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February 20, 2016

The multiple faces of Rotorua

Rotorua is situated on the edge of the lake with the homonyms name in the center of the northern NZ island. Located in an area with a pronounced geothermal activity and smelling intensely of sulfur, the city is also famous among adrenaline junkies for all the extreme activities that can be found here. We’ve tested only […]

Getting muddy in Hell’s Gate

This is a must do if you reach Rotorua! A unique geothermal experience with erupting waters, steaming fumaroles, boiling muds. Named by the maori tribes that used to populate the area “Tikitere”, the place got it’s more popular name “Hell’s Gate” after the 1934 visit of the famous Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. When he saw […]