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Restaurants & cafés
Embra Two-hat Cuisine Good Food Guide restaurant tucked off the main street, the best fine dinner in the central North Island. The kitchen pulls together French technique, British comfort and local Lake Taupo trout. The room is small; the cooking is not subtle.
The Bistro Veteran chef Jude Messenger's European-leaning dining room on Tuwharetoa Street, ten years in and still the locals' choice for a slightly-special dinner. Sharp service, generous plates, and a wine list that knows what to pour with the lamb.
Trails & outdoors
Huka Falls Walkway The flat 90-minute path from Spa Park along the Waikato River to Huka Falls, with the natural hot stream halfway as the optional dip. The right way to arrive at the falls — not by the carpark, but by the river. About 7km return.
Mount Tauhara Track A dormant volcano on the eastern edge of town with a sharp 2.5km climb to a summit that looks across Lake Taupo to the Tongariro peaks. Steep, mostly through farmland and bush, but the view from the top is the best in the region. Three hours return for fit walkers.
Things to do
Taupo DeBretts Spa Resort Hot mineral pools, private mineral tubs, and a hydro slide on the eastern side of town. Less polished than Polynesian Spa in Rotorua but family-friendly and a fraction of the cost. The most reliable rainy-afternoon plan in Taupo.
Hukafalls Jet Half-hour jet-boat ride up the Waikato River from the Aratiatia base to within metres of the foot of Huka Falls. Spins, near-rock fly-bys, and a face-on view of the falls you cannot get from land. The signature Taupo adrenaline outing.
Landmarks & sights
Huka Falls The Waikato River squeezes through a narrow rock chute and drops 11 metres in a chaotic blue wall of water; 220,000 litres a second on a normal day. Free, five minutes from town, and the single most photographed natural feature in the central North Island. The walkway crosses the gorge for the head-on shot.
Lake Taupo New Zealand's largest lake fills the caldera of a supervolcano that last erupted in AD 232. The town sits on the north shore and the whole eastern bay is public beach and grass for kilometres. The Mine Bay Maori Rock Carvings on the western shore are reachable only by boat or kayak — a 10-metre face of Ngatoroirangi carved in the 1970s.