Thermal Wonderland

Huka Falls: it's not a high waterfall, but the 100m wide river is forced through a 15 m wide rock chanel which drops 8m over a distance of 100m creating a strong current and then drop down another 6m in the end with a waterflow of about 220 000 liter per secound.

Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland: The smell of sulfur is everywhere. Yellow and green coloured crater walls, bubbling water and steaming pools. One of the highlights the champagne pool, which was formed by a vulcano with a spring running into it, creating a 60m deep pool where small bubbles come up and steam rises continuesly. Another pool fed by the champagne pool with highly acidig water has a bright yellow and green colour.

Mudpool: Not far from the Thermal Wonderland there is a small area where gases and steam come out of a mudpool creating small eruptions. I could stand there for hours watching the mud.Read more