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Wai-o-tapu Thermals - Mud Lakes
In the late 1800's we were told, a group of convicts from the near by jail used to come here to wash their clothes in the hot waters. One man threw his laundry soap into the mouth of the geysers and suddenly it erupted! Now around 10:30 a.m. a man pours a bag of environmentally safe detergent into the mouth and the geysers erupts after a few minutes. This is done once a day so the geyser can replenish the water chamber below. The guide said at one time there were around 300 geysers but due to the thermal electric generating plants, only about 18 geysers were left on the north island.
Beautiful large tinted lake.
A hot springs with bubbling mud!
Created by Chuck Buntjer
Published on: 2013.10.10
San Francisco
Revised on: 2013.20.10