{"id":11825,"date":"2024-05-07T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/?p=11825"},"modified":"2024-05-12T18:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T06:14:15","slug":"te-puia-hot-springs-geyser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/07\/te-puia-hot-springs-geyser\/","title":{"rendered":"Te Puia Hot Springs & Geyser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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We did not sleep well. Apart from the uncleanliness, I couldn\u2019t put my finger on what was bugging me about the house. It was just a feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We called Airbnb and told them we wanted to check out. They contacted the owner who said they would send the cleaners back over. We thought it only fair and gave them a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went to Te Puia<\/a>, a geothermal park. Paul was our excellent guide who enlightened us on M\u0101ori culture, geysers and mud pools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotorua sits within the Ring of Fire<\/a>, a tectonic belt that encircles most of the Pacific Ocean where a majority of Earth\u2019s volcanoes and earthquakes are located. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s the most seismically and volcanically active area in the world, with about 90% of earthquakes and 75% of active volcanoes occurring along it. The Ring of Fire is about 24,000 miles long and 300 miles wide and contains between 750 and 915 active or dormant volcanoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While Paul was explaining all the details of the geyser and park, we were standing on a spot with extreme heat under us. Even the concrete sitting area was too hot to sit on. Beneath us was rising steam and boiling mud from geothermal pressure. Rotorua\u2019s hyper geothermic activity helps release pressure from building up from under the earth\u2019s crust. These release valves are located all around this town and region and as a result you can see steam coming out of the ground, mud bubbling and geysers erupting. We had parked our car across from a golf course where steam was coming out from the ground near the green. We were curious about it and just found out why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first stop on the Te Puia tour was to see the largest naturally active geyser on the Southern Hemisphere, Pohutu Geyser. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pohutu, meaning \u201cconstant splashing,\u201d erupts up to 20 times a day at the height of 100 feet. It was extra stinky standing near it, but incredible to witness its powerful eruption. There also appeared to be more steam today because it was a colder day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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