Three nights in Rotorua - The Sulphur City

When we arrived in Rotorua on Thursday, the first question we asked ourselves was why it smells so incredibly like rotten eggs everywhere. The answer to our question was sulfur. Rotorua is located in a region with extreme geothermal activity. It's boiling and steaming everywhere. A special highlight is the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, which we visited yesterday with three other people from our hostel (of course, 2 of them were German again, you almost feel like New Zealand is populated by German backpackers).

The Thermal Wonderland is a park where you can admire a geyser, collapsed craters, hot springs, and various bubbling or mineral-colored ponds and pools. The visit was definitely worth it, I probably won't see anything like it again in my life. Many things looked so unnatural that you could have thought you suddenly landed on another planet, especially when you are standing in front of a neon green glowing pond, for example.