Huka Falls Taupo

J’ai commencé la journée par une heure de route pour arriver a Taupo. Une ville au centre de l’île du nord, qui possède un grand lac qui rempli un volcan, et plusieurs centrales géothermiques.

Huka Falls and natural hot springs kept me busy for a couple of days just a short hour walk from Taupo. Taupo is a wonderful big, small town in the middle of the North island sitting right next to the largest freshwater lake. Taupo and Turangi, are the (self proclaimed?) trout capital of the world. New Zealnd had very little wildlife native to the …

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We spent our night at the Reird Farm a free campside outside of Taupo.

At the fire in the evening we met some nice guys from Austria (Paul, Matthias and Sandra) and Quatro a Kiwi guy. All of them were really nice so we decided to spent the next day together.After breakfast all of us drove to the Huka Falls. A 9m waterfall with a great blue …

We visited Huka Falls and the Craters of the Moon Geothermal Park. Huka Falls is a fairly small water fall, but still worth a visit. There is a path along the Waikato River that lets you hike through a forest. The path was muddy and got a little steep in places, so we didn't go too far.

The Craters of the Moon Geothermal Park is similar to …

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After a quick look at the outside of Rotorua Museum (and the gift shop!) we drove towards Tongariro National Park, stopping at some mud pools on the way. We were pleased to see them, as boiling mud was one of the few things we missed in Yellowstone Park (when the road was closed due to the snow and ice!). We stopped for lunch at Huka Falls, which …

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Jetzt sind wir also in Taupo mitten auf der Nordinsel. Wir sind vorgestern im Linksverkehr hierhergefahren, was eigentlich kein Problem dargestellt hat. Die erste Nacht hier in Taupo waren wir in einem sehr spartanisch eingerichteten Resort, aber war okay. Dann gestern waren wir bei den berühmten Huka Falls und waren danach baden in einem Zufluss …

For my trip around the North Island I'd decided to use the Stray bus company. They are a hop on, hop off backpacker bus and claim to be able to take you to some places that are off the main tourist trail. I started by heading up to Pahia (Bay of Islands) and Cape Reinga which is the most northerly point of NZ. There were actually only 3 others on …

... early and decided to make the most of the great weather. So off I went walking! The Lonely Planet had recommended a track to the Huka Falls which was only about 3-4 hours there and back, which sounded good to me. The walk was superb, and the scenery ...

... way into the forest and ended up walking over 2 km away from the water fall, before finally deciding to turn around. Huka Falls is where New Zealand's largest river, the Waikato is slammed into a narrow chasm and then makes a spectacular 10m drop into a ...

... keeping up with his Scottish character is keen to save and also make use of our tent and his new sleeping bag. Actually camping in New Zealand is probably one of the best ways to see the countryside. DeBretts costs a hefty 10 GBP for us both but ...

... this challenge on...   Back on the road we continued up to the massive volcanic caldera that is now Lake Taupo. The Huka Falls provided a pleasant afternoon stroll particularly as there was a group of Gap Year yobs enjoying a cheeky jet boat ride ...

... going…..too much writing and not enough pictures! But they did have live seismograph readings from various centres in New Zealand, an artificial geyser, and an earthquake simulator which allows you to feel how a magnitude 6.5 earthquake would ...

... was clearly still raging.  Again we were disappointed and were moved to 4.10pm.  We had wanted to do the Huka Falls, apparently New Zealand’s most popular natural attraction, walk but as we didn’t have time to do the walk and get to ...

... Taupo, the sun was trying to get through (has been my favourite phrase for most of our time here!) we went down to Huka Falls. These are the most photographed in NZ and are ok but certainly not as impressive as others we have seen - think they are just ...

Sunday 30th January 205 Drive to Rotorua today - pass some more pretty bays (New Zealand is full of beautiful scenery, everywhere you go). My guidebook was not joking - you really can smell the city before you arrive - it smells of rotten eggs, due to ...

... , we did the two-hour walk along the riverbank to Huka Falls, marvelling along the way at how crystal clear the water was. Huka Falls was impressive too - a narrow gorge where all the gallons of Lake Taupo water pass in a raging torrent of foam. We ...

... Falls - not Hooker Falls! There wasn't loads of prostitutes just falling on their backs along the roadside!! This is apparently New Zealand's most photographed attraction. This is a massive flow of water that you would never survive if you went down in ...