Arrived early afternoon amid a Thunderstorm, first bad weather of our trip so took slow drive around the north of the lake, how lovely it looked even in the rain. It is New Zealand's largest lake; created from a volcanic crater, 29 miles from north to south and almost 700 ft. deep in parts. The next morning we had a jet boat ride booked along by the Huka falls (Taupo Lake empties into the river Waikato via the Huka falls) - it was everything it claimed to be, a...

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