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Explore the spouting geysers, hot springs and bubbling pools of two of Rotorua’s best-known thermal parks
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If you do just one thing during your stay in Rotorua, make it this half-day guided tour that introduces you to the region’s two most diverse geothermal parks. You’ll start with 70,000-year-old Waiotapu where bubbling mud pools, mineral-rich hot springs and collapsed craters frame the famous outbursts from Lady Knox Geyser. It’s a venerable grandfather compared to your next stop, Waimangu Volcanic Valley. Created by the Tarawera eruption in 1886, it features huge hot water lakes, tumbling sinter water terraces and hot springs that are all fringed by dense native forest. Experience it all through walks led by expert guides.
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