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Taupo Slideshow
Top Hotels in Taupo
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Flag Rsrt Wairakei Resort Taupo
3 reviews -
Lakeland Resort Taupo
24 reviews
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Sunset Lodge Taupo
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Waimahana Luxury Lakeside Apartments Taupo
10 reviews -
Terraces Resort Taupo
219 reviews -
Quest Taupo Serviced Apartment
25 reviews
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Suncourt Motorhotel & Conference Centre Taupo
19 reviews
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Clarion Suites Sacred Waters Taupo
134 reviews -
Flag Inn Sails Motor Lodge Taupo
27 reviews
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Caboose Lodge Taupo
49 reviews
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The Huka Lodge Taupo
54 reviews
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Acapulco Motor Inn Taupo
21 reviews
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Chantilly's Lake Taupo
17 reviews
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Ashbrook Motel Taupo
10 reviews -
The Gables Motor Lodge Taupo
5 reviews
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Rainbow Lodge Taupo
43 reviews
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Boulevard Waters Motor Lodge Taupo
14 reviews
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Catelli's of Taupo
152 reviews
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Sunset Lodge Backpackers Taupo
4 reviews
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Te Kowhai Landing Taupo
2 reviews
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Clearwater Motor Lodge Taupo
20 reviews
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The Loft Taupo
11 reviews
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The Pillars Taupo
14 reviews
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The Reef Resort Taupo
48 reviews
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Flag Inn Baycrest Lodge Taupo
54 reviews
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Oasis Resort Taupo
21 reviews
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Colonial Lodge Motel Taupo
26 reviews
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Tongariro River Motel Taupo
8 reviews
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The Cove Taupo
15 reviews
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Travel Blogs from Taupo, New Zealand
Tongariro Crossing
This is a top pick! The Tongariro Crossing is widely regarded as the best one day walk in New Zealand, and Richard from Wellington had also recommended it to me, and so I decided to give it a shot. Coincidentally, when I went to pay for the bus ticket at Reception the ...
Jumping out of a plane!
This is a top pick! Work hard, play hard. After an intense few weeks at school, Jill and I were off on a girl's weekend to Taupo. We drove down after school on Friday night, a gorgeous drive. We made good time and managed to complete the trip in the light. We had dinner at ...
Lake Taupo Road Trip
This is a top pick! ... of Thomas' parents. We had a great night, with a few glasses of wine and hearing lots of stories about their time in New Zealand. Thomas enjoyed getting to catch up with them and talk 'shop' with Sav. We spent the night in their guest house which is ...
Huka Falls
This is a top pick! ... swinging (and various other ways of throwing yourself off a building). One of the guys was doing a skydive the following day and it was tempting, but I decided to resist and do it in Taupo when I return in about 6 weeks...after I've earned some ...
On the slopes of Mount Doom
This is a top pick! Labour day bank holiday weekend rolled round, so Rick and I set off exploring again, this time to New Zealand's biggest lake, Taupo. The lake is the biggest in New Zealand- apparently large enough to fit the whole of Singapore into (if you can find ...
Taupo Bungy!
This is a top pick! ... room. After chatting for a while, inevitably the talk turned to these adventure activities that seem to be everywhere in New Zealand! I looked at her skydive pictures, and also some photos of her Bungy Swing in Queenstown (something that I definitely ...
Weather for Ducks
This is a top pick! ... 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 surging pool ...
Taupo - Near Death Experience
This is a top pick! ... I have know idea why; obviously a total moment of utter madness, but I felt so good about everything. The sun was shining Lake Taupo was so stunningly beautiful and everything seemed good in the world. I had absolutely no chance to change my mind, as we ...
The Tongariro Crossing
This is a top pick! ... 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 itīs ...
Spelunking for glowworms
This is a top pick! ... a pool of water we couldn't even see below. Really great experience and I'm glad I did it. The rest of the day was spent bussing to Taupo which is a very nice town by a lake. Had a good night with a bunch of friends from the tour at an Irish pub. Bye for ...
the end of our time in Taupo
This is a top pick! The time has (finally?) come... we're leaving Taupo tomorrow, after having made it our first 'longer-than-2-days' stop. All in all, a good stop, if for no other reason than I think it helped us slow down, and get into a more relaxed pace. We've been ...
