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| Aratia dam |
If it's Tuesday we must be going to Lake Taupo 80kms further south. Guess what? It's still raining, less than the torrential downpour overnight but still wet. This is just like being on holiday in England.
Precipitation cleared at midday as we pulled into the car park at the Aratia dam. Every 2 hours during the day the dam gates are lifted for 30 minutes and thousands of tonnes of water cascade down the gorge and onto the hydro electric power station down stream. For lovers of facts, this is the Waitomo river, the longest river in NZ flowing from lake Taupo north to Auckland. We liked this attraction, interesting to watch and free.
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| Swimming in thermal stream |
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| Mud pool Waitupo |
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| Haka falls, Taupo |
Further up the road was a pay for attraction to see hot mud pools and thermal pools and less than 5 minutes away free thermal streams to swim in and mud pools to visit. The stream was a hot bath under the shade of the trees, in places scalding, in others a cool plunge pool before the cold stream merged with the hot water.
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