Treks Backpackers Rotorua
1278 Haupapa Street Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
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Tasting culture and trying not to laugh!!
The coach ride had shown us yet more mountains that were used in The Lord of the Rings and as I flicked through my photos, I quickly came to realise that the mountains in my photos looked like... any other mountain!! You would never tell the difference even if you were a Hobbit!
We arrived in the late afternoon sun and being that we only …
Bubbles and stench
Today we spent the day at Hells Gate which is a geothermal site with natural pools and mud baths. This stuff is amazing, some of the pools are up to 140·c, they are constantly bubbling and spurting out, so it's a fairly dangerous place to be around and you have strict guidelines to keep to the paths.
Unfortunately I have a slight disorder …
Thinking back- to Auckland and Rotarua!
I really wish I had started blogging earlier as I don't feel I am doing New Zealand justice and I leave in just a few days! So I've decided to try to run through as much of my trip in the North Island, while making it short but sweet! So about three and a half weeks ago I flew into Auckland. I quite liked Auckland although I had met many people who …
Rotorua, New Zealand
Hello Eeveryone Well, we made it to the most smelliest place in New Zealand. Rotorua is a town located in the middle of a crater - you can actually see the rim of the crater from the top of Rotorua's Museum and it has a constant smell of sulphur as a result of the vast amount of volcanic activity located 2 km beneath the town. Doug and I arrived in …
This Place Stinks! Rotorua, NZ
After saying goodbye to my new friends in Taupo, we set off in four separate directions. They headed to Wellington, New Plymouth, and Auckland. I headed northeast towards Rotorua. Before leaving, I drove up to Huka Falls just outside Taupo. It's not a steep waterfall, but the wide Waikoto River is forced through a narrow downhill between two cliff …



