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/ ■ „ Beautiful Rainbow Springj Beautiful Rainbow Springj Beautiful Rainbow Springg SEE THE RENOWNED RAINBOW TROUT WHICH MADE THE DISTRlS FAMOUS. -K COMFORTABLE FURNISHED CABlHi AND CAMFING SITE3. PHONE 657.

Have you seen the SCENIC GEM — LAKE Q K A T A I N A. .? Sbort Launch Trips on Lake to se« 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 and Launch) The mata hlghways radlattng from Rotorua were bullt to provide the shortest ' routes 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 RotoitiOkatalna Round Trip remedies theso defects and brings into view new and dellghtful panoramas as the launch traverses the sinuous and ever-changlng coastline of the longer of Rotorua's justly renowned lakes. Eleven miles from Rotorua the tourist is flrst shown the Okere Fall8, forming the head of a deep I and dangerous ravlne twenty mlles in j extent. Arms of the lake, dotted wlth i islands and separated by elender penln- j sulas, branch out in all directions. Treea I overhang th'e water's edge, their roots securely held in the clefts of rock, whlle . at the base of the mighty rampant the J water, 600 feet deep, hollows out deep j Bssures and falry caverna. When the passengers disembark, the Journey is re- i sumed by car to the gateway "of Hongi's i Track. Hongi's Track is enshrined for ! all time in the history of the Maori race. j The car next passes down the celebrated , Okataina Track. An additional cruise j by launch on Lake Okataina is available | and furnishes a rare and singular experi- J ence. Leaving Okataina the next c&ll is Tikitere, a curious, weird conglomerate j of mud springs, black and cavernous, ; throbbing, hlssing and splutterlng. The . spectacle ls awesome and, known as Hell's i Gate, provldes the highest known surface I temperatures in the world. Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/6. Launch on i Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Guide Fees: Okere Faila, 6d; Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on Okataina Lake, 2/6. W air akei-T aupo The Walrakel-Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographlcal centre of the North Island, the great volcanio Taupo basln. The slghts, varled 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 justlce to the remarkable enterprise that is converting 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scrub into one immense forest of vlgorous, healthy pine. Unrivalled vlews of the plantation are obtained 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 dlversity 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 ls said to transcend the far-famed Vesuvian blue of the Bay 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-line. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairakei Valley, B/-; Waiotapu, 1/*.

1 GOVERNMENT ROUND TRIP ! 2 . It is impossible to conceive any more diverse ); and enthralling scenery and phenomena than is met 2 with on this famous trip. Leaving Rotorua, travel2 lers traverse Eartbquake Flat and on to the site of |j the famous Waimangu Geyser eruption. The dej» vastation left in the trail of this upheaval is still ; » plainly to be seen and the boiling crater lake is a j, most awe-inspiring sight. Then commences a walk ;! with a guide through a series of remarkable thermal and volcanic activities. Next the travellers embark on a launch which, under the guidance of an experi* cnced pilot, cruises over Lake Rotomahana, an immense sheet of hot and boiling water under which the titanic forces of Natui-e fitfully slumber. 0" landing, a short walk brings the party to the shade of Mount Tarawera, a volcano of formidable appearance whose lava-scorched sides vividly recall the terrihlo eruption of the mountain on June 10th, 1886, when many lives were lost and the famous Pink and White Terraces were smashed to atoins and disappeared. Again a launch is requisitioned aqd this time the party is conveyed across beautiful Lake Tarawera, a majestie stretch of crystal water. The cars await tlie passengers on the other side and on the road back to Rotorua pass first the site of the buned village of Te Wairoa, which was overwhelmed m the terrible eruption of 1886. A sweep in the road brings into view the far-famed Green, or Rotokakahi Lake, and immediately afterwards the Blue, or Tikitapu Lalco, two limpid gems of unique colouring. A run past glorious forestry plantations to Rotorua completes what is undouhtedly one of the outstanding trips of the world.

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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5327, 13 February 1947, Page 8

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Tapeke kupu
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Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5327, 13 February 1947, Page 8

Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5327, 13 February 1947, Page 8

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