Taupo Campgrounds - Reviews and Rates

Hey Bro! So from Raglan we set off towards Rotorua and, oh-my-god - the smell is crazy! As soon as we came close to Rotorua the sulphur smell hit the bus - eggs!! Nice. To be honest, after a while you got used to it and I quite liked Rotorua. I might go back there and hang out longer. This other english girl Emma and I were going to go Zorbing (...

July 24th We headed out early this morning and walked to the post office to mail some letters and send off the post cards we have been collecting. The post office is very nice and the stamps were very cheap. I love the stamps here! They had one with scenes from Narnia the lion the witch and the wardrobe, any some specially made for the Olympics ...

We started our road trip today!!! We are in Taupo now which is a lovely lake town bang in the middle of New Zealand. We have, well, Joe has successfully pitched our tent!! We bought our tent, two sleeping bags, a blow up mattress, a pump that actually works and a few torches/light things all for about 200 euros!! It was really good value. It was...

Ho Ho Ho! But without the snow! BBQ food, enought booze to flood a village and lots of people having almighty craic... on AND off the football pitch...

We had another lie in this morning, I think I deserved it after chucking myself out of a plane yesterday. There was another note attached to the window of our door, Oh no I thought, but as it turned out it was good news. My DVD had been dropped off and we could have our room back if we wanted it. Lisa and Ki (the hosts of the hostel) apologized ...

Entry containing 2 photos titled: Mt Doom, Sunset over Lake Taupo

7 simple words. The best damn thing I've ever done !

C'est donc a bord d'une magnifique Toyota Town Ace 1985 que je fait mes premiers miles sur les routes de la Nouvelle-Zelande. Apres des debut pour le moins laborieux dans le centre ville de Aucklaud, j'ai finalement trouver l'autoroute qui me menerait vers le Sud... Ou dans le Sud??? Aucune idee vraiment. En fait j'essayais de rejoindre Gisborne...

Back in Taupo after my first sky dive attempt which was delayed because of the weather. I arrived from Napier with two German girls that were headed towards Taupo as well. We booked the sky dive and at the backpacker I met the three girls from Nelson who were going sky diving the next day too! Perfect, an air plane full of friends , how rare is ...

On the way back from Cape Rienga, I got dropped off at the Isobar Surf School. Actually, the bus dropped me off in the middle of nowhere and told me that Tim, the owner/instructor would be there in about 5 minutes. It was a weird feeling, standing there on the side of the road, surrounded by cow pastures, with only my luggage and watching the bu...