Thermo pools near Rotorua - Sources thermiques pres de Rotorua

On the road to Rotorua, we stopped at a Maori geyser site in a rural setting. You had to cross the small river before a one hour walk through the thermal vents and geysers (one was active to a height of a meter while we were watching). We wandered through boiling pools surrounded by rainbow streaked rocks and witches brews of bubbling mud. It was more natural than the vents in Rotorua which is a large spa resort town. We walked through a town park with very mystical and eery mist from the thermal vents everywhere, a lot of them right beside the road with everyone driving by the steam.

Sur la route vers Rotorua, nous nous sommes arretes pres de sources thermiques, tres bien situees, dans la campagne verte de NZ. Nous avons marche plus d'une heure parmi les sources de boues multicolores et bouillantes.