Lake Karapiro is an artificial reservoir lake on the Waikato River at Karapiro, 8 kilometres south-east of Cambridge in New Zealand's North Island. The lake was formed in 1947 by the damming of the Waikato River to store water for the 96-megawatt Karapiro power station.
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Wow! This is a stunning venue for sunrise and sunset overlooking the water. Great open site camp grounds that are off a nice bike/walking path at the main venue at Lake Karapiro. The shower and bathrooms were fairly clean and stocked well. The venue is popular among rowers and you’re likely to see the NZ Rowing team tuning up for the 2020 Olympics. The Bike path has some small hills and goes from huge sweeping vistas to low lying over the water. A great...
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Really nice area and easy to get to with plenty of parking and open spaces to enjoy. Perfect venue for Waka Ama Nationals held in January but disappointed with the state of the water. Saw lots of rubbish floating in the water. Such a shame to see it in that state as this could easily have been a 5...
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Lake karapiro is an amazing destination it has so much to see and do lots of activities clean water amazing views lots of sights and sounds family friendly great place to bring your boat for jet skiing the water is very calm highly recommended that you visit this destination there is also a cafe...
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