Clare having an outdoor sauna

Eggsville

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February 1st 2007
After the Tongariro Crossing we headed North to Taupo again, for a nights rest and relaxation at a campsite with a thermal bath! We then headed on to Rotorua, on the thermal highway! We reached Wai-O-Tapu - our first stop in pretty good time, and spent a good couple of hours walking round the mad landscape! http://www.geyserland.co.nz It is billed as the top geothermal attraction in NZ, a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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