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| The focus of this region is Lake Taupo - New Zealand's largest lake (619 square kilometres) and the heart of the North Island. Lake Taupo was created by a volcanic eruption so big the sun went hazy in China (relax, that was a few thousand years ago). Almost everywhere you look there’s a volcano. Just a few minutes north of the Lake at Wairakei you'll find geothermal fields, boiling mud pools and steaming geysers. |
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Karaka Cottage
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Trout fishing is a major attraction - it’s now over 100 years since the first trout fry were released into the lake and today it is one of the last true wild trout fisheries in the world.
A few minutes south of the Lake is Tongariro National Park, New Zealand's first national park and a World Heritage area.
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