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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5330, 17 February 1947, Page 8

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Have you seen the SCENTC GEM — { LAKE QKATAINAT Short Launch Trips on Lake to sea the Beautiful Bush Scenery. ACCOMMODATION FOR ANGLERS AND GUESTS AT OKATAINA, FISHING LODGE. Home-cooked Teas Served. Boats and Motora, 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 CMotor and Launch) The main highways radlatlng from Rotorua were buLlt to provlde the shortest routes to and from the thermal districts, and they, theijefore, of necessity by-pass much'of the most magniflcent ecenery. The water route of the Lake RotoitLOkataina Round Trlp remediea these defects and brlngs into vlew new and dellghtful panoramas as the launch traverses the slnuous and ever-changlng coastline of the longer of Rotorua's justly renoWned lakes. Eleven mlle3 from ! Rotorua the tourist 1s flrst shown the : Okere. Falls, formlng the head of a deep and dangerous ravlne twenty mlles in extent. Arms of the lake, dotted wlth lslands and separated hy slender penlnsulas, hranch out in all dlrections. Treea overhang th'e water's edge, thelr roots securely held in the clefts of rock, whlle at the base of the mighty rampant the water, 500 feet deep, h.ollows out deep flssures and falry caverns. When the passengers disembark, the journey is resumed 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 additlonal crulse by launch on Lake Okataina Is avallable and furnishes a rare and slngular experlence. Leaving Okataina the next call Is Tikitere, a curioiis, welrd conglomerate of mud springs, hlack and cavernous, throbblng, 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 I Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Guide Fees: Okere Falia, 6d; Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on 'okataina Lake, 2/6.

Wairakei-T aupo The Wairakel-Taupo trlp takes the traveller to the geographical centre of the North Island, the great volcanlo Taupo basln. The sights, varled to a degree, are unequalled in any other part of the world. Rainbow Mountaln, resplendent in colour, is stlll the scene of considerable thermal actlvity. The rugged Paeroa mountaln range lying to the west of the Rotorua-Taupo road comes into view a few mlles beyond Rainbow Mountaln. No words can do justlce to the remarka'ole enterprise that ls converting 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scrub into | one immense iorest of vigorous, healthy ! pine. Unrivalled views of the plantatlon ! are obtained frcm the service car. In the 1 Aratiatia Rapids, the Huka Falls, and the j celebrated Geyser and Wai-Ora Valleys, we see the wizardry of Nature in endless diversity of operation. The welrd display 1 0f thermal actlvity in the Geyser Valley i has won for it the tltle of the Elghth i Wonder of the World. Seen beneath a cairn and cloudless sky, the blue of Lake Taupo is said to transcend the far-famed Vesuvlan hlue of the Bay of Naples. In the rarefled atmosphere It ls deeper, richer — a pure sapphire hlue. The mountains of National Park are revealoa in clearest outline on the far shore-line. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairakei Valley, B/-; Waiotapu, 1/-,