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Best Western Braeside Rotorua, spa-pool on deck overlooks stream <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n We took a quick trip into town for a Sunday stroll, and found ourselves at the Te Papaiouru Marae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe following day we drove about 20km South to Waimangu Volcanic Valley, a rift that opened during the Tararewa Eruption in the 1880s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe rift created the worlds largest hot spring, Frying Pan Lake. The surface temperate is about 55C, and it has a pH of 3.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrom Frying Pan Lake a hot water stream flowed down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe climbed past a little geyser…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n…up to Inferno Crater Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFrom there we took the harder route, up Mt Haszard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nEventually the track rejoined the main path to the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom here a bus took us back up the hill, save us at the 4km hike back up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next day the forecast wasn’t that great, so we took a morning walk through the redwood forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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