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The Champagne Pool is one of the star attractions at Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, and the most famous hot spring in New Zealand. Champagne Pool fills a crater formed some 700 years ago. Champagne coloured waters percolate up from underground full of carbon dioxide which forms bubbles near the surface where the water temperature is around 100 deg c. At the edges of the pools the silica is lined with bright orange from antimony rich deposits that solidify out of the cooler water. Mercury, thallium, gold and silver are also deposited in the rocks.

We enjoyed a 3 night stay in Rotorua just this weekend.


Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool		 Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool		 Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool		 Wai - o - Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
Wai - o - Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
Wai - o - Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
Wai - o - Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool		 Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool		 Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
Wai - o -Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool		 Wai - o- Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
Wai - o- Tapu - Geothermal Champagne Pool
g4/94/755894/3/135963468.S6mic6nl.jpg Devils Bath
Devils Bath		 Devils Bath
Devils Bath		 Mud Pools - Wai - o -Tapu
Mud Pools - Wai - o -Tapu
Mud Pools - Wai - o -Tapu
Mud Pools - Wai - o -Tapu		 Mud Pools - Wai - o -Tapu
Mud Pools - Wai - o -Tapu		 Mud Pools - Wai - o -Tapu
Mud Pools - Wai - o -Tapu		 Old Bath House - Rotorua
Old Bath House - Rotorua
Sulphur Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Sulphur Bay, Lake Rotorua.		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party		 Maori Concert Party
Maori Concert Party
Wai o Tapu
Wai o Tapu		 g4/94/755894/3/135981709.HGPUuq9i.jpg Devils Home
Devils Home		 Devils Home
Devils Home
Devils Home
Devils Home		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 100 Deg c.....rather HOT !
100 Deg c.....rather HOT !		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Wai - o - Tapu
Wai - o - Tapu		 Not my land..
Not my land..
Not my land..
Not my land..		 Bath House - Rotorua
Bath House - Rotorua		 Novotel Hotel - Rotorua
Novotel Hotel - Rotorua		 Novotel Hotel - Rotorua
Novotel Hotel - Rotorua
Novotel Hotel
Novotel Hotel		 Novotel Hotel
Novotel Hotel		 Lake Rotorua
Lake Rotorua		 Any buyers out there ?
Any buyers out there ?
A typical New Zealand scene..
A typical New Zealand scene..		 45 million sheep, 4 million people....
45 million sheep, 4 million people....		 Spied this up off the road on way around Lake Rotorua..
Spied this up off the road on way around Lake Rotorua..		 Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.		 Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.		 Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.		 Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.		 Redwood Forest, Rotorua
Redwood Forest, Rotorua		 Redwood Forest, Rotorua
Redwood Forest, Rotorua		 Redwood Forest, Rotorua
Redwood Forest, Rotorua
Phototgrapher in the Redwood Forest.
Phototgrapher in the Redwood Forest.		 Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.
Holdens Bay, Lake Rotorua.		 Waikato River
Waikato River

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Lensview Photography30-Jun-2011 05:51
Great gallery. Love the colours at Wai-o-tapu :)
joseantonio30-Jun-2011 05:09
I missed this one. I loved Waimangu though
Guest 29-Jun-2011 00:42
A treasure trove of colors! Vµ
Janice Dunn28-Jun-2011 10:16
Wai-o-tapu is great to visit, isn't it? I knew you'd enjoy the colours.
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