7 577 5565
- Website
- taurangataxis.co.nz
Taxi Cabs Tauranga
- Phone
- +64 7 578 7878
- Website
- taurangataxi.co.nz
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