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white island volcano

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northernneckinn

Must admit we went by helicopter using Frontiers with our own private pilot which took 30 minutes from base and avoided all the horror stories of folks who took the boat on rough days (most days!). The whole trip took about two hours from start to finish with about one hour tramping around the island. Especially impressive was the caldera with frothing sulphur infused mud with jets of gases coming out of the ground all over the crater. We were forced to wear our breathing masks on a couple of occasions as the sulphur gases became very acrid and overwhelming. Also of interest were the sulphur fumaroles generating sulphur crystals at each orifice. Lots of different igneous activity and generally had the feeling of a supernatural movie set! We walked around the abandoned sulphur processing plant that was destroyed exactly 100 years ago and killed all the employees. Worth the expense of the helicopter for the magnificent views approaching and leaving the island and caldera and after all you are never likely to be doing this ever again! A memorable trip that I will never forget!
LindaN8959XE

What a fantastic experience - visiting a live volcano! The boat was excellent - very comfortable. But the star was the island itself with amazing sulphur fumaroles. Very informative guide filled in the history of the sulphur works. Well worth the visit.
PeterG169

Run by White Island tours a trip to the island is a fascinating day out. I have visited volcanic sites in Iceland, the Canaries and the Azores as well as in New Zealand but this site is still really extraordinary. The boat trip was well organized with pleasant guides. We also had a packed lunch and got to see dolphins leaping in the sea en route to the Island. Respirators are provided and I can assure you they are not decorative! Great photo opportunties with extraordinary colours. There is an opportunity to bathe and snorkel in the warm clear waters after the trip ashore. Wear decent footwear and old clothes is my advice.
LZ_Peter

We have this trip planned with Frontier Helicopters, a company that is specialised to land tourist on this active volcano. AN ACTIVE VOLCANO! we took the earliest flight available (8am with a 7:30am briefing start). the helicopter flight is smooth, short and it is on the island before anyone else. as such, we had the whole island to explore for ourselves, enjoy the scenery and take lots of photos.we had to wear gas masks at some spots due to really high concentration of sulphuric gases that was both interesting as well as demanding on the eyes. the main crater is geothermal and highly acidic (close to pH0). we saw the first tourist boats on the way back and a group of killer whales (orcas) which we circled around a few times. it is expensive but really good value for money.highly recommended.
dumpster62

Arrived at reception without a booking but we were fitted in so off we went,on the journey out we saw Dolphins and a Hammerhead Shark. The transfer from boat to Island was very good, then the tour of the island was very interesting and informative, the return to the boat again was good lunch enjoyable, the boat then circled the island and we saw flying fish which was very good to see, all in all a very good trip friendly and efficient thank you.

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