Rotorua Duck Tours Rotorua is well-known for geothermal activity. There are a number of geysers, notably the Pohutu geyser at Whakarewarewa, and hot mud pools located in the city. Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland is New Zealand's most colourful natural volcanic area. Thousands of years in the making but only 20 minutes drive south of Rotorua. Due to we reached too late around 11am, we missed the Lady Knox Geyser erupts daily at 10:15am (to heights of up to 20 metres). Close to the constantly bubbling and erupting "Mud Pool"
Huge volcanic craters Nestled with a natural bush setting, walks through this unique volcanic area take between 30 and 75 minutes.
there are many key natural features here including the world famous, multi-coloured Champagne Pool
Today KC, Aimie, Sotong, Cacing, MeiHui, and Terence wanted to go hiking at Papamoa Hill. They invite me to join them. I joined them due to the previous scary experience, that's because I wanted to know what is the normal route to get up to the hill. I wanted to know how to get down from the hill by the "mystery way" that we can't find that day.
It's a sunny day, best for hiking
this is silver fern, symbolic of NZ 银嶡
heaps of mushroom along the way
& this is bigger than my face!
black face sheeps, we called them “包公羊”
Actually the normal route people use to get up the hill is really easy. If you use the same way to go down, it's easy too. But if you use another way to go up, you will find it difficult to find the correct path, especially when it's in the dark.
We cross the fence here from another hill that night and lost our direction
this is the sign that confused us for the direction (in the dark)
the curious sheeps look at us like we disturb the tranquility
it's a windy day
sitting in the breeze
nice view from the hill
posing
hey, what are we doing? look at my hair
jump! I can fly
Today is really windy. 好大风啊!
the feeling is just like doing sky diving, thanks for the strong wind, I can feel it again. ^^