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Taupo Slideshow
Taupo
Travel Blogs from Taupo, New Zealand
You haven't lived till you've jumped from a plane
This is a top pick! ... 't going to go, but after hearing person after person rave about how incredible it was, I figured, why not? Taupo is the least expensive place in New Zealand to try skydiving, and so when I got back into town this afternoon, I called them up and booked ...
Blog Slog
This is a top pick! ... up and try and get the blog back on track and ready to publish at the public library (one of the very few free Wifi places in New Zealand are the public libraries, plus there is one in every town). I headed off to the kitchen to try and get a bit of ...
Hole in One with Unexpected Consequence
This is a top pick! ... dull chap to a comic genius as he swopped the bus for a seriously powerful jet boat. It was a first class crazy New Zealand adventure experience. The boat spun 360 degrees and narrowly missed rock faces as we blasted down the river. We ...
Gone in Sixty Seconds
This is a top pick! ... then jumped, free-falling at a rate of 155 miles per hour, for a total of sixty seconds through the clouds over Lake Taupo, before descending by parachute on to the small grassed area next to the Skydive hangar at Taupo airport. The whole drama was ...
A good lie in.......are we gonna dive today??
This is a top pick! ... taken it out of us as we began to feel really shattered. We just decided to crash in the room for the night. WHAT A DAY!! This was the main thing we wanted to do in New Zealand and it exceeded all our expectations - we want to do it again!!! ...
NZ Great Walk
This is a top pick! This weekend was a big one! We conquered one of NZ's "Great Walk's" - 42 Kms and 3 days around Lake Waikaremoana. On Thursday evening, the 4 of us (me, Marcus, Pamela and Chris) drove 7 hours south-east to the incredibly remote Lake Waikaremoana ...
The sky is falling!
This is a top pick! Glowworm Caves in Waitomo Caves...like seeing stars in the caves! Slept in a Spa town ... best baths we have been to, by far. http://www.polynesianspa.co.nz/ And hostel was...sparse but cheap. And at about midnight the fire alarm went off. No ...
And for all the adrenalin junkies...
This is a top pick! For all you adrenalin junkies, I highly recommend a trip to NZ - the country invented specifically for you. I'm here in Taupo, which borders on beautiful Lake Taupo. In true Kiwi fashion, simply looking at or admiring the lake isn't enough. It is ...
To Skydive or not to Skydive??
This is a top pick! ... a bit misty so we went to get the campervan battery fixed first before going to do anything. Once the battery was fixed, we headed to Taupo Adventure Park and Rock N Ropes to have a bit of fun. First thing we did was go in the maze, mainly because in the ...
Lakes & Volcanoes in the North Island
... forceful – the falls are short (only 10 metres) but 220,000 litres pass through the falls every second. It's New Zealand’s most visited natural tourist attraction. On the way back we have a paddle in the river but where the cold ...
12,000ft and falling
This is a top pick! Blurb, video and photos to follow of pidgeandpies fall from heaven to ...
Rotorua: Hell's Gate and Luge
This is a top pick! ... we had eaten so well in Argentina(who could forget El Desnivel) and since we wanted to do so much adventure stuff in New Zealand we decided to save money by eating cheaply...real cheaply. That lasted until later that night when we decided to have dinner ...
Yes we are alive - just!!! on 20th we were ...
This is a top pick! ... blow leaving a big hole. The ground is quite warm as well and this is all because of the fault that virtually breaks New Zealand in half (and causes all the earthquakes and volcanoes etc). At the bottom of some craters you can see the water boiling ...
Where has time gone?
This is a top pick! ... and they have Toffee Pops which are to die for, they are similar to a twix bar but in cookie form. But then I guess everything tastes gourmet when you are on the trails. I just arrived in Taupo, many exciting adventures planned for my final week in ...
Keep Left
This is a top pick! After spending a very lax day exploring the shops in town, I leisurely strolled back to the motel with my nose in my book. Enjoyed a sumptious lamb dinner prepared by Keren and Bryan. I enjoyed a hot spa before turning in. I am amazed at how quiet ...
