Rotorua - Wai-O-Tapu

Woke up in our Okawa Reserve again. We really needed to started heading down to Wellington so decided today we would try and get as far as we could. Of course we got distracted only half an hour down. We stopped at Waiotapu and did the short loop. We first went to look at Waiotapu Thermal Track which had more geothermal mud pools we then continued to drive on to Lady Knox Geyser. Unfortunatly it was closed at this time however it didnt stop Amanda from going through the bush. There was a massive geyser here however it wasnt going at the moment. We then headed further down the road where Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland was situated. This place was amazing!! So many Geothermal craters, pools and there was a massive green Geothermal pool. In both of our opinions it was much better then Te Puia. After we completed the loop we hurried back to the Geyser as a show was about to happen. We parked the car and ran to the Geyser it was insane qith teh amount of people heading there. The presenter holding the show told us a the story of how they discovered that the Geyser could actually be activated. He told us how a prisoner accidently dropped his soap into it and it erupted with a chemical reaction with the bicarbs in the soap. This was how the presenter made the Geyser erupt for everyone today.Read more