Discover the Thermal Wonderland Beauty
Wai-O-Tapu Explorer by Kiwi Driver Tours
He aratohu manuhiri motuhake tēnei nā Kiwi Driver Tours & Transfers i hanga. Ehara mātou i te paetukutuku mana o Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland. Me tirotirohia tika ki te wāhi whakauru, ngā hāora whakatuwheratanga me te wātea o ngā mahi me te wāhi i mua i te haerenga.
1 Mahunga Rua
Ko te tauira tuatahi o ngā rua kua hinga, nā te mamaoa waikawa i ahu mai i raro i te whenua i hinga ai te whenua. Kia mahara, ko ngā taha taratara me ngā tae kōwhai-kakariki o ēnei rua e rua, nā te mamaoa puia whakamatao i tae ai ngā pakitara.
2 Te Rua Uenuku
Ko ngā tae kanapa e kitea ana e koe i ngā pakitara o te kaihanga nā te waikura, ā, e whakaata ana i ngā tae āniwaniwa. Ka puta ēnei tae i ngā kohuke:
Parauri/Whero: Waikura Rino
Papura: Waikura Konupora
Kōwhai: Whānariki
Māwhero: Cinnabar (Mercury Sulphide) e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā taonga whakakoi Haina
Mā: Kaolin (e mōhiotia ana ko te Uku Haina)
Ko ngā tāngata tuatahi e noho ana i te rohe ka kohia te rino waikura hei whakaranu ki te hinu ika me te tohorā hei hanga i tētahi mea rite ki te peita, arā, te whero ōkere, i whakamahia i mua hei peita i ngā hanganga me ngā marae.
3 Te Rua Whaitiri
I hangaia he rua i hinga i te tau 1968, ā, i tōna hinganga tuatahi, i tangi pērā i te whatitiri e rere ana. Kei te whakaputa tonu te oro o tēnei rua i te tangi o te whatitiri. E whā ngā wā kua nui ake te rahi o tēnei rua i tōna rahi taketake, ā, ka tipu haere tonu i te mea ka tukuna tonutia e te wai 98-tohu te mamaoa waikawa.
4 Ipu
Kei roto i ēnei puna paru te hinu mata kāore anō kia parakoretia, i te mutunga o te rautau 1800 me te tīmatanga o te rautau 1900, i tangohia te paru i runga i ēnei kohua hei tahu ki roto i ngā rama hinu. Nā te whakamahana o ngā putanga wera mai i raro i te mata, ko te pāmahana o te paru
e 50 nekehanga Celsius te teitei, te pāmahana Fahrenheit. Ko te tae me te matotoru o te paru i ahu mai i te huinga o ngā wāhanga iti o te karāhe me te hinu mata.
Ka whāngaihia ēnei puna ki te wai ua, ā, ka rerekē haere puta noa i te tau.
5 Artist’s Palette
Ka kawea mai e te wai e puea ake ana mai i te Champagne Pool ngā kohuke i ahu mai i raro i te mata. I te whakamataotanga o te wai, ka mimiti, ka whakaatuhia ngā kohuke e whakaatu ana i ngā tae.
Kāore tēnei rohe e rite tonu te āhua mō ngā rā e rua karapīpiti, ka rerekē i runga i te hihi o te rā, te taumata wai me te ahunga o te hau.
6 Te Waiāriki o Mahuika
He puna whanariki te puna wera o Mahuika kei te taha o te papa whakatārewatanga. Mai i konei, he tirohanga pai ki ngā papa whakatārewatanga, ā, ka heke iho i te awaawa ki te teihana hiko waiariki o Ohaaki i tawhiti. Tata ki te 15% o te hiko katoa e takoha ana ki te whatunga hiko o Aotearoa e te Geothermal Power.
7 Sinter Terraces
Ko ēnei papa whakatārewatanga te mea nui rawa atu i Aotearoa. Ko te wai e rere ana i runga i ngā papa i ahu mai i te Puna Champagne. I a ia e rere ana i runga i ngā papa, ka mimiti, ka waiho te geyserite. Neke atu i te 700 tau tēnei tukanga e haere ana, ā, e kapi ana ngā Papa i tētahi rohe tata ki te 1.5 heketea. Kei te tipu haere tonu ēnei papa ki runga, ki waho hoki.
I waenganui i ngā rākau he Urupā tūpuna kāore i te tohua, e tapu ai tēnei rohe. I roto i ngā tuhinga nūpepa, i kōrerotia te tanumanga whakamutunga i tēnei rohe i te tau 1910. I mōhiotia hoki a Wāhi Tapu hei wāhi e whakahokia ai e ngā tūpuna Māori te pito o ngā tamariki ki te whenua, ki waenganui i ngā rākau.
9 Wāhi Tapu
Kei waenganui i ngā rākau he Urupā tūpuna kāore i te tohua, e tapu ai tēnei wāhi. I roto i ngā tuhinga nūpepa, i puta te kōrero ko te tanumanga whakamutunga i tēnei rohe i te tau 1910. I mōhiotia anō a Wāhi Tapu hei wāhi e whakahokia ai e ngā tūpuna Māori te pito o ngā tamariki ki te whenua, ki waenganui i ngā rākau.
9 Panoramic View
Ko te Ngāhere o Kaingaroa, ko tōna tikanga he 'ara roa kāore he kai', koinei te ngahere nui rawa atu i hangaia e te tangata i te tuakoi tonga. Ko te roto o Ngākoro ngā wai matomato ka kitea e koe i tawhiti. Ka taea e koe te tae atu mā te ara matomato. Mai i tēnei wāhi i te rangi mārama ka taea hoki e koe te kite i ngā pito tonga o te Rohe Puia o Taupo me te maunga teitei rawa atu i te Tai Tokerau, arā, a Maunga Ruapehu.
