Huka Prawn Park
The Huka Prawn Park is an aquaculture venture and tourist attraction located 10 minutes north of Taupō. It was started in 1987, and is currently New Zealand's only prawn farm.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wairakei Power Station and Huka Falls.
Wairakei Power Station
Power station
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
The Wairakei Power Station is a geothermal power station near the Wairakei Geothermal Field in New Zealand. Wairakei lies in the Taupō Volcanic Zone. Wairakei Power Station is situated 380 metres northeast of Huka Prawn Park.
Huka Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huka Falls is a set of waterfalls on the Waikato River, which drains Lake Taupō in New Zealand. A few hundred metres upstream from Huka Falls, the Waikato River narrows from approximately 100 metres across to a canyon only 15 metres across.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rangatira Park and Tauhara.
Rangatira Park
Suburb
Rangatira Park is a suburb in the New Zealand town of Taupō. The suburb is located just north of Nukuhau and south of Huka Falls, on a hill above Waikato River. Residents of the suburb experienced an earthquake in September 2019. Rangatira Park is situated 5 km southwest of Huka Prawn Park.
Tauhara
Suburb
Tauhara is a suburb and geothermal area of Taupō in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The area's main geographic feature, Mount Tauhara, is culturally significant to local hapū. Tauhara is situated 6 km south of Huka Prawn Park.
Nukuhau
Suburb
Nukuhau is a suburb of Taupō in the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. Nukuhau is situated 7 km southwest of Huka Prawn Park.
Huka Prawn Park
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: tourist attraction in New Zealand
- Categories: fish hatchery, tourism, and aquaculture
- Location: Taupō District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.62991° or 38° 37′ 48″ southLongitude
176.10064° or 176° 6′ 2″ eastOpen location code
4VHR94C2+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 388364716OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=aquacultureOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5935370
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