Orakei Korako tour
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If you only visit one geothermal area in New Zealand, make it this one. Just 25 minutes north
of Taupo, Orakei Korako (also known as the Hidden Valley) is an otherworldly place of geysers and bubbling mud amid surreal silica terraces coated in weird and wonderful splodges of green, yellow, and orange algae. Don't miss 40-meter-long Te Kapua Terrace (also known as the Golden Fleece Terrace), covered in a rippling, white sinter coating. Following the walkways around the area brings visitors to a platform overlooking Ruatapu Cave, the only geothermal cave in New Zealand and one of only two in the world. This unique natural feature (no entry allowed) plummets down for 35 meters to an acid-water hot pool. More: planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/taupo-nz-wk-to.htm
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