Saturday, February 4, 2023

Saturday Feb 4th - Rotorua NZ

Wake up to entering a new port.  Dock at Pier
Kayak tour around the lake ND into a cave to see the glow worm. Then a paddle over to the hot springs.  A dip in the mineral baths and a "Dad's meat pie" & cookie for lunch.    
we also saw 4 new birds today:
Eurasian coot
Great cormorant
New Zealand grebe
White faced heron 
The bus ride went past a bunch of farms growing kiwi fruit 🥝 it was very interesting to see the big wind breaks made from rows of trees
Sail out was beautiful
We also sailed quite close to white island at sunset.  This island erupted Dec 9 2019 and killed 22 of the 47 people on the island  I think it is steaming coming out of left side
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption

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