At the Rocks Motor Lodge
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Taupo to Napier
It's another driving day. We started out with sunshine, but it is cool. We left the smell of sulfur behind and continued our drive toward the south.
We get a little change in scenery today with a drive to Lake Taupo. The first stop was at Huru Falls. It gushes out of the lake through a narrow canyon. Pretty impressive and a nice walk in …
Nifty Napier
We had originally planned to stay in Paraparaumu near Wellington and then travel from there to Opotiki on the Bay of Plenty. But closer examination of the route caused us to change our destination to Napier. That also had its challenges but in retrospect we are glad we made the change.
Getting there however was something else. We left Picton …
Art Decor City of NZ
... Malone!! We were expecting Al Capone to pop out of the buidlings any second!! Visited the NZ National Aquarium and finally got to see a Kiwi and also some close ups of Blue (now called little) Penguins feeding. Good weather but didn't make up for the naff beach – basically black stone and the sea itself wasn’t that clear ...
What a place to live
... and thus it erupts. As a result it isn't so hard to predict when it erupts. The next day I decided to take on the largest commercially raft able waterfall in the World. I like doing these sort of things and this was no exceptions, at 7 meters it was massive! Not Victoria falls massive but you cant go down that on a raft and expect to live! After a great raft down the river I jumped on the evening bus to Napier to visit an old friend from Urban ...
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- Room service
- Beach
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Fitness/Health center
- Free parking