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Taupo Volcanic Aeroplane Adventures

 

Lake Taupo Volcanic Aeroplane Adventures

The best New Zealand volcanic scenic flight experiences. When you visit the Lake Taupo Volcanic Zone be sure to book one of the exclusive scenic flights around New Zealand's  Lake Taupo volcanic Zone.

Here is Taupo Hot Springs Spa’s pick of the very best New Zealand volcanic scenic flight experiences. What better way to begin and end a superb scenic flight experience than with a relaxing Taupo Hot Springs Spa treatment and hot mineral water soak.

Volcanic Flights

Taupo Volcanic Airplane Adventures is based at the Taupo Airport adjacent to the lakefront on the shores of Lake Taupo, New Zealand and offers an extensive range of Lake and Mountain scenic flights by 4 seater airplane.

Taupo Volcanic Airplane Adventures  provides visitors with the opportunity to view from the skies over the Lake Taupo Volcanic Zone's spectacular natural features of Mt Ruapehu, Mt Ngauruhoe, Mt Tongariro and the Central North Island region including the active White Island volcano off the coast of Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty.

Reservations can be made at Taupo Debretts Reservations desk.

Interested? Contact us using our contact form.

"It is truely an experience of a lifetime to look into the very heart of an active volcano."

Scenic Volcanic Flights

The Pacific 'Ring of Fire' is a zone along the edge of the Pacific Ocean that has many volcanoes and earthquakes. This horseshoe shaped belt stretches about 40,000 kilometres encompassing New Zealand, the Phillipines, Japan, and the coasts of Alaska, California, Mexico and South America.

Lake Taupo Volcanic Zone

Experience the wonders of our earth from the air. Taupo Volcanic Airplane Adventures offers 3 scenic packages for your exciting volcanic experience of a lifetime. The "Sacred Earth", "Smouldering Earth" and "Venting Earth" adventures. See below for flight paths and details.

The Sacred Earth - Volcanic Adventure

This is a majestic flight over the Tongariro National Park including Mt Ruapehu, Mt Tongariro and Mt Ngauruhoe.

Only from the air can you truly appreciate the remarkable beauty and stunning contrasts that exist within New Zealand's oldest National Park. Volcanoes with active crater lakes, glacial rivers, barren lava flows and violent volcanic vents are only part of this majestic landscape. The Tongariro National Park is both a natural and culturally significant wonderland within New Zealand and around the world.

$225 per person

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The Smouldering Earth - Volcanic Adventure

Smouldering Earth Volcanic Adventure

Fly over some of the most active and visual terrain covering the 'Ring of Fire'.

This trip starts at the mouth of New Zealand's largest river and only outlet from Lake Taupo, following part of the 'Ring of Fire'. You will see the impressive Huka Falls, Orakei Korako "the Hidden Valley", and the magical colours of Mt Tarawera. From here we travel 48km off the Bay of Plenty coast to where we find New Zealand's largest and most active volcano - White Island. The craters and fumerols on this volcanic island continually emit gas and steam at rates up to several thousands of tonnes per day.

$450 per person Highly Recommended Lonely Planet

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The Venting Earth - Volcanic Adventure

Venting Earth Volcanic Adventure

Take in the natural beauty of the Lake Taupo region on this truely wonderful flight experience.

Take to the air on a wonderful flight where you will be flown over Lake Taupo, Craters of the Moon, Huka Falls and Wairakei bore fields, before flying over Lake Rotokawa - a lake rich in sulphur, giving it unique and vibrant colours. From here you will be able to view the native forests cloaking the once active volcano of Mount Tauhara before returning via Taupo township in the centre of the Lake Taupo Volcanic Zone.

$95 per person

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Volcanic Aeroplane Adventures - Reservations and Enquiries - 0800 AEROPLANE
Taupo Airport, Taupo, New Zealand.

Interested? Contact us  or enquire about our special stay and Fly Packages with Taupo DeDretts Spa Resort