After Yellowstone National Park last year I was curious to see how I would experience the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland near Rotorua.
Nature is so strange and remarkable that I was completely taken in by the colours and in awe yet again.
Champayne Pool is extraordinary, the bright orange rim around the pool in such contrast to the grey of the sinter edge. The steam wafting off the pool changes colour too, picking up the pink and yellow hues surrounding the deep, gentle bubbling water - so like champayne bubbles.
It was hot, the sulphur odours quite oppressive as we did the 3.5km trail around the park, burping mud pools, hissing fumeroles, and mostly very peculiar coloured pools - lime and avocadogreen!
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| Champayne Pool from the viewpoint at Wai-O-Tapu |
