Buried Village
Buried Village is in Rotorua Lakes District, Bay of Plenty, and is located on Tarawera Road. Buried Village is situated nearby to the waterfall Wairere Falls, as well as near Lake Tikitapu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “Maina” and “Te Wairoa”
- Address: 1180 Tarawera Road, Lake Tarawera
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wairere Falls and Punaromia Beach.
Lake Tikitapu
Lake
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Tikitapu, more commonly known as Blue Lake, is the smallest of four small lakes lying between Lake Rotorua and Lake Tarawera in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. Lake Tikitapu is situated 3½ km northwest of Buried Village.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Te Wairoa and Lake Okareka.
Te Wairoa
Hamlet
Te Wairoa was a village close to the shore of Lake Tarawera near Rotorua, New Zealand. The village was buried by volcanic ash in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera.
Lake Okareka
Village
Photo: Oppatt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Okareka is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of Buried Village.
Waimangu
Hamlet
Waimangu is a place in Rotorua, New Zealand that got affected by the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. It is known for Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley. Waimangu is a thirty minutes drive from Rotorua. Waimangu is situated 8 km south of Buried Village.
Buried Village
- Category: tourism
- Location: Rotorua Lakes District, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.21289° or 38° 12′ 46″ southLongitude
176.36313° or 176° 21′ 47″ eastElevation
529 metres (1,736 feet)Open location code
4VHRQ9P7+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 375009684OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
2192817
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