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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5303, 16 January 1947, Page 8

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Have you seen the SCENIC GEM — J^AKE Qk AT A!N A ! . Shorfc 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. Lake Rotoiti-Okataina Round Trip (Motor and Launch) The maia highways radiating fcrom Rotorua were bullt to provide the shortest routes to and from the thermal districts, and tliey, therefore, of necesslty hy-pass much of the most magnlflcent Bcenery. The water route of the Lake RotoltlOkatalna Round Trip remedles theae defecta and brings Into vlew new and dellghtful panoramas as the launch traverses the sinuous and ever-changlng coastllne of the longer of Rotorua's justly renowned lakes. Bleven mlles from Rotorua the tourist 1s flrst shown the Okere Falls, formlng the head of a deep and dangeroua ravlne twenty mlles In extent. Arms of the lake, dotted wlth lslands ar.d separated by slender penlnsulas, branch out ln all directlons. Trees overhang the water's edge, their roots securely lield in the clefts of rock, whlle at the base of the mighty rampant the water, 500 feet deep, hollows out deep fissures and fairy caverns. When the passengers di^embark, the Journey is resumed by car to the gateway of Hongi'a 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 cruise by launch on Lake Okataina ia available and furnlshes a rare and singular experience. Leaving Okataina. the next call is Tikitere, a curlous, weird conglomerate of mud springs, black and cavernous, throbl>ing, hlssing and spluttering. The spectacle is awesome and, known as Hell's Gate, provldes the highest known surface temperatures ln the world. Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/6. Launch on Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Gulde Feos: Okere Falls, 6d. Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on Okataina L?ke, 2/6. W air akei-T aupo The Walrakei-Taupo trip takes the j traveller to the geographlcal centre of I the North Island, the great volcahle ; Taupo basln. The sights, varled to a j degree, are unequalled ln any other part I of the world. Rainbow .Mountain, resplendent in colour, is still the scene of conslderahle 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 justice to the remarlcable enterprise that is converting 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scrub into one lmmense forest of vlgorous, healthy pine. , Unrivalled views 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 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 sald to transcend the far-famed Vesuvlan 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 ln clearest outline on the far shore-line. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairakei Valley, 5/-; Waiotapu, 1/».