On the way to Napier on Thursday ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
kawaii_mon and I stopped at a few volcanic hotspots around Rotorua.
Our first stop-off was Buried Village, which is a town which was settled in the late 1800s to early 1900s around some volcanic activity and quickly became a popular tourist spot even then.
The volcano erupted in the middle of the night and buried the entire town in volcanic mud before they were able to escape.
We didn't take alot of photos of the village itself as I think it requires a bit more context for those kind of shots to be interesting, but there is a stream and waterfall that runs through the property which we had to trek down a bunch of steps to get to and back from, so here's a couple of pics of that instead. :)
Also we stopped by Orekai Korako (also called The Hidden Valley), which requires you to cross the lake in a boat to get to this enclosed little island area of geysers, hot pools and caves, it was very cool, but there were waaaay too many steps involved. XD
Overlooking the hotpools from the top-most point
Overlooking the hotpools from the top-most point
Descending into the volcanic cave, there's a very clear bubbling pool at the bottom.
The steps to get back up, unfortunately couldn't get a shot without people on the steps.
Mud pools... glooooop!
That's it for now, Mon took some photos around Napier which I'm sure she'll post sometime soon also :D
Hope you're all doing well!
kawaii_mon and I stopped at a few volcanic hotspots around Rotorua.Our first stop-off was Buried Village, which is a town which was settled in the late 1800s to early 1900s around some volcanic activity and quickly became a popular tourist spot even then.
The volcano erupted in the middle of the night and buried the entire town in volcanic mud before they were able to escape.
We didn't take alot of photos of the village itself as I think it requires a bit more context for those kind of shots to be interesting, but there is a stream and waterfall that runs through the property which we had to trek down a bunch of steps to get to and back from, so here's a couple of pics of that instead. :)
Also we stopped by Orekai Korako (also called The Hidden Valley), which requires you to cross the lake in a boat to get to this enclosed little island area of geysers, hot pools and caves, it was very cool, but there were waaaay too many steps involved. XD
Overlooking the hotpools from the top-most point
Overlooking the hotpools from the top-most point
Descending into the volcanic cave, there's a very clear bubbling pool at the bottom.
The steps to get back up, unfortunately couldn't get a shot without people on the steps.
Mud pools... glooooop!
That's it for now, Mon took some photos around Napier which I'm sure she'll post sometime soon also :D
Hope you're all doing well!
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