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Taupo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Taupo, New Zealand
Highlights of Taupo
... him to tears. His anatomy was off because it seemed he just had a stitch from running so far ahead. Next stop was the Taupo Adventure Park - and it was only a short stop because it was closed on Monday's. Foiled again!! Nick was very disappointed ...
Een samenvating van de afgelopen dagen
... vliegtuig te springen. Maar na de angst kwam weer het gevoel van 'KICKEN’. En bovendien was dit uitzicht echt fantastisch. Lake Taupo is ontstaan door een vulkaanuitbarsting en is net zo groot als heel Singapore. Na de skydive werden we in de limo ...
Is this the way to Tongariro...
... Tongariro Crossing was such traumatic experience I thought it deserved it's own special entry. The two days before we reached Taupo, the Crossing had been closed due to bad weather, but fortunately (we thought) the afternoon before we were due to ...
Lake Taupo
I took the bus to Taupo this morning which took just over an hour. My friend from the hostel in Rotorua cycled here (which took her about 8 hours) and we booked into the same hostel with with the intention of doing the Tongariro crossing together at some ...
Lake Taupo
... few things. One, this is damn miserable. Two, now I know why the Maori gifted this area to the people of New Zealand. They are trying to kill the white people. Three, I definitely have a small taste for what climbing a ...
Journey through the North Island
... walks round there but we had only stopped for 15 mins so just stared in awe at the gushing water for a while. I arrived in Taupo yesterday (Sunday) afternoon and so far have not done a whole lot as the the weather has 'turned', it's certainly autumn ...
die stadt im vulkan
... trinken mit :D joa. was tun.wie kommen wir zuück? kein bus in sicht... also gehen wir ne weile auf einer starße richtung taupo zurück. nach kurzer zeit stand fest, wir trampen. halten also den daumen raus und 3 autos später hat eins angehalten und ...
Taupo
... bis um 11 in der nacht da drin gelegen. war echt a erfahrung gestern :) heute dann noch eine wanderung am ufer des lake taupo mit weniger abenteuer war auch ganz nett. wollt eig gleich weiter in den tongariro national park zum wandern ( da sind die ...
Lake Taupo
Hi Everyone, Last Sunday we took a day trip to Taupo, a beautiful town on the edge of a gorgeous lake. The lake is framed by 3 volcanos which were covered in snow. We spent some time wandering around the lakeshore and then went to visit the nearby Huka ...
If you come back in a few weeks...
... and very cold!! It was too choppy kayak which we were all looking forward too. Although the weather wasn't wonderful, Taupo is a wonderful town! I'm writing this much later so I'm just highlighting the best part of this stop over in ...
Success!
... picks you up again at the end, it's really convenient. In my mind it was perhaps the highlight of my trip in New Zealand scenery-wise. Absolutely breathtaking and there seemed to be something new at every turn. To begin, we walked through ancient lava ...
River Valley Day 38
... on to the Kiwi bus. We then made a couple of stops on the way to River Valley, whilst taking in some great New Zealand landscapes, Mountains, hillls and sheep. River Valley lodge is really quiet and rather remote, nowhere near towns/shops. The lodge ...
Road trip
... . Z Wellington wyjechalismy wczesnie rano (jak na nasze mozliwosci :)) o 11stej zeby po 5 godzinach podrozy zawitac do Taupo. Tam odwiedzilismy wodospad Huka, ktory moze nie jest najwyzszym z wodospadow w Nowej Zelandii, ale przez ktorego przeplywa ...
Hot springs and geysers
... and found us Acacia Cliffs Lodge without error. Rick and Linda gave us a HUGE welcome in their beautiful hilltop home overlooking Lake Taupo. A few thousand years ago Lake Taupo was created by the largest volcanic eruption of the past 5,000 years, so big ...
Rotorura - the city that smells of rotten eggs
Left Auckland and headed south - first stop Waitomo. Our adventure part of our trip beigns here. We went black water rafting through glow worm caves which was good fun but kinda freaky as it was pitch black inside the caves and the water was full of ...
Glow Worms in Waitomo, Huka Falls, Taupo
... didn't want to close my eyes and miss the scenery! So after the Black Water Rafting, we drove towards Taupo, weather still iffy. Unfortunately, our driver informed us that the Tongariro Crossing Hike (and I really wanted to do this) was ...
Tongeriro
... the Rings film. The famous hike here is the Tongeriro crossing which is rated as one of the best one day hikes in New Zealand. The weather is famously unpredictable here, and we thought we were going to have a nice day until the clouds came ...
Today we did nothing!!
It was great to get a lie in this morning. We all slept at least 11 hours which was great. We basically had no plans for the day which was great. We did just have a few little things to do. The lads got their hair cut. I held off even though I do need ...
Pretending I am young again, fool!
... told all of the young, impressionable people I had met since on my travels, that I was leaving the rest of my extreme stuff until Taupo! Ooops, I found myself here and not being able to use that excuse any longer! There were 3 things I wanted to do here: ...
Spa pool consolation prize
... only 4 of the original crew left. We picked up a few more, who seem nice but fairly quiet, and headed for Taupo. Unfortunately, I was due another disappointment - I'd been considering trusting everyone who's told me that their sky dive was the best thing ...
auf der Durchreise
Schicke euch liebe Gruesse aus Taupo... als ich das letzte mal hie war, bin ich aus dem Flugzeug gesprungen :) Gestern haben Leonie und ich uns getrennt - sie faehrt heute nach Napier, um dort zu arbeiten und ich hab mich gestern auf den Weg von ...
Lake Taupo
... grows because of the gases given off from the volcanoe. We continue driving and get a lovely view along Lake Taupo before we arrive in town where we are picked up and taken to our hostel, we then go and walk around the town ...
Homeward Bound
I left Napier in the early afternoon heading back inland towards Taupo - one of my favourite places that I visited while doing my Magic Bus trip. I arrived at about 3.30 and after dropping my stuff at the hostel I headed straight back out and I ended up ...
Kayaking on the tears of Taranaki
... volcano, one of the three mountains of the Central Plateau. This is one of the most popular of the Great Walks of New Zealand but "Alpine" has been recently added to the name so that people will give it more respect. On a good day ...
Land of the stinky wink
Sunday night and here we are in Taupo, right in the middle of NZ North Island, watching NZ Masterchef and abusing the free internet at our current accommodation. We've spent the last couple of days in Rotorua and - these areas are basically volcanoes and ...
The North Island part 1
>>>OK, I'm really glad for the use of my hands at this moment as a form of communication because the first thing I'll tell you right off is that I'm sick again. I have only a whisper of a voice because my throat is covered in blisters. Not so fun, but ...
Dec 09, 2011