A viewpoint en route to Rotorua
Black shag on Lake Taupo
A shag on Lake Taupo
Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland
A seagull nesting on a thermal pool
The “Champagne Pool”
A pied stilt
Pied stilt + chicks
The edge of Champagne Pool
The mud pool
A leaping blob of mud
At the Polynesian Spa in Rotorua
A natural hot pool at Polynesian Spa overlooking Lake Rotorua
At the Tamaki simulated Maori village, our “chiefs” learn the proper greeting
Our “chief” tries to show that we come in peace
A Maori hangi meal (not)
On the way back from Rotorua to the farmstay, we stopped in Taupo for the New Year's celebration
The New Year's eve concert in Taupo
