Turangi

Turangi is a town of 3,840 (2023) at the south end of Lake Taupo, in the Central North Island of New Zealand.

By bus
Intercity have three services per day from Auckland and from Wellington.

By car
Turangi is on State Highway 1, between Taupo and Waiouru.

Do

 * Trout fishing. Turangi is mostly famous for the Tongariro River, which runs through it. It provides excellent fishing all year round (but particularly during August-October) for rainbow (steelhead) and brown trout.
 * Hunting
 * Walking, climbing and (in season) skiing in nearby Tongariro National Park
 * Hunting
 * Walking, climbing and (in season) skiing in nearby Tongariro National Park

Go next

 * National Park Village
 * Taupo, the bigger town at the northern end of the lake
 * Tongariro National Park