WAIRAKEI.
TO THE EDITOR.
During a visit to the Hot Lake district this week, I was induced to go to Taupo to see the celebrated hot springs of Wairakei. On arriving there I was told that the guide was out, and I was on no account to be allowed to visit the springs that day. It was my only day, and as I had travelled several thousand miles to see New Zealand, and gone 50 miles out of my road to see Wairakei, I thought it rather a hard case. It seems a pity that visitors to such a wonderful sight (as these springs are said to be) should be subject to the caprices of the proprietress and her manager, who it appears are in the habit of taking the guide away to work elsewhere as it suits them, and also fix up notices that visitors going without a guide are liable to a fine. I near it is by no means the first time a similar case has occurred, and I hope that in the interests of the travelling public I may be permitted to ask you either to insert this letter in your valuable columns, or warn those intending to visit Taupo to make sure of their guide beforehand. — am, &c., A Traveller.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8987, 27 February 1888, Page 3
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