We travel pass volcanoes, steaming pits, geothermal areas, calderas, geothermal power stations, vast barren desert plains.  Much of the area has been planted with timber producing pine trees. There are some areas of native forests available to explore.

Rotorua, Taupo, Turangi,  National Park Ohakuni and Waiuru are all thriving settlements with their own attractions and distinctive features involving active volcanoes and visitor facilities.

Studies: 
Rivers: On this highway we can explore interesting feature involving rivers, take measurements, exploring bedload activity, flood controls, recreational and industrial uses, natural hazards the plants and animals that live within them.

Forests: We see the stages of exotic tree farming from planting through to harvest.

Volcanoes: Enable us to identify the land shapes made by the various types. We learn to read the story through layered deposits of the many eruptions that happened here over the last 30,000 years. Along the shores of the a caldera we look for pumice a primary product of ryolite eruptions.

Social Studies: We can stop off to meet the locals, observe holiday parks, recreational activities, industries, transport, tourism, and many more depending on our interests and time available.

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