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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5287, 27 December 1946, Page 8

Beautiful Rainbow Springs Beautiful Rainbow Springs I Beautiful Rainbow Springs SEE THE RENOWNED RAINBOW I TROUT WHICH MADE THE DISTRICT FAMOJJS. COMFORTARJLE FURNISHED CABIN3 AND CAMF'ING SITES. PHONE 657.

1 Hnye you seen fhe SCENIC GEM— Jj A K E OKATAINA? Short Launch Trips on Lake to see the Beautiful Bush Scenery. ACCOMMODATION FOR ANGLERS AND GUESTS AT OKATAINA FISHING LODGE. Home-cooked Teas Served. Boats and Motors, etc., for Hire. Trolling andc Fly-Fishing. RING FOR BOOKINGS. Enquire N.Z. Road Services re Day or Ha!f-day Trips. Lake Rqtoiti-Okataina Round Trip (Motor and Launsh) Tb.a maln hlghways radiating from Rotorua wero built to provide the shortest routes to and froin the thermal dlstricts, and they, therefore, of necessity by-pass much of the most magniflcent scenery. The water route of the Lake RotoltlOkataina Round Trip remedies these defects and bringa Into view new and delightful panoramas as the launch traverses the sinuous and ever-changing coastline of the longer of Rotorua's justly renown ed lakes. Eleven miles from Rotorua the tourist is flrst shown the | Okere Falls, forming the hesfd of a deep i and dangerous ravine twenty miles in | extent. Arms of the lake, dotted wlth ] islands and separated by slender penln- | ;sulas, hranch out ln all directions. Trees ! overhang the water's edga, their roots j secUrely held in the clefts of rock, while i at the base of the mlghty rampant the J water, 500 feet deep, hollows out deep i fissures and fairy caverns. When the ! passengers disembark, the Journey is re- j sumed by car to the gateway of Hongl's i Track. Hongi's Track is enshrined for i ali time in the history of the Maorl race. j The car next pasges down the celebrated j Okataina Track. An additional cruise ■ by launch on Lake Okataina is available and furnishes a rare and singular experi- j ence. Leavlng Okataina the next call is Tikitere, a curious," weird conglomerate of mud springs, black and cavernous, i throbbing, hlssing and spluttering. The j spectacle is-awesome and, known as Hell's j Gate, provides the highest known surface j temperatures in the world. Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/6r Launch on Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Gulde Fees: Okere Falis, 6d. Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on | Okataina L?ke, 2/fl. Wairakei-Taupo The Wairakel-Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographical centre of the North Island, the great volcanie Taupo basin. The sights, varled to a | degree, are unequalled in any other part 1 of the world. Rainbow Mountain, resplendent in colour, ls still the scene of eonsiderable thermal actlvity. The rugged Paeroa mountain range lying to the west of the Rotorua-Taupo road comes into view a few miles beyond Rainbow Mountain. No words can do justiee to the remarlcahle enterprise that is converting 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scrub into one lmmense forest of vigorous, healthy pine. Unrivalled vlews of the plantation are obtained from the service car. In the Aratiatia Rapids, the Huka Falls, and the celebrated Geyser and Wai-Ora Valleys, we see the wizardry of Nature in endless diversity of operation. The weird display of thermal activlty in the Geyser Valley has won for it the title of the Eighth Wonder of the World. Seen beneath a cairn and cloudless sky, the blue of Lake Taupo is said to transcend the far-famed Vesuvian blue of the Bay of Naples. In the rarefied atmosphere lt ls deeper, richer — a pure sapphire blue. The mountains of National Park are revealed in clearest outline on the far shore-line. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairakei Valley, 6/-; Waiotapu, 1/-.

TIKITERE - - - Hell's Gate j Buses leave 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. FARE: 5/- RETURN — Guide Fee 2/-. SITUATED a few miles from Rotorua, on a perfect road, j is the awesome area of Tikitere, better known as Hell's 9 Gate, a name given to it by the famous world traveller j and author, George Augustus Sala. Here are sights, smells 1 and Bounds that might well come from the bottomless j pit, and In places the earth can be felt trembling under- I foot. Mr. Bernard Shaw was tremendously impressed 9 with his visit to Tikitere and with Satanic aspect of the 1 place. The Maori guides safely conduct parties through I _and Interestingly describe the phenomena as they go 1 along, pointing out the reasons for the peculiar names 1 bestowed on outstanding features such as "Sodom and I Gomorrah," "The Devil's Cauldron," "Adam and Eve," 1 etc. Wlth its unmistakahle and impresslve Indlcations I of pent-up force, Tikitere should not be missed by vlsitori I to the thermal regions. S RAINBOW SPRINGS I Hourlv service by Ngongotaha bus from 9 Services' Office. 9 FARE: 1/6 — Guide Fee 1/-. 1 The Rainbow Springs rapidly achieved fame as one fl Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three pools, fl ln an environment of bush and fern, contain large num- fl bers of trout, including many of eonsiderable size. The ■ graceful movements of the flsb, the fins serving variousiy ■ as oars and balancers, can be viewed to advantage. When ® shafts of sunlight play- on the water the effeot is beautiful. B The rainbow trout is then revealed as one of Nature'a® flnished works of art. It has an ineomparable delicacy of ■ form with markings that show an extraordinary range oi ■ tlnts and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs region con*® tains a large variety of shrubs and ferns. It ls ia a magniflcent and extensive shrubbery through which® ehady'paths are laid. 9 We'Hi H