17th of October Leaving Rotorua for Taupo

Plan A was to visit the Kiwi encounter in Rotorua, this is actually right next to the luges and mountain 'kabelbaan'.
However then I had to wait more than an hour because the next show/visit to the kiwi's was fully booked, so no Kiwi's today.
Instead of Kiwi's Whakarewarewa village was the next on the list, this is an actual Maori village and one of the better maori shows. The town is nice and you can watch one of the bigger real geysers as well. (The geyser in Wai-o-Tapu is activated by using some kind of washing powder.)
Next to that I chose to have a Hangimeal, this is the traditional Maori way of
preparing food. They either use stones heated in a fire or the thermal heat to cook meals. As such no fat is added and they do not add a lot of seasoning as well. The meal was nice but i do prefer the euro/asian method of cooking.

While leaving Rotorua for Taupo I decided to visit the 'Hidden Valley' as recommended by Katia. And to be honest this was a really good experience, it was the 3rd geo termal site i visited and i can recommend to visit this one and skip the Wai-O-Tapu one.

The last stop before arriving in Taupo were the Huka falls (see picture). These are kind of rapids and the water is pushed through a gorge which is quite spectacular.

When I arrived in Taupo the weather was not the best, so i will not be able to book a skydive tomorrow. Which makes tomorrow a perfect travelling day towards Napier.