The lake is a volcano's crater

It couldn't be seen the night before, but this morning we are greeted by the pleasant holiday park environment. Duck ponds, heritage footbridge, and park-like trees.
We're heading north and inland towards the volcanic lakes. Driving through Napier is interesting, this town is known for it's art deco architecture after the all the brick buildings collapsed from a quake in the 1930s.
After a couple of hours drive up the Lake Taupo volcano we reach Taupo.
First stop is bakery lunch in the park. Then we try top find the hot beach (from thermal activity). No luck finding it or maybe it was just a bit cold that day.
We head over to the Huka Falls which is an impressive waterfall fed by an even more impressive natural white water channel carved into rock. The entire width of the river is directed into a narrow channel dramatically increasing the velocity and turbulence.
The sun is starting to set for the day as we find a place called  Craters of the Moon. It's closed so we just climb up a nearby hill looking over the perimeter trees. Very unusual place courtesy of another natural phenomenon. It's a barren field of thermal activity with steam flowing upwards from the ground.
Last thing to do before it gets too dark, we head to the natural thermal spa for a quick dip. It's too hot to stay in for long unless you find just the right spot where it mixes with the cold river.