Rotorua Stories


DAY 3 ROAD TRIP - ROTORUA

AM set off for Rotarua. Very scenic drive, largely on forest roads, with the occasional glimpse of enormous lakes. Got to Rotarua, & went to the public park, which has a number of offerings a little different to the usual things in a municipal park. Grumbling mud pools, hot springs, lakes with steam coming off, and some nice little shelters with long...


Rotten eggs and Maori culture

Entering Rotorua is like entering a volcano itself. It benefits from a lot of geothermal activity but stinks of rotten eggs. You never forget it and it doesn’t fade! There’s a strong Maori culture here in Rotorua and we took a visit to the ‘Whaka’ thermal Maori village. It sits on a geothermal area and was very interesting to see modern Maori living...


Springs and geysers at Rotorua

Today we drove down to Rotorua where we stayed in the nice Youth Hostel there. Me and Rosie took a walk around the edge of the city and the edge of the lake, and saw some cool hot water spring and hot mud springs and geysers. There are clouds of sulphurous smoke all over the city from where the mud just comes bubbling up out of the ground! The next d...


Smellee!

We look forward to our stay in Rotorua as we decide it’s time we stopped somewhere for more than 2 days! So 3 nights it is then! Our immediate introduction to Rotorua (and everyone else’s we imagine) is the pungent smell of Hydrogen Sulphide everywhere you go. You have to get used to it or move on – no choice. This isn’t difficult to do however as th...