More steam!

Gold and Silver deposits amongst other minerals are found at this lake but we wern't stupid enough to dip our arm in and find out (unlike the predictable chinese tourists!)

Rotorua - Land of Geysers, Thermal Pools and Stinking Sulphur!

December 29th 2007
DATE VISITED: 27, 28, 29 DECEMBER 07 After our detour in the Coromandel we headed inland to the city of Rotorua. It has the most energetic thermal activity in the country, with bubbling mud pools, gurgling hot springs, and gushing geysers. We checked in at a decent 4 star camp site on the edge of town complete with free thermal pools and underground heated tent sites (more later) before seeing ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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