Buried Village of Te Wairoa Rotorua

Tarawera Rd, RD 5, Rotorua , North Island, New Zealand - Phone: 64 7 362 8287
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    Historic site, History museum

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Buried Village of Te Wairoa Rotorua

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    Long Weekend to NZ Vulcanic Region

    Drove down to Rotorua to get a close look to the vulcanic activity in the area.

  • 2

    Fiery Earth

    38 photos

    We woke up ready to check out all of the cool volcanic and geothermal activity the town had to offer. Our first stop was the Buried Village, a town that was, you guessed it, buried by a volcanic eruption in the early 1900s. The village, Te Wairoa, was a tourist stop where people would come to see the Pink and White Terraces. These were a geothermal …

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    Zorbing, thermal pools and a rotten egg smell

    ... a great ice-creamery and some excellent pub grub in the pig and whistle). This morning we ventured outside a little and visited the buried village of Te Wairoa. It was a village buried by the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886. Up until then the village had ...

  • 2

    It smells like rotten eggs!

    19 photos

    ... by side and there is a view point in the middle where you can see both.   We also went to see the buried village of Te Wairoa. Once a peaceful village, until on June 10, 1886, a large volcanic eruption, bombarded the village with hot rocks, ash ...

  • 3

    Rotorua

    23 photos

    ... by side and there is a view point in the middle where you can see both.   We also went to see the buried village of Te Wairoa. Once a peaceful village, until on June 10, 1886, a large volcanic eruption, bombarded the village with hot rocks, ash ...

  • 4

    Rotorua

    26 photos

    ... to have a look at the area. South east of the town we ran through the 'Waitoharuru Valley' and arrived at the "Buried Village" of 'Te Wairoa'. This small village was destroyed by an eruption of 'Mount Tarawera' in 1886, when ash and debris from the ...

  • 5

    Picton & Rotorua

    13 photos

    ... a beautiful complexion. A few miles south-east of Rotorua, past the picturesque Blue & Green Lakes, is the buried village of Te Wairoa. Way back in the mid 1800s, this village was a thriving tourist town, accommodating European tourists before taking ...

  • 6

    The sights and culture of Rotorua

    9 photos

    ... in one of the thermal pools, very pleasant, and very warm. After the cruise we headed off for the buried village of Te Wairoa. The village was decimated and buried by the volcano and has carefully been restored to show visitors not just what a village ...

  • 7

    Waikite Valley

    2 photos

    ... care of at the I Site in the main square. What a civilised country! In the afternoon Claire visited the Buried Village of Te Wairoa, outside Roturoa. It was a tourist town until 1886 when it was totally buried by the eruption of Mount Tarawera. ...

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    Rotorua.

    240 photos

    ... off to the Buried Village of Te Wairoa (www.buriedvillage.co.nz) we saw an exhibition in the museum about the buried village of Te Wairoa the staging post for travelers to the Pink and White Terraces the eighth wounder of the world. In the early hours ...