The Land Of The Long White Cloud
This is a top pick! Kia ora from Aotearoa, otherwise known as New Zealand! I arrived here ten days ago and have been having a great time. I have joined a hop on hop off bus tour thingie in order to make the most of my limited time here. The company is called Stray and ...
Gone Fishin'
This is a top pick! ... . Dan and Kelly from Michigan took me along with them on a 4 hour fishing trip in the worlds' trout fishing capital, Lake Taupo. International tournaments are held here on this picturesque lake every year. The lake is so large that you can fit the whole ...
The longest day.....
This is a top pick! Day We had originaly planned on getting to picton just in time for the ferry but as we had stayed close by we had the morning to walk round the town, and sit in the gardens on the harbour in the sun, it was a perfect day. Got on the ferry with no ...
Orakei Korako
This is a top pick! ... Woke up in our lovely spot beside the harbour, after the coffees and teas we got moving, we headed for the centre of Taupo, got a load of information from the information centre and decided which Thermals we wanted to do and where we would stay. We ...
Think I'll fall out of a plane at 12,000ft today
This is a top pick! ... as it's over an hour away still; and the weather could change by then. 30 minutes later, Dave announced that the weather in Taupo is perfect for Skydiving! My stomach turned as if my bowels had just fallen out of me! Kirstie starts to bite every nail ...
Writing on the Wall
This is a top pick! ... Frans and asked him if he would like to join us on our "tramp". A tramp is what they call a hike or nature walk in New Zealand. So we were 6 as we trudged along through lush green forests listening to the curious bird songs. We came to the point where ...
It never rains in California...
This is a top pick! ... to the Huka Falls, we took of westwards again towards the one extreme activity you can do regardless of the weather in New Zealand - black water rafting through the Waitomo cave system. We had signed up for an all-in package with a company called ...
Kiwi Hospitality
This is a top pick! ... of the volcanoes. As recently as 1996 this angry mountain has sent massive ash clouds sky high spitting out hot volcanic rocks. Lake Taupo was formed 25,000 years ago by one of the earths biggest eruptions. Majestic Mt Ruapehu is exactly center in my ...
2 months!
... that have gone skydiving that day. I'm so excited :) my two canadian pals...kirk and conrad...are coming back through taupo next week sometime! Apparently they did the huge bungy in queenstown and have some really funny footage of kirk frantically ...
Der ranzige Franzose
... , welches man sofort hoert :-), Neuseeland ist einfach zu klein... Gestern bin ich dann fuer 1,70 Dollar mitm Naked Bus nach Taupo gefahren. Ich bin nur nach Taupo gekommen um den Tongariro zu laufen, jetzt soll es in den naechsten paar Tagen nur ...
Kia Ora (Welcome)
... on up to Auckland to meet Nidge and Laura (long story short, we didn't meet them!). Auckland is filled with all of New Zealand's strangest people, so after a quick round of mini golf, we hit the road again. Today we arrived in Taupo, looking into ...
3,2,1, BUNGY.........(no i'm too scared)
We woke up once again to grey skies and sky diving looked distinctly unlikely, so we downgraded to a Bungy Jump! Having booked it up we decided to catch the Aratiatia rapids, which are caused by the opening of the dam at 10am every day. On our way ...
On to Taupo!
... to a geothermic park but it was 25 bucks to get in so I decided to pass and got some lunch in the cafeteria. We departed for Taupo around 1pm and arrived a few hours later. At the center of Taupo is a huge lake. Lake Taupo is the size of ...
Lieber alleine....
... nach Turangi fahren, wo ich sowohl einen neuen Schlauch und Reifen montieren lassen konnte. Auf dem Weg von Turangi nach Taupo bin ich dann einem Franzosischen Radler in die Haende gefallen. Er war seit 2 Monaten unterwegs und ziemlich einsam....daher ...