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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5320, 5 February 1947, Page 8

Beautiful Rainbow Spring ! Beautiful Rainbow Springs j Beautiful Rainbow Springi SEE THE, RENOWNED • RAINBOW ' TROUT WHICHMADE THE DlSTSlS i FAMOUS. VjLCOMFORTABLE FURNISHED CABllw AND CAMFING SITE3. 3 PHONE 657.

Have yes seeu the SCENIC GEM— > LAKE- QKATAINA7 , Short Launch Trips on Lake to see the Beautiful Bush Scenery. ACCOMMODATION FOR ANGLERS \ AND GUESTS AT OKATAINA i FISHING LODGE. | Home-cooked Teas Served. Boats and j Motors, etc., for Hire. Trolling and ' Fly-Fishing. RING FOR BOOKINGS. Enquire N.Z. Road Services re Day or Half-day Trips. 0 Lake Rotoiti-Okataina Round Trip (Motor and Launoh) The main hlghwaye radlating from Rotorua were bullt to provlde the shortest routes to and from the thermal diatrJcts, , .and they. thereforb, of necessity by-pass i much of the most magnlflcont scenery. 1 The water route of the Lake Rotoiti- ' Okataina Round Trip remedles these defects and brlngs Into vlew new and delightful panoramas as the launch traverses the slnuous and ever-changlng ■ coastllne of the longer of Rotorua's justly 1 renowned lakes. Eleven mlles from 1 Rotorua the tourist ls flrst shown the j Okere Falls, formlng the head of a deep and dangerous ravine twenty miles in extent. Arms of the lake, dotted with islands and separated by slender penlnsulaa, 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 mighty rampant the water, 500 feet deep, hollows out deep flssures and fairy caverns. .When the passengers disembark, the journey is re- j sumed by car to the gateway of Hongi's ■ Track. Hongi's Track is enshrlned for I all time in the history of the Maori race. "I The car next passes down the celebrated Okataina Track. An additlonal crulse by launch on Lake Okataina is avallable | and furnishes a rare and singular experl- 1 ence. Leaving Okataina the next call is Tikitere, a curlous, weird conglomerate i of mud springs, black and cavernous, \ throbblng, hissing and splutterlng. The ! spectacle is awesome and, known as Hell's j Gate, provides the highest known surface | temperatures in the world. Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/8. Launch on j Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Guide Fees: Okere Falls, 6d; Tikitere, 2/-; Launct? on Okataina Lake, 2/0. W air akei-T aupo The Walrakel-Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographlcal centre of the_ North Island, the great volcanlc . Taupo basin. The sights, varled to a degree, axe unequalled in any other part ot the world. Rainbow Mountaln, resplendent in colour, is still the scene of considerable thermal actlvity. The rugged Paeroa mountaln range lying to the west of the Rotorua-Taupo road comes into vlew a few mlles beyond Rainbow Mountaln. No words can do justice to the remarkable enterprise that Is convertlng 1,000,000 acres.of tussock and scrub Into one Immense forest of vlgorous, healthy plne. Unrlvalled views of the plantatlon are obtained frcm the service car. In the Aratiatia Rapias, the Huka Falls, and the celebrated Geyser and 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 tltle 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 sapphlre blue. The mountaina of National Park are revealed in clearest outllne on the far shore-line. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairakei Valley, 6/-; Waiotapu, 1/-.

TIKITERE - - - Hell's Gate I Buses Ieave 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. B FARE: 5/- RETURN — Guida Fee 2/-. B SITUATED a few mlles from Rotorua, on a perfect road, ls the awesome area of Tikitere, better known as Hell'i Gate, a name given to lt by the famous world traveller l| and author, George Augustus Sala. Here are sights, smells S and sounds that might well come from the bottomless IB pit, and in places the earth can be felt trembling under- H foot. Mr. Bernard Shaw was tremendously Impresaed H , with his visit to Tikitere and with Satanlc aspect of the place. The Maori guides safely conduct parties through H and lnterestingly descrihe the phenomena as they g* H along, pointing out the reasons for the pecullar names H bestowed on outstandlng features such as "Sodom and Hjj Gomorrah," "The Devil's Cauldron," "Adam and Eve," * H etc. With its unmlstakable and lmpressive lndlcationa ■ of pent-up force, Tikitere should not be missed by vlaltori to the thermal reglons. B RAINBOW SPRINGS 1 Hourly service hy Nsongotaha bus from B Services' Office. H FARE: 1/6 — Guide Fee 1/-. B The Rainbow Springs rapldly achieved fame as on# oi B[ Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three pools, a*' HK in an environment of bush and fern, contaln Iarge num'' bers of trout, including many of considerable slze. The H| graceful movements pf the flsh, the fins serving varioualf as oars and balancers, ean be vlewed to advantage. When H| shafts of sunlight play on the water the effect is beautKul. H The rainbow trout is then revealed as one of Nature'0 IE flnished works of art. It has an incomparable dellcacyof (H| * form with markings that show an extraordinary range of tints and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs reglon contains .a Iarge variety of shrubs and ferns. It ls in ■ a magnlficent and.^ extensive shrubbery through which HW Bhady'paths are lald.