One place we were looking forward to visiting was Rotorua, where we wanted to see some of the hot, bubbling mud and steaming hot pools we had heard about. We had lunch at Kuirau Park and then started walking around to look at the sights. At first we were quite disappointed. The first track we walking around had a few spots where bubbles came to the top of the water and popped, but that was it. Then, as we wandered on farther, we started seeing more of what we had heard about. The farther we went, the hotter things got! And, the more strongly the air smelled of sulfur. We ended up spending two or three hours wandering around that park from one fenced-in area to another, seeing more and more amazing spots. Be sure to watch the video if you can; it gives you a much better idea of what we saw than the still pictures.
Can you see the steam rising from this?
This pool was quite hot!
This mud was constantly bubbling.
A loud boiling sound came from within that cluster of boulders!
On one side of the steaming lake we found this. The water level had risen, and the moss was encrusted with minerals.
Keep in mind that we were there on a hot day–see that steam!
This was a hot stream going away from the lake.
These boys got tired!
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