Waimangu Volcanic Valley Rotorua

Rotorua , North Island, New Zealand - Phone: 64 7 366 6137

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  • Volcanic panic

    5

    dropbearsinnz 4 contributions Macclesfield South Australia, Australia Sep 21, 2011

    Great experience - need to allow about 2 hours to appreciate the whole valley

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  • 1

    Whakatane - Rotorua

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    Le réveil s'est fait a l'aube, prêt a affronter une étape non prévue dans notre programme. Le temps est magnifique, je suis persuadé que l'excursion a la White Island a été supprimée par manque de participant, foutaise leur excuse du mauvais temps.
    Cap sur le sud, direction Rotorua donc. La route n'était pas toute droite mais en 2h on était …

  • 2

    Volcano, snow and coastal wonders

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    Set off from Rotarua in 3 groups - Cheryl and Gilbert took the van and went to Napier along the coast, the boys car went there too.
    Kelvin, Motty, Gabrielle and Richard decided to go a more direct route because we wanted to go see the volcanic area just outside Rotarua. We stopped at Maimangu Volcanic Valley and did a 60 min walk through the …

  • 3

    Regn, regn, regnfulde Rotorua

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    Efter et sløjt nytår i Auckland (ikke på grund af de vilde udskejelser, men nærmere det modsatte) var det tid til igen at samle familien. Mette kom tilbage til Auckland efter et hurtigt besøg i Melbourne, og Troels og Birgit kom tilbage til nordøen efter at have kørt rundt på det meste af sydøen.

    Og når nu vi havde besøg af geologerne, s …

  • 4

    Long Weekend to NZ Vulcanic Region

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

  • 5

    Geothermal Activity

    16 photos



    Rotorua stinks. I mean in the smell way not the ‘it’s a really rubbish place’ way. An aura of sulphur hangs over the place and so no matter what the weather is it just smells of eggs the whole time :( it can get so bad that I have known hungover people to vomit – haven’t I Tara?

    This sulphury smell …

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  • 1

    New Zealand - Rotorua

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    ... we decided to start crossing things off our to-do list and took the 20-minute drive south of Rotorua to Waimangu Volcanic Valley. Rotorua is principally known for its thermal springs, geothermal and volcanic activity and consequently has a number of ...

  • 2

    Hot Hot Hot!

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    ... of scope for steamy, bubbling lakes! I spent a day exploring the volcanic areas around Waiotapu and the Waimangu volcanic valley. Waiotapu was really amazing. Everywhere you looked there was steam rising from somewhere, and bubbling sounds from the ...

  • 3

    Kim, Colin & the Geysers

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    ... do this for a living !! and wants a jet boat for Xmas..  We decided to end the time in Rotorua with a visit to Waimangu volcanic valley, this is the newest volcanic area in North island, where you can walk for 5/6 klms through the park ...

  • 4

    Stinkbot

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    ... more prevalent here on the north island, especially here in Roturua. We spent our first full day here at the Waimangu Volcanic Valley. It consisted of a 4 km walk through sulfur lakes, lava flows, and extinct geyser fields. The park contained the ...

  • 5

    Taupo to Rotorua

    ... approach to Rotorua I passed Wai-O-Tapu which is a large thermal area (and popular tourist attraction), the Waimangu volcanic valley (also tourist attraction) and Rainbow Mountain which gets it's name from the multicoloured crater beside the road caused ...

  • 6

    Rotorua: A Volcanic Wonderland

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    ... the morning perfectly. After a short drive around the area (... we got lost) we decided to go to the Waimangu Volcanic Valley to see some more geothermal activity. The Waimangu Volcanic Valley is the worlds youngest geothermal system and is the ...

  • 7

    Hot water and cold, wet balls

    91 photos

    ... and yellow and orange and red. It was a very unusual and interesting place. My final stop was the Waimangu Volcanic Valley. Again, as the name rather effectively suggests, this is a valley of active volcanic activity. It is the youngest active ...

  • 8

    Maoris and more boiling water!

    15 photos

    ... them - but I have now had my pics done and they were very bright, as you can see!!!! After this I was taken to Waimangu Volcanic Valley. Now, if I hadn't already paid for this I would have gone straight back to town, but I went anyway, and boy, was I ...

  • 9

    Geothermal Hot Springs and Rotten Eggs

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    ... green pool towards the end. After a quick lunch of meat pie and a sandwich we then drove back towards Rotorua stopping at the Waimangu Volcanic Valley park. This is the newest geothermal park and was created during an eruption in the region in 1886. This ...

  • 10

    The hills are alive with the sound of...hot mud!

    5 photos

    ... two, exploding Lake Rotomahana to 20 times its size, and forming the seven craters that today make up Waimangu Volcanic Valley. Within 15 years of the Eruption, the hot springs of the Waimangu Geothermal System were established within the newly ...