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Lake Rotomahana

#83 among destinations in New Zealand

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Lake Rotomahana

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Alternative names: Area: 3.09 mi²Length: 3.85 miWidth: 9186 ftMaximum depth: 369 ftElevation: 1112 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 38°15'54"S, 176°26'35"E
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Bay of PlentyNew Zealand

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Day trips

Lake Rotomahana – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Tarawera, Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley, Mount Tarawera, Lake Rerewhakaaitu.

  • lake tarawera4.6 miN
    Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

    Lake Tarawera

    117 min walk • Lake Tarawera is the largest of a series of lakes which surround the volcano Mount Tarawera in the North Island of New Zealand. Like the mountain, it lies within the Okataina caldera. It is located 18 kilometres to the east of Rotorua, and beneath the peaks of the Tarawera massif i.e. Wahanga, Ruawahia, Tarawera and Koa.

  • waimangu volcanic rift valley2.6 miSW
    Nature, Natural attraction, Hot springs

    Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley

    66 min walk • The Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley is the hydrothermal system created on 10 June 1886 by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera, on the North Island of New Zealand. It encompasses Lake Rotomahana, the site of the Pink and White Terraces, as well as the location of the Waimangu Geyser, which was active from 1900 to 1904.

  • mount tarawera5.2 miNE
    Lakeside volcano with hiking trails

    Mount Tarawera

    133 min walk • Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand. Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua, it consists of a series of rhyolitic lava domes that were fissured down the middle by an explosive basaltic eruption in 1886.

  • lake rerewhakaaitu3.8 miSE
    Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

    Lake Rerewhakaaitu

    99 min walk • Lake Rerewhakaaitu is a small, shallow lake in northern New Zealand, located 30 kilometres to the east of Rotorua. It is immediately south of the active volcano Mount Tarawera, and the geography was substantially altered by a major eruption in 1886.

  • the buried village5.9 miNW
    Museum, History museum

    Te Wairoa, New Zealand

    151 min walk • Te Wairoa was a village, now a ghost town that is also known as the Buried Village, close to the shore of Lake Tarawera in New Zealand's North Island. It was a Māori and European settlement founded in 1848 by the Revd Seymour Mills Spencer where visitors would stay on their way to visit the Pink and White Terraces.

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