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Popular in both the summer and winter season, Lake Taupo and her rivers offer diverse scenery with innumerable opportunities to explore and take action.
Want to take the Tongariro and Waikato rivers, Lake Taupo and surrounding areas on the move? Try:
- Sailing calm blue waters
- Exploring secluded bays
- Trout Fishing
- Water Skiing
- Mountain biking through native bush
- Horse trekking
- Tranquil walks
- Tramping
- Jet Boating
- Speed boats and jet ski hire
- Parasailing
- Fly Fishing
- Chartering a boat and skipper
- Hiring a guide to take you to unspoilt streams
- Kayaking
- River safaris
- Bungy jumping
- White water rafting
- Cruising the lake by steamboat
- Soaking in natural hot springs
For a full day, overnight or multi-day fly fishing trip, we can recommend Absolute Angling with Ian Ruthven. With over 20 years of guiding experience, Ian offers top quality fly fishing.
If you are keen on fishing, remember to visit the National Trout Centre at Turangi. Interesting and informative, the centre offers kids a chance to feed trout in a pond, provides a viewing area to see wild trout underwater in the Waihukahuka Stream and has many educational displays.
For more information about the many activities, visit a Visitor Information Centre:
Taupo Visitor Centre
Tongariro Street, Taupo, PO Box 865
Ph +64 7 376 0027
Fax +64 7 378 9003
Email: taupov@laketauponz.com
Turangi Visitor Centre
Ngawaka Place, Turangi, PO Box 34
Ph +64 7 386 8999
Fax +64 7 386 0074
Email: turangiv@laketauponz.com
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