Rotorua

Look who we found on our travels! Eleanor joined us here and her lovely HelpX host (who shall remain nameless) kindly took us up the privately owned Mt Tarawera - an active volcano. We set off at dawn and had the whole place to ourselves - what an experience seeing the huge mouth of the volcano, hollowed out from its most recent eruption. And then climbing down inside it, jumping our way down the scree slopes! Incredible experience.
Rotorua is a fascinating place and I doubt I'll ever see that amount of (weird) volcanic activity in one place again!Read more