The town of Rotorua is sited on the edge of a large volcanic lake, and the region has a large number of active geothermal sites. We took a morning to visit a private “park” near Wai-o-Tapu and walk around its colorful pools, steam vents, geysers and mud pools. While we have been to Yellowstone, so have seen Old Faithful, this park had a wide variety on display over a short walk, and was a hit for all.
We loved the steamy pools
Not Old Faithful, but really neat
Fantastic colors
A beautiful setting
Bubbling mud pools
A couple of beautiful sights
Surreal color
Rotorua also is known for having a wide range of adventure activities, including tandem skydiving, bungy jumping, zorbing (rolling downhill in a clear 8ft hamster ball), parasailing and more. We chose to take a gondola ride to the top of a hill overlooking the lake, which had an alpine slide ride.
J and AJ teamed up to speed down
Everyone enjoyed the tram ride
Wow! What a great spot.
Looks like a great place, and lots of fun. How was the alpine slide ride?
jenn,
wow the colors of the pools are beautiful and the geyser was amazing.the geyser was so tall.what a fun spot.did you go down the alpine slide?i bet that was fun and the kids loved it.they have to try the one here one summer.you all look good.love you guys, mom xxoo
KW- alpine slide was awesome, but over quickly. You can consume a lot of $ fast here, so be warned.
Susan- we are looking forward to the slide in WY!
I remember – it stinks too!!