Lake Tarawera

#110 among destinations in New Zealand

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Lake Tarawera is the largest of a series of lakes which surround the volcano Mount Tarawera in the North Island of New Zealand. Like the mountain, it lies within the Okataina caldera. It is located 18 kilometres to the east of Rotorua, and beneath the peaks of the Tarawera massif i.e. Wahanga, Ruawahia, Tarawera and Koa. The lake's surface area is 39 square kilometres. ()

Alternative names: Area: 15.06 mi²Length: 7.08 miWidth: 5.59 miMaximum depth: 287 ftElevation: 988 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 38°11'58"S, 176°25'52"E

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Bay of PlentyNew Zealand

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Lake Tarawera – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tarawera Falls, Lake Rotomahana, Mount Tarawera, Lake Ōkareka.

5.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Tarawera Falls, Kawerau
139 min walk • Tarawera Falls is a 65 m high waterfall on the Tarawera River in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand's North Island. The Tarawera River flows out of Lake Tarawera and across a rhyolitic lava flow that erupted from Mt Tarawera about 11,000 years ago.
4.6 miS
Large wildlife refuge with black swans
Lake Rotomahana
117 min walk • Lake Rotomahana is an 800-hectare lake in northern New Zealand, located 20 kilometres to the south-east of Rotorua. It is immediately south-west of the dormant volcano Mount Tarawera, and its geography was substantially altered by a major 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera.
4.8 miE
Lakeside volcano with hiking trails
Mount Tarawera
123 min walk • Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand. Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua, it consists of a series of rhyolitic lava domes that were fissured down the middle by an explosive basaltic eruption in 1886.
4.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Ōkareka
109 min walk • Lake Ōkāreka is one of four small lakes lying between Lake Rotorua and Lake Tarawera, in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The others are Lake Rotokakahi, Lake Tikitapu, and Lake Okataina. All lie within the Okataina caldera, along its western edge.
5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Ōkataina
128 min walk • Lake Ōkataina/Te Moana i kataina ā Te Rangitakaroro is the northernmost and largest of four smaller lakes lying between Lake Rotorua and Lake Tarawera in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The others are Lake Rotokakahi, Lake Tikitapu, and Lake Ōkareka. All lie within the Okataina caldera, along its western edge.
5.4 miW
Volcanic lake for fishing and water sports
Lake Tikitapu
139 min walk • Lake Tikitapu, more commonly known as Blue Lake, is the smallest of four small lakes lying between Lake Rotorua and Lake Tarawera in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island.
4.5 miW
38°10'38"S • 176°21'11"E
Horse Trekking Lake Okareka, Rotorua
115 min walk • Nature, Natural attraction, Nature and wildlife tours
5.4 miW
Small shallow lake with emerald waters
Lake Rotokākahi
139 min walk • Lake Rotokākahi or Green Lake, is one of four small lakes lying between Lake Rotorua and Lake Tarawera in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The others are Lake Tikitapu, Lake Okareka, and Lake Okataina. All lie within the Okataina caldera, along its western edge.
4.1 miW
Museum, History museum
Te Wairoa, New Zealand
105 min walk • Te Wairoa was a village, now a ghost town that is also known as the Buried Village, close to the shore of Lake Tarawera in New Zealand's North Island. It was a Māori and European settlement founded in 1848 by the Revd Seymour Mills Spencer where visitors would stay on their way to visit the Pink and White Terraces.