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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5304, 17 January 1947, Page 8

Beautiful Rainbow Spring! Beautiful Rainbow Spring! Beautiful Rainbow Spring! SEE THE RENOWNED RAINBOW TROUT WHICH MADE THE DISTRICM 3 FAMOXJS. ( H COMFORTABLE FURNISHED CABlJl and cAmfing sites. ■ PHONE 657. I

Have you seen the SOENIC GEM-— J LAKE Q K A T A I N A 1 Short Launch Trips on Lpke to see j the Beautiful Bush Scenery. ACCOMMODATION FOR ANGLERS ; AND GUESTS AT OKATAINA, FISHING LODGE. Home-cooked Teas Served. Boats and j Motors, etc., for Hire. Trolling and J 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 hlghwaya radlattng from Rotorua were bullt to provide the shortest routes to and from the thermal dlstricts, and they, therefore, of necessity by-pass | much of the most magnlflcont scenery. j The water route of the Lake RotoitiOkataina Round Trip remedies these defects and brings Into vlew new and dellghtful panoramas as the launch traverses the sinuous and ever-changing coastline of the longer of Rotorua's justly renowned lakes. Eleven miles from Rotorua the tourist is flrst Bhown the Okere Falls, forming the head of a deep and dangerous ravlne twenty miles in extent. Arms of the lake, dotted wlth islands and separated by slender peninsulas, branch out ln all directions. Trees overhang the water's edge, thelr roots securely held in the clefts of rock, while

at the base of the mlghty rampant tne water, 500 feet tleep, hollows out deep flssures and fairy caverns. When the passengers disembark, the journey is resumed by car to the gateway of Hongi' s Track. Hongl's Traclt Is enshrlned for all time in the history of tfce Maorl race. The car next passes down the celebrated Okataina Track. An addltional crulse by launch on Lake Okataina ls avallable and furnishes a rare and singular experience. Leaving Okataina the next call is Tikitere, a curious, weird conglomerate of mud springs, black and cavernous, throbbing, hlssing and spluttering. The spectacle is awesome and, known as Hell's Gate, provides the highest known surface temperatures In the world. j Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/6. Launch or I Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Guide Fees: Okert ' Falla, 6d- Tikitere, 2/«; Launch or Okataina Lake, 2/0.

W air akei-T aupo J The Walrakel-Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographlcal centre of ~the North Island, the great volcanla Taupo basln. The sights, varied to a degree, are unequalled in 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 converting 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scrub into oue immense forest of vlgorous, healthy plne Unrivalled views of the plantation are obtained from the servlce car. In the Aratiatia Rapids, the Huka Falls, and the celebrated Geyser aua Wai-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 I Wonder of the World. Seen beneath a cairn and cloudless sky, the blue of Lake Taupo is said td transcend the far-famed Vesuvian blue of the Bay of Naples. In the rarefled atraosphere it is defiper, rlcher— a pure sapphire blue. The mountalns 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 Buset leave 10 a.m. And 2 p.m. daily. g FARE: 5/- RETURN — Guide Fee 2/-. j SITUATED a few miles from Rotorua,, on a perfect roajjt I is the awesome area of Tikitere, better known as Heli I Gate, a name given to lt by the famous world travelie ■ and author.-George Augustus Sala. Here are sights, sniel l and sounds that might well come from the bottonueM i pit, and in places the earth can he felt trembling unflffl-l foot. Mr. Bernard Shaw was tremendously impressN i wlth his visit to Tikitere and with Satanic aspect of » I place. The Maori guides safely conduct parties thro^ I and interestingly descrlbe the phenomena as they 8 1 along, pointing out the reasons for the peculiar nam» bestowed on outstanding features such as Sodon i» I Gomorrah," "The Devil's Cauldron," "Adam and ET« , I etc. With its unmistakable and impressive indicaUOMi of peht-up force, Tikitere should not be mlssed by visiwni to the thermal reglons. I RAINBOW SPRINGS Hourly aerrica by Nyongotab. bu. from Rw I Services' Office. j FARE: 1/6 — Guide Fee 1/-. The Rainbow Springs rapidly achleved fame as on« cjl Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three P°0,B' ln an environment of bush and fern, contain large I bers of trout, including many of considerable size. i graceful movements of the flsh, the flns serving var_r,(j| as oars and balancers, can be vlewed to advantage, I shafts of sunlight play on the water the effect is heaa The rainbow trout is then revealed as oue of Natus Msbed works of art. It has an incomparable delieaw J form with markings that show an extraordinary rahis tlnts and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs regloa i ji talns a large variety of shrubs and ferns. It ls » a magniflcent and extensive sbrubbery through * I shady'paths are lald. I "" K 1 I