Hotels in Taupo - Prices and Reviews

Back in Taupo and instead of a flying visit we spent a couple of days having a decent look around including some of the waterfalls and numerous thermal areas. On the way from Ohakune we stopped by Tokaanu thermal area and strolled around the steaming pools and boiling mud and, yep, it stank! We decided to take in Huka falls and the Aratiatia rap...

We got into Wellington around 2am as scheduled and decided to go ahead and get on the road. The campervan wasn't a normal rental. They have a thing here that allows you to relocate vehicles. A lot of them need to go from one island to the other. In this case Craig was able to find a camper that needed to go from the Christchurch to Auckland. Thi...

There was nothing in our way. No excuses. It was nice weather, we had plenty time and as I was already spending on the credit card why not spend a bit more. We drove to Taupo airport, went in and signed up. Got suited up, got in a plane, flew to 15,000ft and fell out! Yup, we did a sky dive! Since being here I've spoken to loads of people who've...

We spent Tuesday getting to grips with our Jucy campervan by cruising up to the Northland and the Bay of Islands. The weather was filthy - driving wind and heavy rain - making the fabulous New Zealand scenary which everyone raves about rather questionable. After experiencing the joys of campervan life involving cooking lunch in a supermarket car...

It was raining when we woke up this morning. Not light showers but hard rain that didn't seem to want to let up. We knew that skydiving was not going to happen. (I'm still very sad about that). So, we decided to cut our stay in Taupo short and make our way to Wellington. Before we left Taupo, we decided to do a few things that we could do even i...

Weekend spent in Taupo - were not impressed. Did the Tongariro Crossing on the Sunday...was blooming amazing. Will update later

Today - Saturday, we went to a place called Thermal Wonderland. Basically, this is the site of an active volcano, where there are boiling mud pools and craters with steam coming out of them. It was a fantastic experience gettng up so close to these craters and the active volcano. Unfortunately I went around the nature reserve in the rain, and it...

The time has (finally?) come... we're leaving Taupo tomorrow, after having made it our first 'longer-than-2-days' stop. All in all, a good stop, if for no other reason than I think it helped us slow down, and get into a more relaxed pace. We've been staying at Burkes' Backpackers, and the cast of characters has begun to wear on our nerves a bit-...

Returned an hour ago after doing the Tongariro Crossing one of the must do activities in New Zealand. One of the main reasons is to view, up close, the summit of Mount Ngauruhoe ("Mount Doom" from Lord of the Rings). I wasn't able to do it the first time through Taupo, but this time there were perfect weather conditions. The day started at 5.40a...

Rock'n Ropes is a high ropes course. I'd been thinking of doing this for a couple of days, and walking past the visitor information centre I decided it would make a nice birthday present. I was pickup by the courtesy bus at 10am, I was the only person on the bus. When we got to the site I discovered that the only people there would be me and Mik...