Guidebook for Taupo

Jeremy
Guidebook for Taupo

Food Scene

The Overwater Cafe at Two Mile Bay is well worth a visit, coffee served all day, wine served and a wonderful Jazz evening on Sunday evenings. Also a great place to hire water toys
Two Mile Bay
The Overwater Cafe at Two Mile Bay is well worth a visit, coffee served all day, wine served and a wonderful Jazz evening on Sunday evenings. Also a great place to hire water toys
Stunning restaurant, perhaps one of the best in Taupo
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Hilton Lake Taupo
80-100 Napier Rd
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Stunning restaurant, perhaps one of the best in Taupo
Reliable cafe and delicateson
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Replete Cafe & Store
45 Te Heuheu St
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Reliable cafe and delicateson
Wonderful food that is original in flavour and very fresh
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Body Fuel Cafe
67 Tongariro St
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Wonderful food that is original in flavour and very fresh
Great selection of innovative burgers, and very healthy!
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BurgerFuel Taupo
2 Roberts St
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Great selection of innovative burgers, and very healthy!
Fun place to eat
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Vine Eatery & Bar
37 Tūwharetoa St
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Fun place to eat
Perfect place to eat lakeside and watch the sun go down!
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Millennium Hotel and Resort Manuels Taupo
243 Lake Terrace
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Perfect place to eat lakeside and watch the sun go down!
Pleasant restaurant to have an Italian meal!
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Portofino Taupo
28 Tūwharetoa St
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Pleasant restaurant to have an Italian meal!
Useful if you need an Indian fix and there are several others around to choose from, not sure which is best though - probably leave it to personal choice!
Cinnamon Fine Indian Restaurant & Bar
13 Tongariro St
Useful if you need an Indian fix and there are several others around to choose from, not sure which is best though - probably leave it to personal choice!
Very reasonable and authentic Thai food
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Lotus Thai Restaurant
137 Tongariro St
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Very reasonable and authentic Thai food

Everything Else

Tom Northcroft Fishing Guide, one of the best on the lake with reasonable prices, a local going back many centuries of Maori ancestory and a wonderful storyteller +64272851351
Waitahanui Marae
Tom Northcroft Fishing Guide, one of the best on the lake with reasonable prices, a local going back many centuries of Maori ancestory and a wonderful storyteller +64272851351
Large supermarket with wonderful selection of produce
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Countdown Taupo
Tongariro Street
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Large supermarket with wonderful selection of produce
Handy if needed
Taupo Hospital
Handy if needed
General Department Store that covers most bases
Farmers Taupo
Tūwharetoa Street
General Department Store that covers most bases
General Store that is priced well
The Warehouse Taupo
11 Taniwha St
General Store that is priced well
General Household store
Briscoes
79 Roberts St
General Household store
Occasional market way up Spa Road with fresh fruit and vegetables from Hawkes Bay
Spa Road
Spa Road
Occasional market way up Spa Road with fresh fruit and vegetables from Hawkes Bay
Open on Saturday mornings only and well worth a visit. Favourite stores are Des' handmade NZ native timber bowls. Also look for wonderful cheeses and hand made specialty sausages, hand made soaps!
Taupo Riverside Market
95 Te Heuheu Street
Open on Saturday mornings only and well worth a visit. Favourite stores are Des' handmade NZ native timber bowls. Also look for wonderful cheeses and hand made specialty sausages, hand made soaps!
2 18 hole courses side by side and well worth a visit. Great visitor rates too.
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Taupo Golf Club
32 Centennial Dr
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2 18 hole courses side by side and well worth a visit. Great visitor rates too.
Best wine selection in Town! Great deli and international food too
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Scenic Cellars @ The Merchant of Taupo
114 Spa Rd
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Best wine selection in Town! Great deli and international food too
Thrill seeking people love this!
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타우포 번지
202 Spa Rd
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Thrill seeking people love this!
Best photo opportunity and an absolute MUST for first timers to Taupo. Absolutely spectacular but don't leave valuables in the car!
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Huka Falls station
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Best photo opportunity and an absolute MUST for first timers to Taupo. Absolutely spectacular but don't leave valuables in the car!
For arrivals and departures on Air N Z and where you go for Sky diving . There are two companies operating flights daily!
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타우포 공항
1105 Anzac Memorial Dr
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For arrivals and departures on Air N Z and where you go for Sky diving . There are two companies operating flights daily!
IF you know where it is you probably wont need it!
Multi Media Services
56 Mānuka St
IF you know where it is you probably wont need it!
New Years Eve races are a favourite because they are very casual and everyone brings their own boot picnic!
Taupo Racing Club
471 Centennial Dr
New Years Eve races are a favourite because they are very casual and everyone brings their own boot picnic!
Visitors bureau there too!
Great Lake Centre Taupo
5 Story Pl
Visitors bureau there too!
One of the best Day walks in the world
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Tongariro Alpine Crossing
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One of the best Day walks in the world
Excellent place for swimming and enjoying the southern end of the lake!
Kuratau
Excellent place for swimming and enjoying the southern end of the lake!

