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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5308, 22 January 1947, Page 8

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hiwit1 wa mumsBBmmassswcem ^=======- ' Have y on seen the SCENIC GEM — ■ LAKE QKATAINA? Short Launch Trips on Lake to see the Beautiful Bush Scenery. i 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 RotoSti-Okatama Round Trip (Motor and Launch) The mata highwayH radlatlng from Rotorua were built to provlde the shortest routea to and from the thermal distrlcts, and they, therefore, of necessity by-pass much of the most magniflcent scenery. The water route of the Lake« RotoitlOkataina Round Trip remedies these defects and brings Into view new and delightful panoramas as the launch traversea the slnuous and ever-changlng coastline of the longer of Rotorua's Justly , renowned lakes. Eleven milea from Rotorua the tourist ls flrst shown the Okere Falla, formlng the head of a deep and dangerouB ravlne twenty mlleB in extent. Arms of the lake, dotted wlth islanda and separated by slender penin- j sulas, branch out ln all directlons. Treea I overhang the water's edge, their roota j securely held in the clefts of rock, while at the base of the mighty rampant the water, 500, feet deep, hollows out deep i flssures and fairy caverns. When the j passengers dlsembark, the journey is re- | sumed by car to the gateway of Hongi's ! Track. Hongi's Track is enshrined for ! all tlme In the history of the Maorl race. ' The car next passes down the celebrated Okataina Track. An additional crulse j by launch on Lake Okataina is available I and furnishea a rare and singular experlence. Leaving Okataina the next call ls Tikitere, a curlous, weird conglomerat8 j of mud springs, black and cavernous, ! tbrobbing, hissing and spluttering. The j spectacle is awesome and, known as Hell's Gate, provides the hlghest known surface temperatures in the world. Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/5." Launch on Lake Rotoiti, 7/8. Guide Feea: Okare ; Falla, 6d. Tikitere, 2/.; Launch on Okataina Lake, 2/8. Wairakei-T aupo The Walrakel-Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographical centre of the North Island, the great volcanio Taupo basln. The sights, varled to a degree, are unequalled ln any other part of the world. Rainbow Mountaln, resplendent ln colour, is stlll the scene of considerable thermal actlvity. The rugged Paeroa mountain range lying to the west of the Rotorua-Taupo road comes into view a few mlles beyond Rainbow Mountain. No words can do justlce to the remarkable enterprlse that is converting 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scrub Into one lmmense forest of vlgorous, healthy ' pine. Unrlvalled views of the plantation are obtalned from the service car. In the 1 Aratiatia Rapids, the Huka Falls, and the celebrated Geyser and Wal-Ora Valleys, we see the wizardry of Nature ln 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 said to transcend the far-famed Vesuvlan blue of the Bay of Naples. In the rarefled atmosphere it is deeper, rlcher — 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; 23/-. Wairakei Valiey, B/-; Waiotapu, 1/-.