"Lake Taupo" a Lake Taupo Travel Page by dragontml

This beautiful area of lakes and mountains on the North Island is an important site of geothermal activity.

At Taupo, visit the Wairakei Geothermal Power Station, admire the awesome Huka Falls or walk around Craters of the Moon park. You can take a cruise on Lake Taupo (it's renowned for trout fishing) or a scenic overflight of Mt. Tongariro. Tongariro National Park, New Zealand's oldest and most popular national park, has three active volcanoes. In winter you can ski there, and in summer the ski lifts are taken over by hikers.


Taupo, where I took a chance to go tandem skydiving, freefalling at 200kph for 45 seconds and touching ground about 7 minutes later. It sure was a thrill of a lifetime, would I go again ? I might consider...