We slept well last night. We headed to the dining room for breakfast this morning at around 9:15 am.

Breakfast.
Breakfast.

We set off after breakfast for the short walk to Huka Falls, where the Waikato River narrows from approximately 100 metres across to a canyon only 15 metres wide. The canyon is carved into lake floor sediments laid down before a volcanic eruption around 26,500 years ago. The volume of water flowing through the canyon makes for a spectacular sight.

Huka Falls.
Huka Falls.
Andrea and Joy at Huka Falls.
Andrea and Joy at Huka Falls.
Keith and Peter at Huka Falls.
Keith and Peter at Huka Falls.

After viewing the Huka Falls, we opted for a walk along the trail to the Taupo township. We got a nice view of Huka Lodge across the river along the way.

Looking back across the Waikato River to Huka Lodge.
Looking back across the Waikato River to Huka Lodge.

The walk was very pleasant. We stopped at a coffee hut along the way for a brief rest and then pushed on for the walk into Taupo. We had a nice walk around the town before stopping for a late lunch. After lunch we hopped in a taxi and headed back to the lodge for a rest before dinner.

We got to pre-dinner drinks and canapés at around 6:30 pm.

Canapés.
Canapés.

After pre-dinner drinks and canapés, we made our way upstairs to have dinner.

Dinner in our private dining room.
Dinner in our private dining room.

We had a beautiful dinner and it was very hard to not over-indulge (so we did!).

Dinner.
Dinner.

After dinner we went back downstairs for an after-dinner drink, before heading back to our room to retire for the night. We have no fixed plans for tomorrow so we’ll just see what the days brings.