A short walk from downtown Rotorua lies a living Maori village, where the most striking feature is the cluster of buildings surrounding the main square. With the meeting house, which you unfortunately are not allowed to enter, and St. Faith’s Church, which is open to the public, but for some reason was closed during my stop, being the most exceptional. There’s also a small shop, more of a souvenir thing, which was closed as well. To my liking I had the place to myself 🙂 I decided not to venture further into the village as I felt it to be a little too intrusive. Two girls I befriended at my hostel told me they had spoken to some locals who had strongly discouraged them to visit Ohinemutu in the late afternoon, apparently not safe… Turned out I had been there at the same time of day, and didn’t find any reason for them not to go. Weird!
The Maori Village of Ohinemutu
I can already tell how quiet it is by looking at the first pic! So beautiful too!
Thank you for joining #MondayEscapes 😀
Just wish it was a lot more buildings like that, and that we could enter.
Too bad you weren’t able to visit the inside of the buildings, but the outside is certainly beautiful!
Yes, too bad, but at Auckland Museum you can get an inside look of the meeting house.
it looks dreamy:) #monday escapes
Yes, it does 🙂 Very quiet.
Ahh… Blisss
Beautiful!
The morning mist makes it so beautiful! Great photography Bea:)
Cheers!
The whole place is a geothermal area, so it’s not mist, but steam coming up from the ground. Thanks!