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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5305, 18 January 1947, Page 8

Beautiful Rainbow Spring Beautif ul Rainbow Spring Beautiful Rainbow Spring SEE THE JtENOWNED RAINBOl TROUT WHICH MADE THE DISTRie FAMOUS. comfortable furnished cabll and camfing sites. PHONE 657.

Have you soen the SCENIC GEM — J^AKE QKATAINA! 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. Lake Rofcoifci-Okataina Round Trip (Motor and Launch) The main hlghways radlating from Rotorua were built to provlde the shortest routes to and from the thermal distrlcts, and they, therefore, of necessity by-pass much of the most magniflcent ecenery. The water route of the Lake RotoitiOkataina Round Trip remedles these defects and brings into view new and dellghtful panoramas as the launch traversea the sinuous and ever-changing coastline of the longer of Rotorua's justly renown ed lakes. Eleven miles from Rotorua the tourist ls flrst shown the Okere Falls, forming the head of a deep and dangerous ravine twenty miles in extent. Arms of the lake, dotted wlth lsiands and separated by slender peninsulas, branch out ln all directions'. Trees overhang the water's edge, their roots securely 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 reI sumed by car to the gateway of Hongl's Track. Hongi's Track ls- enshrlned for all time in the hlstoiY of the Maorl race. ' The car next passes down the celebrated Okataina Track. An addltional cruise by launch on Lake Okataina is available and furnishes a rare and singular experience. Leaving Okataina the next call is Tikitere, a curious, welrd 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 j temperatures in the world. Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/6. Launch on : Lake Rotoiti, 7/8. Guide Feea: Okere ' Falla, 6d; Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on 'okataina Lake, 2/8. Wairakei-T aupb The Walrakei-Taupo trlp takes the traveller to the geographlcal centre oi ] j the North Island, the great volcanlc r i Taupo basln., The sights, varled to £ ' degree, are unequalled ln any other par! l of the world. Rainbow Mountain, resplendent in colour, is still the scene oi considerable thermal activity. The ruggec Paeroa mountain range lying to the wes '' of the Rotorua-Taupo road comes int view a few miles beyond Rainbow Moum ~ tain. No words can do Justlce to th( remarkahle enterprise that is convertint p 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scruh int one immense forest of vlgorous, health) pinO. Unrivalled views of the plantatioi © are obtained from the service car. In thi Aratiatia Rapids, the Huka Falls, and th celebrated Geyser and "Wai-Ora Valleys we see the wizardry of Nature in endles diversity of operation. The weird displa; of thermal activity ln the Geyser Valle; E has won for.it the title of the Eightl i Wonder of the "World. Seen heneath : cairn and cloudless sky, the blue of Lak Taupo ls said to transcend the far-fame Vesuvian blue oi the Bay of Naples. I g the rarefled atmosphere it is deepei richer — a pure sapphlre blue. The moun tains of Natlonal Park are revealed 1 clearest outline on the far shore-line. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairaki Valley, 5/-; Waiotapu, 1/°.

TIKITERE - - - Hell's Gate Buses leave 10 a.m. wad 2 p.m. daily. FARE: 5/- RETURN — Guide Fee 2/-. SITUATED a few miles from Rotorua, on a perfect rojjj ls the awesome area of Tikitere, better known as He Gate, a namo given to it hy the famous world trave and author, George Augustus Sala. Here are sights, sffl and "sounds that might well come from the bottomlt* pit, and in places the earth can he felt tremhling , foot. Mr. Bernard Shaw was tiemendously impres with his visit to Tikitere and with Satanic aspect oi » place. The Maori guides safely conduct parties ttuw and interestlngly describe the phenomena as tnw along, pointing out the reasons for the pecullar bes'towed on outstanding features such as Gomorrah," "The Devil's Cauldron," "Adam « » etc. With its unmistakable and irapresslve InQici « of pent-up force, Tikitere should not he missed hy vlaiw to the thermal regions. RAINBOW SPRINGS Hourly serTico by Ngongotaha ha. from Service*' Office. FARE: 1/6 — Guide Fee 1/-. The Rainbow Springs rapldly achieved fame as oW Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three poo«> ln an environment of bush and fern, contain largs bers of trdut, including many of considerable sizegraceful movements of the flsh, the fins serving vaTL^ as oars and balancers, can be vlewed to advantage- ^ shafts of sunlight play on the water the effect is befj , The rainbow trout is then revealed as one of IW , flnished works of art. It has an incomparahle delic w form with marldngs that show an extraordlnary ja™ tintB and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs regi® ^ tains a large variety of shrubs and ferns. It » ^ a magniflcent and extensive shrubbery througo shady'patha are laid.