Travelogues Waiotapu

A beautiful day among hot springs and colorful stones

Even if, according to the count on this page, only 18 people are interested in what we're up to, I'll continue to write diligently. But Muesli is sure that there must be...

The weather report doesn't bode well, it is supposed to rain from 11:00 am. That's why we left early to at least have the first few hours dry. Today we are going on a trip to...

After visiting Hobbiton, we continued south to the Rotorua area, where more highlights of the North Island awaited us. At the beginning, we had a difficult decision to make as...

07.09.19 - Alex After a surprisingly quiet night, we wake up at our rest stop in Rotorua and decide spontaneously to have breakfast somewhere nicer. We get the necessary...

26.01.2015 Ich wache um 6.30h auf und entscheide mich dann nach etwas Recherche im Internet, heute als erstes nach Wai-o-Tapu zu fahren. Dies ist eine Region mit sehr viel...

The journey continues - we leave Rotorua. Before heading to today's destination, we made a short stop. Visiting a real maze has always been on my personal "must-do" list. We...

It smokes and bubbles from the earth! The landscape comes to life and generates ....

Sulfur smell in the morning doesn't chase away worries... not!

Hello dear ones, In this post, I want to tell you about our trip to the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland and what else we experienced on Sunday, October 15th... In the morning,...

One of the most famous national parks in New Zealand. World-famous pictures come from here. I report on my collected experience and whether the trip is really worth it.

If it stinks so much in hell, we really don't want to go there 😁 The earthquakes of the last centuries have created a geothermally impressive and sulfur-smelling landscape here...

The thermal springs were really excellent. I already knew part of the way from Hastings to Taupo from my bike ride. I had actually planned to drive to the areas of the North...

Waiotapu is a volcanic area with many craters, bubbling water, and other very interesting things

After a beautiful sunrise by the lake, we packed up our tents and made our way to Wai-o-Tapu, this time with Pauline behind the wheel (: . We explored the Thermal Wonderland - a...

The replacement van arrives in the morning. The move to the new van takes two hours. It's completely white with no advertising on it, almost like my old VW bus in Spain. That...

The smell of sulfur and other chemicals was just terrible. I thought the experiment with butyric acid in 10th grade with Mrs. Wunderlich was disgusting, but Thermal Wonderland...