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Best Things to Do
Top 5 Best Things to Do in Taupo [2025]
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Huka Falls
4.6
/5
73 reviews
6.1
Based on 6,354 reviews
4.5 km from downtown
Phone +64 7-376 0072
Address: Wairakei, Taupō 3384, New Zealand
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-4 hours
40% positive reviews
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This is such a feast to eyes! This is an extremely beautiful waterfall. This stunning beautiful body of water is one of the loveliest spot Taupo has to offer.
The scenic area is very primitive, with no fences, no tickets, no canteen, and even the parking lot is pebbled. There are no staff, only a few gardeners pruning branches. Visitors are completely free and self-disciplined. The water of the waterfall is particularly green, pouring from the wide riverbed into the narrow canyon, so the water flow is particularly large, but the drop is not large. There are woods next to it, and the air is very good. There are guardrails on the riverside, and you can walk along the river for a while.
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Hukafalls Jet Taupo
4.7
/5
6 reviews
5.3
6.9 km from downtown
Phone +64 7 374 8572
Address: 200 Karetoto Road, Wairakei, Taupō 3377, New Zealand
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5 hour
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Super exciting, it is recommended, remember to wear a hat, very windy, but also wet, it is best to have a hat windbreaker, so that you can block the wind and water. Book early, otherwise it is easy to have no location, a boat has 17 locations
The Waikato River is the first long river on New Zealand's North Island. It is a very interesting place. The water quality is clear, the water quality is clear, and the water quality is known as water quality, especially from Lake Taupo. The section before the downstream Huka Waterfall is drifting, and many sections of the water quality are very clear. The stone under the water can be seen clearly, really experience the crystal-like water quality, and finally there is a water section that can jump from the tree, or when the oil money jumps off, the water is simply clear to the language to describe, very fun, a place
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Spa Thermal Park
4.6
/5
18 reviews
5.2
Based on 392 reviews
2.1 km from downtown
Phone +64 7 376 0027
Address: Tauhara, Taupō 3378, New Zealand
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
No.1 of Family-Friendly Attractions in Taupo
Highlights:
Perfect trails for family strolls
60-foot limestone bridge spans 656 feet
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The air is filled with a strong smell of sulfur, and white gas is coming out of the cracks in the rocks everywhere. The entire geothermal hot spring park makes people feel the pulse of the earth we live in, and it is also a resource for the benefit of mankind.
New Zealand's South Island, known as the Fire Island, is dotted with geothermal and hot springs of all sizes. Seeing this scene, it feels as if the entire country is on the crater of a volcano with undercurrents surging underground!
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Craters of the Moon
4.5
/5
10 reviews
4.5
Based on 2,042 reviews
4.6 km from downtown
Phone +64 27 656 4684
Address: 171 Karapiti Road, Wairakei, Taupō 3377, New Zealand
Recommended sightseeing time: 30-50 minutes
Highlights:
See steaming volcanic craters up-close
Unique lunar crater landscape
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The uneven surface of the ground is really like the surface of the moon, with pits and potholes, and geothermal heat comes out from time to time. New Zealand has rich geological features and is a good place to take pictures of the moon's surface!
He walked 1.5 miles, a little longer than other geothermal experiences in the Taupo area. Still, it was an easy walk on the wide boardwalk. There were lots of steam vents and several craters, including 2 mud pools. There was a 120-step circle loop that I bypassed because I have a bad knee. Considering the entrance fee was only $8, it was well worth it
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Huka Prawn Park
4.1
/5
31 reviews
4.1
6.9 km from downtown
Phone +64 7 374 8474
Address: 200 Karetoto Road, Wairakei, Taupō 3384, New Zealand
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
No.2 of Family-Friendly Attractions in Taupo
44% positive reviews
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It's very interesting. There are many small surprise projects inside, which makes me, a middle-aged person, full of childishness. I personally recommend spending 2-3 hours playing. There is also a jet boat next to it. I love New Zealand so much.
There is a separate pond as a shrimp fishing pond, buy tickets into the shrimp garden, not simply stuff a fishing rod for you, but first by the guide quite "sense of ritual" to introduce to you. The first project is the incubation park. The tour guide takes the adults and children to watch the shrimp eggs, the juvenile shrimp incubation pond and the growth garden. Along the way, he also introduces the geology, water quality and shrimp species characteristics of New Zealand.
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