Huka Falls Wairakei Resort Taupo

Hotel in Taupo

Huka Falls

The Huka Falls are New Zealand’s most popular natural attraction. As the Waikato River leaves Lake Taupo, it narrows from 100 metres wide into a channel only 15 metres across. This forces the water through the gorge at high speed, which forms the rapids leading to the falls themselves. More than 200,000 litres of water crash through the canyon every second, enough to fill an Olympic swimming pool every 11 seconds. You can explore the falls on foot, by mountain bike or even using New Zealand’s most exciting mode of transport – the jet boat. This half-hour thrill ride races through the gorge at more than 80 km per hour, delivering you to the base of the falls to be covered in spray.

Huka Falls

GPS coordinates: -38.648617609104, 176.09002590179
Address: Taupo 3377, New Zealand Website: http://www.hukafalls.com/
Wairakei Tourist Park
Located minutes from Taupo, Wairakei Tourist Park has everything you need for a great getaway. Natural features such as geothermal fields and the mighty Huka falls combined with some of…
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GPS coordinates: -38.6352136, 176.0877403
Wairakei International Golf Course
Designed by John Harris, Michael Wolveridge and Peter Thomson, a 5-time winner of the Open Championship, this historic course opened in 1970 as the country's only internationally recognised course. In…
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GPS coordinates: -38.645153, 176.0690585
Craters of the Moon
Wairakei Tourist Park offers attractions and activities that appeal to all ages. Aside from thrilling jet-boat rides and mountain-biking trails, guests enjoy the Craters of the Moon geothermal walkway. This 45-minute…
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GPS coordinates: -38.63785, 176.089876
Huka Honey Hive
Huka Honey Hive has been a Taupo institution since the late 1980s and is now New Zealand's most important outlet where you can taste their range of honeys, honey ice…
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GPS coordinates: -38.798160952266, 175.91365462422
Lake Taupo
Formed after an enormous volcanic eruption approximately 27,000 years ago, expansive Lake Taupo teems with fish and is surrounded by beech forests. With its mild climate, alpine scenery and attractions…
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GPS coordinates: -38.662592621908, 176.14860534668
Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park
Discover the career of New Zealand's most famous racing driver with a trip to the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo. Although McLaren died young in a crash in 1970,…
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Mountain Biking
Outdoor enthusiasts are well catered for in the Wairakei Tourist Park. Once you've played golf, enjoyed a treatment in the spa and experienced the thrill of a lifetime on a…
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GPS coordinates: -38.629746818742, 176.10060030747
The Huka Prawn Park
Young visitors will doubtless enjoy the pedal boats, aqua trikes and trout feeding at the Huka Prawn Park. Every prawn you catch is yours to cook on the barbecue and…
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National Equestrian Centre, Taupo
The National Equestrian Centre was founded on a 90-acre site in Taupo by G.P. and Pat Donnelly in 1975. An equine training centre was added five years later, and courses were…
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