Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Festivals & Events
Heralding itself as the events capital of NZ, Taupo plays host to numerous shindigs
throughout the year, many of them of a sporting nature - and plenty you can participate
in. See
www.greatlaketaupo.com
and
www.eventpromotions.co.nz
for more details.
Ironman New Zealand
SPORTS
(
www.ironman.co.nz
)
Bring a magnet, as buns of steel are plentiful during this pimped-up
triathlon. Held in early March, it attracts some of the world's finest athletes.
Erupt Festival
ARTS
(
www.erupt.co.nz
)
Biennial arts festival, which is held over 11 days in May on even--
numbered years.
Winterfest
FAMILY
Billed as a festival of old-fashioned family fun, held around town over three days in
August.
Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge
SPORTS
(
www.cyclechallenge.com
)
One of NZ's biggest annual cycling events, the 160km Lake
Taupo Cycle Challenge, sees around 10,000 people pedalling around the lake on the last
Saturday in November.
Sleeping
Taupo has plenty of accommodation, all of which is in hot demand during late December
and January and during major sporting events. Book ahead during these times. Self-con-
tained campervan travellers can camp for free at 'Freedom Camp' between 5pm and
10am in a car park along Ferry Rd; non-self-contained vans have the option of
Reid's
Farm Recreation Reserve
OFFLINE MAP
(Huka Falls Rd)
, a scruffy spot beside the
Waikato River.
Lake Taupo Top 10
Holiday Resort
HOLIDAY PARK $
( 07-378 6860, 0800 332 121;
www.taupotop10.co.nz
;
41 Centennial Dr; campsites from $48,
units $97-306;
)
This slick 8-hectare park about 2.5km from the i-SITE has all
