Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland

Wai-o-Tapu Geoihermal Wonderland

The visitor centre.

We drove to the Lady Knox Geyser.

A close up of the geyser.

 One of the rangers explained the history of the area.

The geyser erupts naturally between every one to four days. For visitors, the ranger adds a suffectant to encourage an eruption in just two minutes. 

And boom, we have a geyser, but difficult to make out the water from the steam.

We drove back to the centre and started along the geothermal trail. There are fumeroles such as this one in a cave with deposits of sulphur on the roof.

There are terraces, the biggest in the country.

The artists palette is a kaleidoscope of colours with red in the background partially obscured by the steam.

Another terrace.

Where the ground is unstable, there are board walks. 

More coloured pools.

A large green pool.

The oyster pool, so called due to its shape.

One of many pools.

A smoking fumarole.

A green pool...

...another view.

The visitor centre with just some of the pools and fumaroles steaming in the background.

The outflow from the area is warm and on a quiet road, there is a hot spring which is free for the public to enjoy.

The hot tub.