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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5324, 10 February 1947, Page 8

Beautiful Rainbow SprlJl Beautiful Rainbow Spri&J Beautiful Rainbow Spriijj SEE THE RENOWNED RAINBoJI TROUT WHICH MADE THE DISTEld FAMOUS, 1 COMFORTABLE . FURNISHED CABlJ AND CAMFING SITES. *1 PHONE 657. I

Have you seen the SCENIC GEM — ] J^AKE QKATAINA? Short Launch Trip3 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 arfd Launoh> The main hlghways .radtatlng from Rotorua were built to provide the shortest routes to and from the thermal distrlcts, and they, therefore, of necesslty by-pass - . much of the most magnlflcent jBcenery. 1 The water route of the Lake Rotoiti- , Okataina Round Trip remediea these defects and bringa into view new and dellghtful panoramaB as the launch traversea the slnuoua and ever-changlng coastllne of the longer of Roforua's Justly \ renowned lakes. Eleven mlles from I Rotorua the tourist is flrst shown the | Okere Falls, forming the head of a deep and dangerous ravine twenty mlles in i extent. Arms of the lake, dotted with ; islands and separated by slender penin- j sulas, branch out in all dlrections. Trees I overhang the water's edge, their roots ! securely held in the clefts of rock, whlle at the base of the mlghty rampant the water, 500 feet deep, hollows out deep 1 flssures and fairy caverns. When the passengers disembark, the journey is re- ; sumed hy car to the gateway of Hongl's 1 Track. Hongl's Track is enshrined for ' all time in the history of the Maorl race. ' The car next passes down the celebrated Okataina Track. An additlonal cruise hy launch on Lake Okataina is available j and furnishes a rare and slngular experl- ' ence. Leaving Okataina the nekt call is Tikitere, a curious, weird conglomerate j of mud springs, black and cavernous, > throbbing, hissing and spluttering. The j spectacle is awesome and, known astHell'a Gate, provides the hlghest known surface temperatures in the world. Daily 9.13 a.m. FARE: 12/6. Launch on" Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Guldo Feea: Okere Faile, 6d; Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on Okataina Lake, 2/6. Wairakei-Taupo The Wairakei-Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographical centre of the North Island, the great volcanio Taupo basin. The slghts, varled to a degree, are unequalled in any other part • of the world. Rainbow Mountain, resplendent in colour, is s'till 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 enterprise that is convertlpg 1,000,000 acres of tussock 'and scrub into one Immense forest of vigorous, healthy pine. Unrivalled views of the plantation are obtalned frcm the service car. In the Aratiatia Rapids, 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 actlvity 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 Vesuvian blue of the Eay of Naples. In the rarefled atmosphere it is deeper, richer — a pure^sapphire blue. The mountains of National Park are revealed in Clearest outline on the far shore-llne. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 23/-. Wairakei Valley, B/-; Waiotapu, 1/-.

| TIKITERE - - - Hell's Gate I 2 Buse* Icave 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. B | FARE: 5/- RETURN — Guide Fee 2/-., I ! SITUATED a few mlles from Rotorua, on a perfect road, ®| 2 le the awesome area of Tikitere, better known as Hell's fl J[ Gate, a name given to It by the faraous world travellef fl ]» and author, George Augustus Sila. Here are slghts, smell) fl and sounds that 'might well come from the bottomleu Bj !; Plt, and in places the earth can be felt trembling under- H foot. Mr. Bernard Shaw was ttemendously impreessd Bj with his vlslt to Tikitere and with Satanlc aspect of tbt S ,) place. The Maorl guides safely conduct parties through aTld interestingly describe the phenomena as they go fl along, pointlng out the reasons for the peculiar namM , H bestowed on outstanding features such as "Sodom and fl Gomorrah," "The Devil's Cauldron," "Adam and Bva," fl etc. With its unmlstakahle and impresslve indlcatloai H of pent-up force, Tikitere should not be mlsBed by vlsitort ■ to the thermal regions. fl RAINBOW SPRINGS I Hourly service hy Ngongotaha bus from Ro" fl Services' Office. fl FARE: 1/6 — Guide Fee 1/-. H The Rainbow Springs rapldly achleved fame as on# of H Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three pools, eet ■ in an environment of bush and fern, contain large nuffl* bers of trout, including many of considerable size. Tha H graceful mo^ements of the flsh, the flns servlng varloasiy H as oars and balancers, can he viewed to advantage. Wb®h |H ahafts of sunlight play on the water the effect is beautiful. ■ The rainbow trout Is then revealed aa one of Natur#'# ■ flnlshed works of art. It has an lncomparahle dellcaoy of form with marlcings that show an extraordlnary rango of H tlnts and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs reglon con- ■ talns a large variety of shrubs and ferns. It ls in fact S a magnlflcent and extensive shrubbery through whlch ■ shady'paths are lald. H