Waterfalls, Bee hives and Brain Ache
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Taupo
This is a top pick! ... taking 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 ...
Last stop on the lake
This is a top pick! East Cape Tour - Day Seven! Robert and I were up before Sebastian, and started preparing the breakfast. By the time he walked in the kitchen we had everything ready and he was really surprised. It wasn't much of a birthday breakfast, but when you're ...
Bloody NZ weather!!
This is a top pick! ... waiting for about an hour, then got told the wind was too strong and it was getting too cloudy to go... Bummer!!! I'm gonna go back to Taupo though, so maybe third time lucky! The bungy jump was also off, as it was almost 11 by the time we got back into ...
On the Road South
This is a top pick! ... ) meeting a guy from Maine, and getting my hair cut, I hit the road once again, this time heading south to Rotorua and Taupo. Rotorua is famous for volcanic hot springs and bubbling sulfur mud pools, and Taupo is famous for its incredible lake of the same ...
Scared of heights? Me? Pah! : The Sequel
This is a top pick! ... 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 a ...
Goodbye Auckland!
This is a top pick! ... off to meet up with Anna-Marie and Paul again. I picked them up from the airport on the 25th Nov - they got a great hello from New Zealand as it just started to rain as soon as they got off from the plane! Plus we got stuck in loads of traffic on the ...
What did you do this Morning!!!
This is a top pick! ... given, legs up out front and then a slight bump and we were down, a few more cheers of joy and it was all over. Skydive Taupo made the experiance one I will do time and time again, well one day maybe! I dont think I want to cheat death to soon again, ...
Jumping out of a plane
This is a top pick! ... with added algae/seaweed. It looks as green as it sounds, but is quite tasty. One of the advantages (and disadvantages) of New Zealand's weather is that it is very changeable. Today this was going to work to our advantage because the skies appeared ...
Strange who you meet in Taupo!
This is a top pick! ... 1 and I wondered why I kept waking up when the huge logging trucks came past!! Still drizzle but head up north to Lake Taupo and arrive earlier than we anticipated. After driving around to get our bearings and find another great camping place (free in ...
On the Road Again, having a Zorb of a time
This is a top pick! ... the golden sun, with the sky all lit up orange - beautiful! (I know I'm using that word a lot, and I know I will throughout New Zealand, that's just how to describe this BEAUTIFUL country!) You just have to look at the photos! After the beach, we were ...
Thermals galore!
This is a top pick! ... the dam every couple of hours which is pretty cool to see the river filling up beneath and water crashing round. After lunch overlooking Taupo, the sun was trying to get through (has been my favourite phrase for most of our time here!) we went down to ...
Skydiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
This is a top pick! ... . To celebrate Kat's twenty seventh year on this world, Kat and I, Shani, Aaron, Alan and Aaron drove down to Lake Taupo for a weekend break so Kat could jump out of an airplane. Totally un-planned, I ended up playing with the video recorder ...
Lake Taupo
This is a top pick! We were divided about going to Lake Taupo. It was raining. Ailbhe's case was 'It's just another lake', Michael's: 'Sure, we'll just go and check it out, the Hostel has free internet'. The case for the free internet won out and we set off. It ...
Bubbling Away...
This is a top pick! 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 ...
12,000 Feet above Taupo!
This is a top pick! ... the lines of 'wow , It's been ten minutes and I am only 1Km closer to work'... Ever since I landed here in New Zealand , I have made an extreme effort to enter every competition that there is (Collecting wrappers and everything). So far 'Wheatbix' ...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
This is a top pick! ... . But this was one of those days. After a short bus journey from the madness that was Turangi we made our way to Lake Taupo where I was to meet my maker. Aishling had the common sense to avoid doing it, but with me somewhat lacking in the common ...
The long awaited Sky Dive - WHAT, CANCELLED!!!
This is a top pick! G'day everyone. We arrived in Taupo late afternoon where we were told that there was going to be a Pimp and Hoes party that night. A well thought up idea considering that all backpackers bring alligator skin suites with them on their travels. We werent ...