Lake Taupo:

Lake Taupo is the largest lake of New Zealand and is the same size as
Singapore, with a surface of 616 km2, and the second largest freshwater lake
in all of Oceania, just after Lake Murray in Papua New Guinea. This lake is
drained by the longest river of New Zealand: Waikato River.

Lake Taupo was mainly created by a super volcanic eruption which occurred
approximately 25,600 years ago. This was the largest known eruption over the
past 70,000 years, causing several hundred square kilometers of surrounding
land to collapse and form the caldera which later filled with water to form lake
Taupo.

Tourism:
Tourism is a major component of Taupō’s commercial sector as it is a beautiful
place to see in New Zealand. But this place also hosts the Lake Taupo Cycle
Challenge, a cycling tour around the lake which can take around ten hours to
complete.
Skydiving is also a popular local sport and tourism attraction.

Māori history:
On the north-west side of the lake on the cliffs of Mine Bay, we can appreciate
the art of Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell and John Randall, which are Māori
rock carvings created in the late 1970s. Those were carved in the likeness of
Ngātoro-I-rangi, a navigator who guided the Tūwharetoa and Te Arawa tribes
to the Taupō area over a thousand years ago according to Māori legend. This
carving is intended to protect Lake Taupō from volcanic activities.

The water at lake Taupo is so clear that even when you are swimming in the
deeper parts you can see the bottom. The water is not salted and there is a
designated safe swimming areas with no boats allowed