Rotorua to Auckland, New Zealand

The Waiotapu Thermal track is maintained by the Department of Conservation (DoC). There is a boardwalk and trail that takes you to this highpoint that overlooks the largest bubbling pool of light grey mud. Steam and gases rising through the pool create bubbles of mud that form and burst. The DoC website warns: 'Caution: Geothermal hazards! The geothermal landscape is extremely fragile, and is also a potentially dangerous environment. Visitors should keep to the tracks. Hazards include falling through thin crust surfaces, being burnt by hot geothermal gases or fluids, and inhalation of fatal concentrations of carbon dioxide and sulphur gases.' Glad I didn't read that until after we visited!!!! Select the photo below to see more