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Visit Rotorua’s most natural and popular geothermal parks and thermal hot pools:
- Wai O Tapu
- Lady Knox geyser
- Waimangu Volcanic Valley
- Boiling mud pools
- Rainbow Mountain and its craters
These are small group tours of no more than 11 people. Medium level of fitness required.
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The tour departs daily 8:00-8:30 am. and returns 12:30-1:00 pm. We pick you up from your accommodation then drive through forestry and farmland to New Zealand’s largest boiling mud pool. Your guide shows you a series of colourful hot springs and volcanic features at Wai-O-Tapu. Then see the Lady Knox geyser eruption at 10:15 am.
Next, a short drive to the Waimangu Volcanic Valley where your guide explains the Mt. Tarawera eruption which blew open this spectacular, bush covered, geothermal park. This award-winning eco tourism adventure is one you won’t want to miss!