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Things To Do: Huka Falls
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    • Located approximately five minutes from Lake Taupo are the spectacular Huka Falls. Huka Lodge is well known with a lot of overseas celebrity who have chosen to stay there for its seclusion and privacy.

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    Things To Do: Jet Boat Rides
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    • Huka jet boat rides operate daily, weather and river conditions permitting. Huka’s waters are known for fine brown and rainbow fishing.

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    Address: Huka Falls, Taupo
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    Things To Do: Cruising the Lake
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    • Aside from the pure pleasure of cruising this lake, Lake Taupo is also a trout fisherman's delight for both fly casting and trolling (angling). The trout were introduced last century from California and Tasmania and you can often catch anything weighing up to 3.5kg.

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    Things To Do: Maori Rock Carvings
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    • Maori Rock Cavings Lake Taupo - created by John Randell a local resident, depicts the traditions and legends of the Ngati Tuwharetoa people and was commissioned by the Queen in the 1980. These carvings can only be seen by taking a tour of the lake.
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    Things To Do: The Beauty of the Lake
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    • One of the little inlets around the lake where you can pull in, have lunch, and watch ducks and swans floating by.

    For fisherman, Taupo has a world wide reputation for quantity and quality of its rainbow brown trout. They are not meagre in size either and I have enjoyed many a meal of them.

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    Things To Do: Go Bungy Jumping
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    • Bungy Jumping over the Waikato River in Taupo is a very scenic spot if you are going to do it. After seeing a friends tape of their jump a couple of years earlier, I decided the next time 'home' I would do one... Standing on the edge of that platform however I decided I had to be totally crazy but after 3 attempts, finally went off.
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    Address: Spa Road, Taupo
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    Things To Do: Just close your eyes and go
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    • When bungy-ing, remember to just lean and fall with it - don't do as I did and actually jump feet first. You get flipped and then you spin..... not the best way to do it and the headache after, stuck around for a few hours. I chose not to be 'dunked' and was pulled into the waiting boat afterwards. You can also parachute in this area and if you do both, you get a discount.

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    iandsmith Tue Jun 19, 2007 21:30 UTC
     Wonderful tips (we don't expect anything less). By the way, where are you living these days?    		tauhara Thu Sep 14, 2006 07:31 UTC
     Cherry Island has been closed for over a year. The animals have been given away. However the valley that it is in is a beautiful picnic and swimming location
    frankcanfly Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:08 UTC
     I made the jump! Loved it! But I missed the cliff carvings.... I really enjoyed my stop here...    		DaDrifter Sat Jul 9, 2005 11:36 UTC
     Thanks ... I finally found the ultimate place for Bungy jumping :) That platform over Waikato sounds so tempting ... amazing views.
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