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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5289, 30 December 1946, Page 8

ll _ 1 Beautiful Rainbow Springs ■ ' Beautiful Rainbow Springs ■ Beautiful Rainbow Springs I SEE THE RENOWNED RAINBOW ■ TROUT WHICH MADE THE DISTRICT ■ FAMOUS. ■ COMFORTABLE FURNISHED CABlNsl AND CAMFING SITES. W PHONE 657.

Have yon seen the SCENIC GEM-— JjAKE 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. Boat3 and Motors, etc., for Hire. Trolling and Fly-Fishing. RING FOR BOOKINGS. Enquire N.Z. Road Services re Day or Half-day Trips. Lake Rotoiti-Okataina Round Trip (Motor and Launch) The main hlghways radiating from Rotorua were built to proyide the shorteBt routes to and frora the thermal dlstricts, and they, therefore, of necessity by-pasa "much of the most magniflcent scenery. The water route of the Lake RotoltiOkataina Round Trip remedies these defects and brings into view new and delightful panoramas as the launch traversea the sinuous and ever-changing coastllne of the longer of Rotorua's justly renowned lakea. Eleven miles from Rotorua the tourlst ia flrst shown the Okere Falla, forming the head of a deep and dangeroua ravine twenty miles in extent. Arms of the lake, dotted with islands and separated by slender peninsulas, branch out ln aU directlons. Treea overhang th'e water's edge, thelr roots securely held in the clefts of rock, while at the base of the mighty rampant the water, 500 feet deep, hollows out deep fissurea and fairy caverns. When tbe passengers disembark, the Journey ls resumed by car to the gateway of Hongi's Track. Hongi's Track is enshrined for all time ln the history of the Maorl race. The car next passes down the celebrated Okataina Track. An additional cruise by launch on Lake Okataina is available and furnishes a rare and singular experlence. Leaving Okataina the next call ls Tikitere, a curious, weird conglomerate of mud springs, black and cavernous, throbbing, hissing and spluttering. The spectacle Is awesome and, known as Hell's Gate, provides the highest known surface temperatures in the world.

Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/6. Launch on Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. 'Gulde Fees: Okere Falla, 6d; Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on 'okataina Lake, 2/6. Wairakei-T aupo The Wairakel-Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographlcal centre of the North Island, the great volcanlo Taupo basin. The slghts, varled to a degree, are unequalled ln any other part of the world. Rainbow Mountain, resplendent in colour, is still the scene of considerable thermal activity. 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 justice to the remarkable enterprise that is convertlng 1,000,000 acres of tussock and serub into one immense 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 Wal-Ora Valleys, we see the wizardry of Nature in endless diversity of operation. The weird display of thermal activity 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 sald to transcend the far-famed Vesuvian blue of the Bay of Naples. In the rarefled atmosphere lt Is deeper, richer — a pure sapphire blue. The mountains of National Park are revealed ln clearest outline on the far shore-line. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairakei Valley, 5/-; Waiotapu, 1/-.

TIKITERE - - - Hell'J Buses leave 10 a.m. eod 2 p.ml FARE: 5/- RETURN — Guide J SITUATED a few miles from Rotorua, on a is the awesome area of Tikitere, better kn Gate, a name glven to it by the famous s and author, George Augustus Sala. Here arfl and sounds that might well corae from ■ plt, and in places the earth can Ve felt trfl foot. Mr. Bernard Shaw was t:emendc«| with his visit to Tikitere and with Satar^B place. The Maorl guides safely conduct^B and interestingly describe the phenomflH along, pointing out the reasons for th^S bestowed on outstanding features such^H Gomorrah," ' "The Devil's Cauldron," etc. With Its unmistakable and lmpr^H of pent-up force, Tikitere should not bel^H to the thermal regions. RAINBOW SPIM HoUrly servico by Ngongotaha Services' Office. FARE: 1/6 — Guide F^H The Rainbow Springs rapidly achiev^^H Rotorua's most popular beauty spotu^^H In an environment of bush and fern, bers of trout, Including many of cous^^hI graceful movements of the fish, the hn^^| as oars and balancers, can be vlewed £o^^H shafts of suulight play- on the water th^^H The rainbow trout is then revealed flnlshed works of art. It has an incon^^H form with markings that show an ext^^H tints and pencillings. The Rainbow tains a large variety of shrubs and a magniflcent and extenslve shrubb^^H sbady'paths are lald. w ■