Suphur Smells in Rotorua

After leaving Aprils we drove 4 hours further north to the famous destination of Rotorua. We had chosen a campsite that was situated on some fishing streams and was a short walk to Lake Rotorua. Chris managed to hire some equippment and had a good attempt at fishing. The site www.waiteti.com is one of the nicest we have stayed on with really friendly people and great facilities. Our pitch overlooks the stream at the back and we can have our dinner admiring the duck population outside.

We decided to go and have a look at what makes Rotorua famous (apart from fishing) and this is the geothermic volcanic activity in the earth here. We visited one of the largest areas and the smell of sulphur was at some points quite overwhelming. We had a great walk round all the different craters and pools and it was certainly an interesting experience.

Hold your nose it smells!!

Looks like industrial waste - its not its natural!!