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| Our first view of the Emerald Lakes as we started the descent from Red Crater |
Three lakes make up the Emerald Lakes and they are old explosion pits with brilliant water colourings from the minerals washed down from the Red Crater. Amazing sight as we crested Red Crater.
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| Other worldly coloured lake. |
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| Shawni and Craig navigating the scree slope. |
So now the 11 kilometres of decent started. This had me laughing out loud, a ridiculously steep but narrow scoria slope! I hung onto Fred's backpack and we slipped down, literally. After the loose scree section the path hardens into a packed surface with small loose stones - downhill on marbles, still giggling I held on for dear life and kept sliding behind Fred....
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| Scoria slope with the old lava flow from Red Crater. |
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| Our 'picnic' spot, steaming vents and just a little smelly too. |
The lunch stop was so welcome, we just plopped down, rested for a short while, knocked all the scree out of our shoes and started the next leg of the walk to the acidic Blue Lake, a sacred place for the Maori's.
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