“Te Wairoa (also known as The Buried Village) is a deserted village located 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 Reverend Seymour Mills Spencer where visitors would stay on their way to visit the Pink and White Terraces.Continue reading “The Wairoa Buried Village”
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Lake Tarawera
Beautiful Lake Tarawera! I’ve been fascinated by the Mount Tarawera eruption and the destruction of the Pink and White Terraces since the first time I travelled through New Zealand in 2005. I’m so happy that I finally got to go and see it!
Alive and Trekking 