Boiling Mud Pools Orakei Korako Taupo New Zealand
Photo & Vacation Spot

Thick looking clay forms a variety of shapes as the boiling mud pools fascinate tourists to Orakei Korako near Taupo on the North Island of New Zealand.

Watching the boiling mud pools bubble in this geothermal area at Orakei Korako near Taupo, New Zealand is fascinating. The mud pools are continuously changing as they grow, disappear and new ones form in areas where the thermal fluids have rotted the surface rocks altering them into clay.

While these mud pools bubble, the strangest types of noises can be heard as the heated clay gurgles and churns. The mud pools at Orakei Korako take nearly a half an hour to reach from the town of Taupo, New Zealand.

Mud Pools at Orakei Korako, near Taupo, North Island, New Zealand.