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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5301, 14 January 1947, Page 8

Beautiful Rainbow! Beautiful Rainbow! Beautiful Rainbow j • SEE THE RENOWNED # TROUT WHICH MADE THEl FAMOUS. COMFORTABLE FURNISHED , AND CAMF'ING SITfi PHONE 657.

1 Have you seen the SCENIC GEM — j J^AKE QKATAINA7 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 and Fly-Fishing. RING FOR BOOKINGS. Enquire N.Z. Road Services re Day or Half-day Trips. wm— — memm mmm — — Lake Rotoiti-Okataina Round Trip (Motor ^nd Launch> The maia highways radiating from Rotorua "were huilt to provlde the shortest routes to and from the thermal districts, and they, therefore, of necessity by-pass much of the most magniflcent scenery. The water route of the Lake RotoitlOkataina Round Trip remedles- these defects and brings Into vlew new and delightful panoramas as the launch traverses the slnuous and ever-changlng coastline of the longer of Rotorua's justly renowned lakes. Eleven mlles from Rotorua the tourist is flrst shown the Okere Falls, forming the head of a deep and dangerous ravlne twenty mlles Jn extent. Arms of the lake, .dotted with islands and separated by slender peninsulas, branch out in all directions. Trees overhang the water's edge, their roots aecurely held in the clefts of rock, while at the base of the mlghty rampant the water, 500 feet deep, hollows out deep flssures and fairy caverns. When the passengers disembark, the journey is resumed by car to the gateway of Hongi's Track. Hongi's Track is enshrined for all time in the history of the Maori race. The car next passes down the celebrated Okataina Track. An additional crulse by launch on Lake Okataina is avallable and fumishes a rare and singular experience. Leaving Okataina the next call is Tikitere, a curlous, weird conglomerate oi mud springs, black and cavernous, throbbing, hlssing and spluttering. The spectacle is awesome and, known as Hell's Gat9, provides the highest known surface temperatures in the world. " Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/6. Launch on Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Guide Fees: Okere Falls, 6d. Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on Okataina Lake, 2/6. Wairakei-T aupo The Wairakel-Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographlcal ceiitre of the North Island, the great volcanio Taupo basin. The sights, vaTled to a degree, are unequalled in any other part of the world. Rainbow Mountaln, resplendent in colour, is still the scene of eonsiderable thermal activity. The rugged Paeroa mountaln range lying to the west of the Rotoruh-Taupo road comes into view a few miles beyond Rainbow Mountaln. No words can do Justice to the remarkable enterprise that is converting 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scrub into one immense forest of vlgorous, 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, to see the wizardry of Nature in endless dlversity of opej:ation. 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 said to transcend the far-famed Vesuvian blue of the Bay of Naples. In the rarefled atmosphere It is 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 Gaii i Buses Ieave 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. dailh 1 FARE: 5/. RETURN Guide Fee 2/4 SITUATED a few mlles from Rotorua, on a perfecU 2 is the awesome area of Tikitere, better known as 2 2 Gate, a name given to it by the famous world trW | and author, George Augustus Sala. Here are sights, E 4 and sounds that might well come from the bottoo z pit, and in places the earth can l*e felt trembling® 7 foot. Mr. Bernard Shaw was tremendously iBP" | with his visit to Tikitere and with Satanlc aspect d 2 place. The Maori guides safely conduct parties tM ^ and interestingly describe the phenomena as titi along, pointing out the reasons for the peculIarH bestowed on outstanding features such as "SodoB Gomorrah," "The Devil's Cauldron," "Adam asi ^ etc. With its unmistakable and Impresslve lndfcj of pent-up force, Tikitere should not be missed hl to the thermal regions. RAINBOW SPRINGS l Hourly service by Ngongotaha bus from ^ Services' OfiSce. FARE: 1/6 — Guide Fee !/*• The Rainbow Springs rapldly achieved famo M ^ Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three in an environment of bush and fern, contaln larg® ' bers of trout, inclifding many of eonsiderable sW graceful movements of the flsh, the flns serving w as oars and balancers, can be viewed to advantag8, ' shafts of sunllght play on the water the effect is W* The rainbow trout is then revealed as one of ^ flnished works of art. It has an incomparable dellc« form with markings that show an extraordlnary r® tints and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs re#; talns a large variety of shrubs and ferns. It 's , a magniflcent and extenBive shrubbery throngft 1 shady'paths are lald. VS?