Excursão ao Vale Volcânico de Waimangu e ao Lago Rotomahana
Descrição
Descubra a história vulcânica dramática e as paisagens geotérmicas deslumbrantes de Rotorua nesta jornada inesquecível de um dia inteiro através de um dos ambientes naturais mais extraordinários da Nova Zelândia.
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Descubra a história vulcânica dramática e as paisagens geotérmicas deslumbrantes de Rotorua nesta jornada inesquecível de um dia inteiro através de um dos ambientes naturais mais extraordinários da Nova Zelândia. Partindo das Portas de Tauranga, o passeio começa com um passeio panorâmico pelo Monte Maunganui e uma paragem na bela praia Mount Main, famosa por suas areias brancas, costa de surf e vistas do icônico Mauao. Deixando Tauranga para trás, viajamos no interior através do rio Kaituna e viajamos para o sul através de Rotorua em direção ao espectacular Vale Volcânico Waimangu - o mais jovem vale geotérmico do mundo, criado pela erupção maciça do Monte Tarawera em 1886.
A experiência começa com uma caminhada guiada de uma hora descendo pelo vale, cercado por paisagens a vapor, arbustos nativos, crateras vulcânicas e características geotérmicas notáveis. Ao longo do caminho, descubra o famoso Lago Frying Pan, a maior fonte quente do mundo, o colorido Crater Inferno, e inúmeras ventilações a vapor, terraços e formações geotérmicas moldadas pelo poder da erupção. No final inferior do vale, uma curta viagem de transporte nos leva às margens do belo Lago Rotomahana para um cruzeiro relaxante de 45 minutos pelo lago. Durante o cruzeiro, ouça a história dramática da erupção do Monte Tarawera e da destruição das lendárias Terrazas Rosa e Branca, uma vez consideradas a Oitava Maravilha do Mundo Natural. Enquanto exploramos a borda do lago, testemunhamos penhascos a vapor, fontes geotérmicas, geysers e poços de água emergindo diretamente da costa — um poderoso lembrete das forças vulcânicas ainda ativas abaixo da região hoje.
Deixando Waimangu para trás, continuamos para o sul para uma visita às famosas piscinas de lama de Wai-O-Tapu, onde a lama geotérmica bubbling e splattering cria um dos espetáculos naturais mais fascinantes de Rotorua. A viagem de regresso inclui uma paragem na magnífica floresta de Redwoods, famosa por suas árvores de madeira vermelha californianas elevadas e atmosfera pacífica, antes de continuar através da fértil baía da paisagem Plenty para um jardim de kiwis em Paengaroa. Aqui, os hóspedes podem aprender sobre a famosa indústria de kiwis da Nova Zelândia e a rica herança horticultural da região. Voltando ao porto de Tauranga, o Waimangu Volcanic Valley & Lake Rotomahana Tour combina maravilhas geotérmicas, história vulcânica, paisagens nativas e paisagens inesquecíveis em uma aventura notável Bay of Plenty.
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Informações importantes
- Aceita animais de serviço
- Opções de transporte público disponíveis perto
- Não recomendado para viajantes com problemas de coluna
- Requer condicionamento físico moderado
Avaliações(40)
A great place to visit to experience a great variety of geothermal landscapes. Not crowded with 3 different walks including a bus ride back at the end taking you to the visitor centre and restaurant. Homemade cake and a cup of tea is highly appreciated.
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Tracy was a great guide. Knew everything about the flora and fauna as well anything geothermal. Great tour of the lake as well.
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We enjoyed a fabulous day with Robert who picked us up from the Cruise port. Very convenient and stress-free! He took his time to show us all the sights around Tauranga before starting us on the drive to the geothermal Valley. As a retired school, principal, Robert made the hike through the Geothermal Valley most interesting with knowledgeable insights about the region’s geological features, flora, and birds. He made many stops to allow us to take photographs of the landscape. The boat ride on the lake was the cherry on the day’s tour: the captain took us right up to the boiling furmoroles. We had great pictures!
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The tour was great, Robert, our guide was super friendly, knowledgeable and kind. We had a great time and the views are amazing. Totally worth it.
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Very interesting point to view. It is the wonder of nature. The tour guide Robert is very professional and nice. A good tour!
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Robert was a great guide and explained all of the geothermal activities in an interesting way. The valley itself was beautiful and the lake trip was fun. We even stopped at a kiwi farm.
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Our driver /guide Robert was professional and knowledgeable about New Zealand and its history . After a brief tour of the Tauranga coastline we proceeded to a redwood forest then to the geothermal tour which included a Māori dance presentation. We finished with a kiwi tasting on our return. Very worthwhile 6 hour tour
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The visit was beautiful and vastly different from a similar experience in Iceland. It felt a bit rushed as is the nature of a shore excursion when you are tied to the schedule of the ship and it seems there is always at least one person who slows down the group by holding it. Some guides impart enthusiasm (or at least pretends to) and comeraderie and others find it to be a job to move the group from A to B. Our guide was the latter which is OK but makes it feel more like a school field trip than adult day trip.
Hi Cynthia, Thank you for your review. There was plenty of time that day to get back to the ship within the allocated time of the tour. There is also an allocated time slot to do the boat ride around the lake so it is important that the walk down to the lake does progress, but 2 hours is usually more than enough time to complete the walk with plenty of time to stop and enjoy the scenery. Your guide is generally very enthusiastic doing a fantastic job of managing the groups and gets great reviews on his tours. I do believe he was getting a little frustrated with part of your group that day as you have alluded too already. It is important people are considerate of the other people on the tour and don't go wandering off.
Our excursion guide was excellent, staying with us the entire time we hiked the long beautiful trail along the geothermal river to the lake and the boat tour around the lake.
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The valley is very interesting and very nice. The tour is fantastic. We had a great time with Russel.
Gracias por tomarte el tiempo de dejar una reseña tan positiva. Nos sentimos honrados de haber recibido tus elogios.
