Taupo Hotels

Dag 69 - Storm & Huka Falls

Onze reis weer ri Auckland vervolgd. Een tussenstop in Taupo gemaakt bij de Huka Falls. Reuzachtige waterval. Doordat het de afgelopen dagen had geregend stroomde er extra veel water doorheen. Na wat foto's gemaakt te hebben een stukje doorgereden naar een geothermisch park. Dit bleek wel een beetje tegen te vallen, aangezien we een soortgelijk …

Camping at Lake Taupo

Tuesday 15th February:

Today we were off on another road trip. Si went to pick up the hire car and came back for us to load our stuff. We'd bought a tent to do some camping in New Zealand and set off down towards Lake Taupo (which is pronounced Toe-paw) Driving the car, which was automatic, was not as fun as our last one – not much …

No skiing for me. Boo hiss.

My main reason for visiting Taupo was to take advantage of a free ski/snowboarding pass I'd been given by Stray for the Tongariro National Park nearby. I'd decided not to splash out in Queenstown because of this and was set to experience my first winter sports down a volcano instead. Unfortunately for me, it was destined not to happen. Although …

Taupo - the skydive!

Ok so I got into Taupo 2 days ago and it's just been raingin soldily... Just caught in a grey mist of drizzle. I spent my time watching Lord of The Rings and catching up on the old journal. Unfortunately I'd left everyone I'd met down the west coast behind now, altough Bob and Hurricane got in today! But I didn't mind having a bit of time to myself …

It never rains in California...

...but it sure seemed to never stop in New Zealand. I know that's why it's green (yadda yadda yadda) but we were getting a wee bit tired of hearing from people that the freakish winds and crazy rains weren't standard at this time of year. Anyway, as Marge and I are glass-is-half-full type of people (even though with the rain we were getting the …

Taupo

10-Mar-07 On the way from Rotorua to Taupo we stopped off at a couple of places. Firstly, we went to the Wai-o-tapu Thermal Wonderland where there is a Geyser that is "encouraged" to erupt at 10:15 every morning. This is done by a guy throwing a bag of soap powder into it. This was discovered by some prisoners who decided to use the hot water to …

East as-chilling time!!

'East as', as its name suggests, incorporates the East coast of the North island. The line on the advert describes it as 'a place few travellers get to see, experience Maori culture as a living reality.' This combined with a 20% discount on the original price, bargain or what?, had us both sold!! The first morning saw us catching the bus at an …

I survived!!!

I made it!!! Today, I voluntarily jumped out of a perfectly good plane, and it was truly one of the most exhilarating experiences in my life! No heart attack, did not wet my pants... I'm pretty proud of myself! It was a perfect day - about 20 celsius, sunny with a few clouds. The jump was directly over Lake Taupo, and in full view of Tongariro …

You haven't lived till you've jumped from a plane

Mom, you okay? Still breathing? I'm on the ground, safe. You can exhale now. Okay? Good. Yes, that's right, I just got back from my first skydiving experience. I seriously wasn'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 …

Mike and Ali plus Action Packed Adventures

Stayed at Taupo YHA one night. **** free internet! Also 3 nights at a friend's holiday home as below. ********** 10 stars We were very excited about our arrival as it meant we would see Mike and Ali - the lovely Kiwi couple we met on Fiji. We had a very relaxed few days mainly spent in chatting and hanging out with Mike and Ali at their completely …