The first picture is on the way to Lake Taupo outside of Rotorura. It's a hot spring with a little water fall....Afterwards is the Tangariro crossing. These are on the way up. I kinda wish I took more pictures looking up as we were climbing. The dude that was going with us told us never to look up. This was a real good tactic as the second hour was real intense. They call it the devils staircase and it is heaps steep. The whole walk was about 7 hours, we were all FINISHED afterwards.