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Huka Falls
The Waikato River drop shortly after leaving Lake Taupō: the river narrows into a rock canyon and plunges into turquoise-blue waters, with a bridge and viewpoints above the current.
Waikato · New Zealand
Taupō
In the destination Taupō and Tongariro.
In the photo: Huka Falls
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Taupō.
Taupō sits on the northern shore of Lake Taupō, the country’s largest lake, where the Waikato River begins. A few minutes from the center are Huka Falls, the Aratiatia rapids, which fill when a dam gate is opened, and the steam field Craters of the Moon. On the lake, boats and kayaks reach the Mine Bay Carvings. It is the most used base for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.
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The local experience
What to see in Taupō
Natural formation
Aratiatia Rapids
Gorge of the Waikato River near Taupō, normally almost dry, which fills with rapids when a dam’s gates are opened, several times a day.
Geothermal area
Craters of the Moon
Field of fumaroles and steam craters north of Taupō, traversed by boardwalks on a circuit of about 45 minutes through scrub and hot ground.
Māori art
Ngātoroirangi Mine Bay Māori Rock Carvings
Carved face of the Māori navigator Ngātoroirangi on a cliff by Lake Taupō, about 14 meters high, visited by boats, sailing vessels and kayaks departing from Taupō.