#Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
The Thermal Wonderland!
Wai o tapu is one of the the must visit tourist attraction if you are traveling in the north island of New Zealand!
Located just a short drive away from the city of Taupo or Rotorua, and it will be good to have about 2 hours to visit this place.
There are many unique feature which you can see over here, with one of the most iconic one to be the colorful Champagne pool(shown in cover photo). It is truly an amazing sight to watch and at times you can even watch the eruption of the Lady Knox Geyser!
Other features includes steaming ground, bubbling mud, volcanic craters and many other really cool natural sights.
Coming from a city country, this place has greatly increased my knowledge of geography and I never knew such things existed before!
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Seanjunhao
The park was incredible! Definitely worth the visit. The walk itself isn't that long, but it takes a while because every few feet you're stopping in awe to look at the next thing. It gets pretty hot there so make sure to bring water with you! #wintergetaway
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Pondchanit
It cost me the most expensive entrance fee, an adult wants 32.5NZD, but it is worth the money. The geothermal park is actually composed of two parts, one is the Lady
Knox Geyser area not far from the northeast of the visitor center; the other part is located at the southwest end. Tourist Park's main tourist area (ThermalPark).
The order of the tour is from the SH5 down to the main entrance, drive for two minutes, marked on the map of the Waiotapu
Thermal Track, there is also a mud pool Mud pool, which is the largest in New Zealand. The main tourist area is particularly large, divided into large circles and small circles. It takes nearly 2 hours to complete the big circle. It takes 45 minutes to take the shortest route and only visit the main attractions. The
Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Park is a miniature Yellowstone Park that has been formed by thousands of years of volcanic activity. There are three very interesting geothermal pools inside.
One of them is Artist's Palette (artist's palette). The
name is very artistic, and the real color pool that you actually see is also like a palette. The different colors of the stroke in the water are due to different trace elements. Green is from ferrous salt, yellow is from sulphur, orange is from sputum, and brown is from iron oxide. The Champagne Pool is the symbol of the Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Park and a place for Wu Qilong and Liu Shishi to take wedding photos.
Maple.
There are many volcanoes and hot springs in the North Island of New Zealand, and Waiotap is the most famous geothermal park in the North Island. Because of the volcanic movement, the groundwater here forms a natural geothermal hot spring, and some can even reach 100 degrees, so we have to feel the magic of nature. Let's go here on New Year's Day holiday, take the children to feel the magic of nature and witness the best nature!
Winnie
Wu Qilong and Liu Shishi filmed wedding photos here. Rotorua is a Maori language meaning double lake. The city is full of hot springs and the suburbs are densely forested. The lake is bright, the mountains are blurred, the birds are playing in the water, the seagulls are flying in the air, the air is sulphur-filled, the hot springs are muddy, and the mud is boiling. Walk in the park to enjoy the Champagne Pool, Steaming Ground, and soak. Bubbling Mud, colorful pools, expansive views, huge craters, unique ladders of molten pulp. When I left, I encountered a Bugatti classic car activity, and the saliva flowed to the ground.
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Come to the Waiotapu Geothermal Park, where there is a famous geyser that erupts at 10:15 every day. The fountain can reach up to 20 meters for up to 1 hour. .
There are also colorful geothermal wonders to see the colorful champagne pool and feel the magical power of nature. The geyser erupted on time every day, but it was not his own eruption. Instead, the staff put soapy water inside, and then began to erupt slowly, still quite spectacular.
After watching the fountain, you can go directly to the geothermal park. The Waiotapu Geothermal Park is one of New Zealand's heavyweight geothermal parks. How is it a heavyweight? Even Liu Shishi and Wu Qilong come here to take a wedding dress. Photo, is it very heavyweight? The biggest feature of
geothermal park is the colorful, you will marvel at the magical power of nature. There are a total of 26 natural landscapes in the park, including the famous Champagne Pool and the Knox Lady Geyser. The picture above is the Champagne Pool. I just want to take a drink.
Geothermal Park is located about 30 kilometers south of Rotorua, along the park trails to see the amazing active volcanic landscape and geothermal phenomenon, the park is still very large, we walked for more than an hour If you don't go halfway, you choose to give up. There is a coffee shop at the entrance to the park. You can have something to eat over there. Drinking coffee is a good choice.