Entertainment & Activities

Best swimming pool complex around with pools for adults, children and a super slide
Taupo Events Centre
26 A C Baths Ave
Best swimming pool complex around with pools for adults, children and a super slide
Great to visit if time permitting
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Wairakei Terraces
671 State Hwy 1
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Great to visit if time permitting
Enjoyable place to swim and picnic on the lake edge
Lake Taupo Yacht Club
9 Ferry Rd
Enjoyable place to swim and picnic on the lake edge
Can feed the prawns and buy them too!
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후카 프론 공원
200 Karetoto Rd
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Can feed the prawns and buy them too!
A great 2 hour walk up the mountain.... and you get to see the best view of the area!
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Mount Tauhara
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A great 2 hour walk up the mountain.... and you get to see the best view of the area!
Beautiful beach and Trout Cafe! Can launch the boat there too
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Kinloch
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Beautiful beach and Trout Cafe! Can launch the boat there too
Relax and unwind after a huge day of activity! Very therapeutic and got a water slide!
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Taupo DeBretts Hot Springs
State Highway 5
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Relax and unwind after a huge day of activity! Very therapeutic and got a water slide!
Great place for picnics, swimming and watching the sun go down and enjoying a glorious sunset with G and T in hand!
Five Mile Bay
Great place for picnics, swimming and watching the sun go down and enjoying a glorious sunset with G and T in hand!

Shopping

Ask Dave for the best spot to fish!
Greenstone Fishing
147 Tongariro St
Ask Dave for the best spot to fish!
Womens wear fashion
Flirts Fashion & Accessories
Womens wear fashion
Imported shoes ...mens and womens
Shirley's Shoes
10 Horomātangi St
Imported shoes ...mens and womens
Wonderful advice from the staff if you need it for hunting and fishing and extensive range of all the gear you would want that you didn't know you needed!
Hunting & Fishing New Zealand Taupo, Fly & Gun
27 Gascoigne St
Wonderful advice from the staff if you need it for hunting and fishing and extensive range of all the gear you would want that you didn't know you needed!
Largest and best hardware store in Taupo
Mitre 10 MEGA Taupo
99 Bella George Lane
Largest and best hardware store in Taupo
Good for Electronic and whiteware
Noel Leeming Taupo
Tamamutu Street
Good for Electronic and whiteware
Bayliner service - very good!
Taupo Marine
27 Nukuhau St
Bayliner service - very good!
Our closest petrol station to our house and you can walk there easily and grab fresh milk, paper and bread etc too!
Mobil
208 Lake Terrace
Our closest petrol station to our house and you can walk there easily and grab fresh milk, paper and bread etc too!

Sightseeing

Excellent collection of Maori Artifacts
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Taupo Museum
4 Story Pl
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Excellent collection of Maori Artifacts
World Class walk
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달의 분화구
171 Karapiti Rd
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World Class walk
The best of the best - about a 45 minute drive from Taupo
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와이망구 화산 계곡
587 Waimangu Rd
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The best of the best - about a 45 minute drive from Taupo
Perfect for skiing, hiking and sight seeing
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Mount Ruapehu
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Perfect for skiing, hiking and sight seeing
Lovely lakeside bay for picnics
Hatepe Road
Lovely lakeside bay for picnics
Great for a picnic on the bay and sheltered from the westerly winds
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Acacia Bay
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Great for a picnic on the bay and sheltered from the westerly winds
Good beach for swimming and start of Lion walk which goes all the way to Five Mile Bay on the Lake Edge
Lake Terrace Road
Lake Terrace Road
Good beach for swimming and start of Lion walk which goes all the way to Five Mile Bay on the Lake Edge
Fantastic walk when you want to get way out of the area...magnificent native bush walk and only takes about an hour to get right around!
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Lake Rotopounamu
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Fantastic walk when you want to get way out of the area...magnificent native bush walk and only takes about an hour to get right around!

Drinks & Nightlife

Good place if you need a sports bar and want to mingle with the Taupo whos who of the sporting kind!
J J at on Tap
42 Tūwharetoa St
Good place if you need a sports bar and want to mingle with the Taupo whos who of the sporting kind!

Essentials

McCafe there too and free wifi!
McDonald's
48 Roberts St
McCafe there too and free wifi!