Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland Review

Driving 25 minutes to the Geothermal Wonderland Park outside the town, the route is from Rotorua to the south along the Taobo direction of SH5 Highway, passing through the area of Redwood Forest Park, about 27 kilometers, following the directions of the road signs, turning into a woodland path, from time to time, you can see white smoke coming out of the woods, light sulfur smell coming with the wind, Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Park is at the end of the path. (Ticket office has free guidebook, English version and Chinese version) Entering the park, the two sides of the pavement are covered by fog, the smell of sulphur is getting stronger and stronger, the color is changing slowly, the flowers are disappearing, the green trees are becoming rare, the sulphur is fumigated and stained, all over the place, leaving only dead branches and leaves, as if arrived at "hell on earth". It turned out to be a relic left by the volcano, or rather a dormant active volcano. The open area is only a small part of the volcano. Records show that the highest temperature can reach 300 C &6. Groundwater flows through the surface of magmatic rocks and strong odor of rotten eggs can be smelled everywhere. If this strange odor is not smelled, volcanic eruption may occur. The signs clearly indicate three connected circular walks, which are divided into 30 minutes, 40 minutes, and 75 minutes of different time-length landscape walks. The total distance is 3 kilometers. The length of the line is marked with red, orange and yellow. There are 25 scenic spots along the walkway, which can be seen in turn in a circle. For your own safety, in order to avoid burns, burns and corrosion, please follow the instructions of Wai-O-Tapu to visit the formed pavement. Do not cross the banister without permission. Do not pick up the rocks, branches or other items in the garden. Then there is NOSMOKING.