[New Zealand] Rotorua - Wai-O-Tapu + Taupo - Huka Falls
After staying in Rotorua for 2 nights, it was time to bid goodbye to this beautiful place! One must note that it takes a while to get used to the 'rotten egg' smell due to the sulphur content in the air from the thermal springs! This however, should not put you off when visiting Rotorua, as it really was a very enjoyable and pretty place. We checked out from our room in the morning, and we headed down to Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland to see geyser's, craters, hot springs and volcanic pools. Wai-O-Tapu means 'Sacred Water' in Maori, and it is an active geothermal area. We picked up our tickets once we reached the premises, and we drove to the ' Lady Knox Geyser' to check it out . The Geyser is a natural geyser and was named for the daughter of a prominent governor in the earlier 20th Century. While it is a natural geyser, the park rangers induce it to erupt daily by adding a chemical for a reaction, and the eruption of the geyser...