A Volcanic Palette

Image supplied by White Island Tours

I love a good volcanic landscape and there are certainly plenty of those on White Island - New Zealand's only active marine volcano in the Bay of Plenty. The stunning contrast of colours shown here are exactly what I love most. The team at White Island Tours with Peejay are the experts at giving guided tours on the island and they'll lead you safely across swirling bands of colour, steaming and hissing vents and into the heart of the excitement. www.whiteisland.co.nz Click on White Island below to see more striking volcanic images.

Volcano Walkers

White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. Images supplied by White Island Tours with PeeJay

I wonder what fascinates us so much about volcanoes. An even better question – WHY do we want to walk right to the edge of active craters? I’m all for it myself. I love volcanic landscapes – all that colour and all that hissing, steaming, bubbling action – not to mention the adrenalin, as fear and excitement mix. An outing with White Island Tours with PeeJay delivers it all. You head out on their luxury launch – dwarfed somewhat by the size of the island – and spend six hours tippy-toeing your way through sulphur mounds and rocky pathways to better understand what makes the island so ‘bad-tempered.’ www.whiteisland.co.nz

More Volcanic Action

White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. Images supplied by White Island Tours with PeeJay

The other day I posted some photos of New Zealand’s only active marine volcano White Island, in the Bay of Plenty. The generous team at White Island Tours with PeeJay have since sent me a whole CD full of more spectacular volcanic landscapes. Here are two of my favourites – a close-up of steaming sulphur mounds and, in perfect contrast, the brilliant blue oceanscape showing the island in its entirety. www.whiteisland.co.nz

Bubble, Bubble ........

White Island Crater. Image courtesy Tours with Pee Jay.

For an adventure you’ll never forget head straight for White Island (Whakaari) – New Zealand’s only live marine volcano. If you join White Island Tours with Pee Jay, you’ll get an in-depth insight into what makes this ancient volcanic island tick. And it’s impressive. There may not be any vegetation to speak of, but you get all those fabulous volcanic colours that I love – deep slate greys, sulphurous yellow (in fields of sulphur crystals), bright oranges, russet browns – they’re all there amid the steaming, the hissing and the bubbling. You can read all about the island’s fascinating history by clicking on www.whiteisland.co.nz