Taupo Condos - Reviews and Rates

Hier sind wir also seit gestern. Taupo liegt am groessten See Neuseelands, der auch ein Vulkankrater ist und drum herum sind Berge auf denen sogar noch Schnee liegt. Heute sind wir mit dem Seegelboot zu Maori Carvings (in den Stein geschnitzte Figuren) gefahren. Das war total schoen. Das Wetter war auch genau richtig, total viel Sonne. Haben vom...

Lake Taupo is the skydiving capital of the world, with over 30,000 jumps a year. This was to be the place where Caroline would board a pink plane, rise to 15,000 feet, attach herself to a man and jump out of a plane, where she would then free fall for 60 seconds at 200km per hour or Terminal velocity, before the man would deploy their parachute ...

Well, we did it, we jumped out of a perfectly good aeroplane and survived!!!! We have just spent the most amazing day in Taupo. We were up with the larks literally, because the damn birds wouldn't shut up with their dawn chorus this morning and it's kinda hard to sleep in with that racket going on right outside your tent!! Only messing, anyways ...

I left the Mount today. My last few days were spent enjoying the beach. A good day of surfing and body-surfing left me with a minor suburn and a fond memory of the town. Yesterday I went to Blues Brews and Barbeques, a festival with live music and beer. Go figure. Most people I knew were there and I got to say good-bye to most people worth sayin...

Our stop in Taupo was just overnight, a town with a big lake with supposedly the best trout fishing in the world. We convinced dad to try fly fishing. Dad has never fly fished before (he is strictly a lake and ocean fisherman) but it seemed to be a place to try it. Julius came along to keep him company. They hired a nice young guide from the tow...

First stop Lagy Knox Geyser - a very geeky guy explained how it work then poured some crumbled soap into the hole and we waited for the big reaction. Water fou tnain that ensued was very impressive......but got rather boring after 5 mins! Rock n Ropes next stop - Rach jumped off a high platform attacked to a swinging harness. She was not impress...

Said goodbye to Liz and Katrina and got on the new bus with Adam and Rach (both from Guernsey, UK). I immediately heard some aussie voices, which would have been the first time since I got to NZ! It was only an hour to Taupo but we stopped off at this dam thing that let water out every so often, then at Huka falls. Halo dropped some of us (me, c...

The next day we all struggled up at 6am for a day of trekking through a volcanic region that had been used in the filming of Lord of the Rings. After an hour or so strolling through windswept and rainy terrain we came to a steep climb..... which went on for the next 2 hours! It was tough, and made alot worse by the rain and bitterly cold wind bu...

Yes we are alive - just!!! On 20th we were booked onto the sky diving at 1530. However, the weather (which had been fabulous the day before) was cloudy and windy. To pass the time and see of the weather changed, we got a bus up to the Craters of the Moon thermal area. The bus was only a few dollars but the area was free. Basically this park area...