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Lake Taupo


Lake Taupo
Taupo New Zealand
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What's Near Lake Taupo

Top-Rated Nearby Hotels
Distance in: mi km
Hotel USD* Distance Rating
Lake Taupo Lodge $804 11.2 mi 18.0 km 3.5 of 5 stars
The Loft N/A 11.5 mi 18.5 km 4 of 5 stars
Top House N/A 11.5 mi 18.6 km 4 of 5 stars
Oreti Lodge Apartments N/A 13.2 mi 21.3 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Rainbow Point Motel N/A 13.8 mi 22.2 km 3.5 of 5 stars
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Top-Rated Nearby Restaurants
Distance in: mi km
restaurant Distance Rating
Ploughmans 14.0 mi 22.6 km 3 of 5 stars
Mulligan's Public House 14.2 mi 22.9 km 3.5 of 5 stars
Sopranos 14.2 mi 22.9 km 3.5 of 5 stars
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Top-Rated Nearby Things to Do
Distance in: mi km
Thing to Do Distance Rating
Mount Ruapehu 14.5 mi 23.3 km 4 of 5 stars
Rafting New Zealand 14.7 mi 23.6 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Taupo Bungy 14.9 mi 24.0 km 4 of 5 stars
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“Lake Taupo” AAA
“Taupo, New Zealand on a Budget” Travel + Leisure
“The Other Down Under” Ambassadair Travel Club
“Adventure seeking in New Zealand” canoe.ca
“Top 10 lakeside retreats” MSNBC.com / Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
“Mountains, geysers, glaciers and magical water everywhere” timesonline.co.uk / Times Newspapers Ltd.
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“Adventure Capital of North Island” dooyoo.co.uk
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
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Attraction type: Lake, Pond
Activities: Fishing
Address: Taupo
New Zealand

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“Central North Island”
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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Mar 31, 2004
14/14 found this review helpful

WE were two Canadian couples, seniors, on our first trip to New Zealand. We spent a total of 30 days in New Zealand - two days in Auckland getting over jet lag, then one week in Taupo and three weeks in Turangi(we were in time shares). We did day trips to Napier, Rotorua(twice), Wellington(overnight), Waitomo Caves, Tauramanui(golf), Kinloch(golf), and back... more

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