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Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome to Taupo.

This is Taupo. The heart of Aotearoa New Zealand’s beautiful North Island.

At the centre of our region is sparkling Lake Taupo, the great inland sea of New Zealand. As you travel around the lake, you will find every landscape you can imagine. Snow-blanketed winter ski fields and alpine deserts. Ancient forests alive with birdsong. Trout-filled rivers and the thundering Huka Falls. Steaming geothermal valleys with rejuvenating hot springs. Three towering volcanoes in the awesome and otherworldly landscape of Tongariro National Park.

Discover what makes people #LoveTaupo.

Sit back.
Take a moment.
Relax, breathe.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 
When your heart skips
that beat, you've found it.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 
Any moment now,
that tug at my heart.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 
When your heart skips
that beat, you've found it.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 
When your heart skips
that beat, you've found it.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 
Sit back.
Take a moment.
Relax, breathe.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 
When your heart skips
that beat, you've found it.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 
Any moment now,
that tug at my heart.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 
When your heart skips
that beat, you've found it.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 
When your heart skips
that beat, you've found it.

What is it to be centred? To be where you want to be. Doing what you want to do. Connected to who and what you love, with all your heart. Come back to the centre.

Right in the heart of this place 

Packages and deals

Come together in a safe way to reconnect with loved ones, reunite with your passions and rediscover the central North Island with these amazing packages and deals.

Top things to do in Taupo

Create new memories right in the heart of this place

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Escape to New Zealand’s Central North Island, 7-day itinerary

From stunning white sand surf beaches teaming with marine wildlife, to the rich history and ancient lands of New Zealand's indigenous people, steaming geothermal valleys to world-renowned wineries and dining, the Central North Island offers an exceptional holiday like no other. 

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Ultimate 3-day mountain bike escape 

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7 days of family fun in Taupo 

Multi day trip

3-day Central North Island road trip 

Aroha Love nature
Love creating

Paul Froggatt

Executive chef, Huka Lodge

For nearly 100 years, the Huka Lodge kitchen has fed guests who come from around the world to catch trout in the luminescent blue-green Waikato River beside the luxury lodge. For five years, chef Paul Froggatt has led Huka Lodge’s kitchen.

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Aroha Love landscapes
Love sculpting

Lynden Over

Glass artist, Lava Glass

Glass artist Lynden Over’s award-winning style is distinctive and striking. Working in front of a roaring furnace, he twists and blends molten canes of coloured glass together in a painterly way, swirling and stippling the colour in layers to create dramatic, weighty glass vessels that are sought-after by collectors around the world.

Find out more 
Aroha Love journeys
Love volcanoes

Zhi Yuen Yap

Doctor, hiking guide, photographer

“They say a photograph tells 1000 words, but for me, a photograph only tells part of the story. When you look at a photograph, you are missing out on the sensation of the area, being out there in the cold and the wind. The satisfying way your crampons stick on the ice. There is a lot that you can never capture in a photograph.”

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