Traveling Tips

New Zealand is a country, a beautiful natural landscape, lush forests, amazing wildlife, great food and wine, making the viewer has the will to breath. Youngest country in the world has a great variety of landscapes, culture and art are very close together.

Located in the heart of the volcanic island in the north is Lake Taupo, the presence of the largest freshwater lakes in New Zealand, geothermal area is wonderful and the famous Huka Falls.

A zone of the volcanic crater of Singapore, Lake Taupo was formed by the devastating volcanic eruption in 181 AD. With an area of ??616 square kilometers, Taupo is the largest freshwater lake in Australia, with water so clear that there are billions of freshwater fish that live there.

There are 47 rivers and streams from the mouth of the river at Lake Taupo and the only one out there, the Waikato River, the longest river in New Zealand. Taupo town is situated directly on the lake, with hotels that offer views of the volcanic peaks of the snow-capped mountains in the Tongariro National Park. Most hosting packages with a thermal bath of natural hot Taupo come.

In Auckland, takes 4 hours and 40 minutes from Taupo, 45 minutes by car or by plane or 5 hours and 25 minutes by train.

Visitors come to Lake Taupo on the landscape and enjoy stimulating activities, with the friendliness of the local culture. Communities on the lake, eat, drink and celebrate. And in winter, skiing at Mt Ruapehu, until you are satisfied.

The geothermal activity in Lake Taupo includes geysers, steaming craters, boiling mud pools and some of the largest silica terraces in the world. The volcanic activity thousands of years formed a boiling crater, fumaroles, and steam flooding. Maori mythology has the characteristics of the geothermal features associated in this area.

Is an active geothermal area with mud pools, craters and steam flooding. Do not forget to enjoy the natural pools of warm water.

If you drive around the famous volcanic loop “of the road, you can see Mount Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngauruhoe Mt

Here you can the remarkable story of the volcano, formed Lake Taupo learn and visit the silica terraces, which is the legend of the pink and white terraces rivals often as the eighth wonder of the world.

In winter you can ski to try on the volcano. Mount Ruapehu’s Turoa and Whakapapa ski area, the presence, the largest in New Zealand.

Test yourself with a desperate game, jumping off the cliff on the Waikato River. Skydiving in pairs to the view of Lake Taupo to enjoy from the top. A land of mountain biking, wild shrubs (use the map to find the best land).

Enjoy the adrenaline ride on a quad 4×4 off-road bike, trekking with horses, with a replica race cars, rock climbing or mountain boarding mountain boarding school, first in New Zealand.

Look forward to the activities of the rivers, as if to jetboat, rafting, kayaking or canoeing adventure. For Basah wet, no activity on the lake, including windsurfing, jet skiing, parasailing, waterskiing, wakeboarding and kayaking can be tested.

Huka Falls (Huka Falls) is the most visited natural attraction in New Zealand. Here you take beautiful pictures. About 220 thousand liters of water falling from the cliffs every second. The waterfall is located in Wairakei Park, just 5 minutes drive north of Lake Taupo, or half an hour walking along the shore. You can use the waterfall from different angles.

Trout fishing should be a priority of its activities. This area is a center of natural reproduction of trout left in the world.

There are rainbow trout or brook trout from Lake Taupo can be taken with a local guide, or you can try fly fishing in the Tongariro River. And there are many restaurants out there that are willing to cook your catch. Fishing is the whole year are done here.

Try to explore a boat ride or kayak on the bays and beaches. You can also use the Maori carvings in the rocks of the Bay of Minas, the only by water.

Enjoy views of Tongariro National Park from the air with a helicopter or seaplane.

There are six golf courses that help you train your visual acuity can swing. Stress with a soak in the geothermal pools.

You can also remove the forest and wild botanical garden. Previously, you should make a list of tours of private gardens open to the public.

The taste is also a dinner in one of the many restaurants or a way of shrimp from a farm using geothermal energy. Take a map and follow the path of art and craft, walking, or browse through the trendy shops of the center.

New Zealand has four seasons: autumn (March to May), winter (June-August), spring (September to November), summer (December to February).