10 Te Rere Ārai Mārena
Ko ēnei rerenga wai te pito o ngā papa wai whakatō. He wāhanga o te tae i taehia e te rerenga mai i Te Waiāriki O Mahuika (6). Tērā pea nā te huakita me te archaea te tae kakariki. Mai i konei, ka rere te wai ki roto i tētahi awa pāpaku e anga atu ana ki te roto o Ngākoro.
11 Alum cliffs (not accessible)
He papaku ngā paripae whakapae kua memeha haere i ngā rau tau o te huarere. Kei te ritenga atu o ngā pari ka kite koe i a Papa Wera i te taha o tētahi roto waikawa e 700 tau te pakeke.
12 Papa Wera
He rua puia a Papa Wera, he papa kore pumau, kapi tonu i ngā puna wera e koropupū ana me ngā pūaha iti e tuku ana i ngā hau puia. Ko Papa Wera te kāinga o te manu Poaka, e mōhiotia ana ko te Pied Stilt. He roa ngā waewae o ēnei manu iti pango me te mā, ā, ka kai rātou i ngā pepeke o te rohe.
13 Te Puna Tio
Ki te tirohia mai i te papa ara rakau, kei roto i te whenua pāpaku tēnei puna kaukau he rite te āhua ki te tio.
14 Rua Whānāriki
Mai i te ara, he tauira whakamiharo o ngā tioata whanariki i hangaia i konei i te mea kua whakamatao te hau hauwai whanariki wera, ā, kua tioata i te wāhi marumaru o te pari e iri ana.
15 Puna o Ngakoro
E rere ana tēnei wairere i runga i ngā toka ki roto i ngā wai matomato o te roto o Ngākoro. Ka kitea te nuinga o te roto, i hangaia pea i te pahūtanga waiariki neke atu i te 700 tau ki muri. Ka rere ngā puna wai mahana ki roto i tēnei roto, ā, ka mahana i te tau katoa, ka puta hoki he rimurimu e homai ana te tae matomato.
16 Native Bush Walk
Ka whai te hikoi i tētahi pae maunga i roto i tētahi aho rākau Kānuka nunui, kātahi ka heke ki te awaawa e hono ana i te roto o Echo ki a Papa Wera. Ko te teitei o ngā rākau me ngā puna wai e rere ana i roto i te rohe he wāhi pai mō ngā manu taketake pērā i te Bellbirds, te Tui, te Pīwakawaka me te Tomtits.
17 Puke Whānāriki
He rite ēnei ki ngā pukepuke pōpokorua nunui, he puranga whanariki i hangaia i raro i te wai i mua i te whakamakuku i tēnei rohe hei hanga rori i ngā tau 1950.
18 Te Waiāriki O Aporo
Ko te Rangatira Aporo tētahi o ngā tino tangata rongonui o Wai-O-Tapu o mua. Ko ia tētahi o ngā tāngata tuatahi ki te tuku haerenga ārahi ki te rohe i te mutunga o te rautau 1800. I rongonui ia mō te kaukau i roto i tēnei kaukau kī tonu i te wai e rere mai ana i te Puna Kaukau Champagne.
19 Champagne Pool
Ko te puna wera nui rawa atu o Aotearoa, e 65 mita te whānui, e 62 mita te hohonu, ā, ko te pāmahana o te mata he 74 nekehanga Celsius. Ko ngā mirumiru i puta mai i te hauhā waro ka rite ki te Champagne i roto i te wai. I hangaia i te 700 tau ki muri e te pahūtanga waiariki, ko ētahi o ngā kohuke kei roto i te wai ko te koura, te hiriwa, te mercury, te whanariki, te arsenic, te thallium, me te antimony.
20 Rua Pūmahu
He paru wera te raro o tēnei rua. I ngā wā tata nei, i whakangaromia tētahi āwhata whenua i hono ai ngā taha e te mamaoa waikawa e puta mai ana i te raro o te rua. I tuhia ngā oro o tēnei rua hei hanga i a Foley. I whakaatuhia ēnei i roto i ngā whakaaturanga o Mordor i roto i te Trilogy a te Ariki o ngā Mowhiti.
21 Rua Ōwhanga
Ka kōhanga ngā whetū, ngā warou me ngā myna i roto i ngā kōhao i ngā pakitara o tēnei rua kua hinga. Ka piki ake te wera mai i raro hei āwhina i te whakatō i ngā hua manu, hei pupuri hoki i te mahana o ngā manu.
22 Anga Whānāriki
Kua hangaia he āhua ataahua e ngā tioata whanariki i runga i te pakitara i runga ake i ngā pūaha o tēnei rua. Ki te taha matau rawa atu, kei reira ētahi o ngā puna wai hauota torutoru i te rohe, i whakamahia pea e te iwi o te rohe hei tunu kai.
23 Roto Kārikitea
Kī tonu tēnei rua i te wai nui mai i te Puna Kaukau Champagne. Ko te tae whakamiharo i ahu mai i te putunga o ngā kohuke e iri ana i roto i te wai, e ārai ana i te hihi o te rā. Ka rerekē ngā tae o tēnei puna, ka kanapa ake i ngā rā paki, ka pōuri ake i ngā rā kapua. Ko te pH o tēnei puna he 2, ā, he tino waikawa. Ko te pāmahana he 14 nekehanga Celsius.
