Places to visit in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
8 places to visit in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Frying Pan Lake, Whakaari / White Island, Lake Rotorua and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Bay of Plenty volume.
2 Famous places to visit · 6 Hidden gems
Famous places to visit in Bay of Plenty (2)
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Frying Pan Lake
The largest hot spring in the world, lying in Echo Crater in the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley south of Rotorua. Its acidic water stays at around 50 to 60 degrees Celsius and the lake covers roughly 38,000 square metres.
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Whakaari / White Island
An active andesite volcano on an island 48 kilometres off the Bay of Plenty coast. It was mined for sulphur in the 20th century and has been closed to visitors since the deadly eruption of December 2019.
Hidden gems in Bay of Plenty (6)
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Lake Rotorua
The second largest lake on the North Island, filling a volcanic caldera that formed around 240,000 years ago. Mokoia Island sits at its centre, and the geothermal city of Rotorua lies on its southern shore.
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Mount Maunganui
A 232 metre extinct volcanic cone at the end of a sandy peninsula in Tauranga, also called Mauao. A steep track climbs to the summit for a view over the Bay of Plenty, and a famed surf beach runs along its base.
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Mount Tarawera
A volcano near Rotorua that erupted on 10 June 1886, killing about 120 people and burying the Pink and White Terraces. The eruption tore a rift 17 kilometres long, and the buried village of Te Wairoa is now a museum.
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Polynesian Spa
A geothermal spa on the shore of Lake Rotorua, where visitors soak in pools fed by natural mineral springs. The area has drawn bathers since the nineteenth century, and the pools look out across the lake from the edge of the city.
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Rotorua Museum
A museum and art gallery in the Government Gardens, housed in the Tudor style Bath House that opened in 1908 as a spa. Its collections include more than 2,000 Māori taonga, and the building was closed in 2016 after earthquake strength concerns.
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Wai-O-Tapu
An active geothermal area south of Rotorua, whose name means sacred waters. Its colourful features include the huge Champagne Pool and the bright green Devil's Bath, and the Lady Knox Geyser erupts every morning.
Collecting in Bay of Plenty
What are the best places to visit in Bay of Plenty?
LOQAH lists 8 places in Bay of Plenty. The best known include Frying Pan Lake, Whakaari / White Island, Lake Rotorua, Mount Maunganui and Mount Tarawera. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Bay of Plenty?
8, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Bay of Plenty?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Bay of Plenty before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Bay of Plenty and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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