Rotorua

Rotorua, New Zealand – 2017. Rotorua is one of the world’s most active volcanic regions with lots of natural hot springs, steaming geysers, mud pools and other geothermal activity. While there we took a walk through the Waimangu Volcanic Valley which was created by the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. The valley is a very active geothermal. We also visited the Mitai Maori Village for a Maori cultural performance, a Hangi feast (food cooked in a pit in the ground) and a walk through the forest where we saw some glow-worms and then to the kiwi enclosure at Rainbow Springs.
The forest canopy near the entrance to Waimangu Volcanic Valley
The forest near the entrance to Waimangu Volcanic Valley
Approaching Echo Crater.
Hot Water Creek below Echo Crater
Cathedral Rocks
A small steam geyser below Inferno Crater Lake
Ferns growing next to Hot Water Creek
Dead trees where Hot Water Creek has changed course
Marble Terrace
Marble Terrace buttresses
Marble Terrace buttresses
Marble Terrace
A black swan on Hot Water Creek
King Fisher
A silica dam in the warm stream draining through Rainbow Crater
Boiling water, Rainbow Crater
Warbrick Terrace, Rainbow Crater
Warbrick Terrace, Rainbow Crater
Hot Water Creek leading into Lake Rotomahana
The forest near Lake Rotomahana
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