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Huka Prawn Park

Huka Falls Road | Lake Taupo, Taupo 3330, New Zealand
64 7 374 8474
Ranked #8 of 19 attractions in Taupo
4.0 of 5 stars 74 Reviews
Type: Farms
Owner description: New Zealand's only Prawn Fishing Park. Located just 5 minutes from Taupo and offering hours of entertainment for people of all ages. Experience the...... more » Owner description: New Zealand's only Prawn Fishing Park. Located just 5 minutes from Taupo and offering hours of entertainment for people of all ages. Experience the thrill of landing the fiesty prawn at Hook-a-Prawn Fishing, enjoy the delight of hand feeding, baby prawns in the Prawn Nursery, and get up close and personal with Shawn the Prawn, in the Aquarium. Then head out to more than 6 hectares of fun and entertainment throughout the park, including interactive water features, adventure playgrounds, trout viewing and feeding, and geothermal foot baths. The day wouldn't be complete with relaxing beside the mighty Waikato River at the Riverside restaurant and bar and enjoying a mouthwatering selection of meals and beverages on offer. Huka Prawn Park, a day of fun and adventure for all! « less
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 23, 2012 NEW

Been in New Zealand for 9 weeks so far- this was without a doubt one of the most fun days we have had- in fact it was such a laugh that we are planning a trip back to Taupo just so that we can return. A warning though... It seems prawn fishing is highly addictive! More

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Auckland, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 22, 2012 NEW

If you have a spare day in Taupo, do spend some time here and take the prawn tour. It was awesome and I know more about prawn than I ever did. After the tour, we also did some prawn fishing - didn't catch any, it was a pretty cold and windy day but it was fun - some of our... More

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Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 14, 2012

This place was great fun, not only do you get to have a wander round the farm but you get unlimited time fishing for your own prawns which you a free to keep... Great fun and got lots of bites, we even went back a couple of days water for a lazy afternoon More

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Auckland, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 7, 2012

Ummed and ahhed about doing this activity. To be honest I thought it sounded a bit lame but my son really wanted to give it a go and I like eating prawns. We did the tour and fishing - this was quite expensive but then it was good to get an understanding of the prawn life cycle. We ate at... More

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Tauranga, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 27, 2012

Really cool place to go, very interactive. go NZ keep it up More

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manawatu
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 25, 2012

Plenty to see and do down at the Prawn Park. A fun place to take the kids or bring out the kid in the adults. We had fun catching our own prawns (although we didn't catch many) More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed April 18, 2012

My partner and I were driving past so thought we'd call in to have a look. Ended up going for the tour and trying our hand at catching prawns. Was addictive as it was difficult for me to 'land' them. Overall the cost was I think expensive for the two of us, but then how many times do you try... More

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Auckland, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 17, 2012

Excellent fun for all ages!.. And we don't even like eating prawns :) Great fun fishing (we caught 4 pretty big prawns in about 20 minutes) and exploring the park, nice nature walk and foot soak. The restaurant looked good but it was packed so we gave it a miss. One negative would be they needed more bathroom facilities. Tip... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 16, 2012

our kids loved this place and so did we. We spent the whole day having so much fun and our four year old daughter did not want to leave. She enjoyed the fishing and caught two prawns. The look on her face was priceless. The restaurant is also fantastic. We would definitely go again. More

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Napier, New Zealand
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed April 12, 2012

found it informative and fun. enjoyed being able to eat them at the end More

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