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Added by Jopie, at 13 January 2017
Opening Hours
- Monday 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
- Tuesday 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
- Wednesday 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
- Thursday 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
- Friday 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
- Saturday 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
- Sunday 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
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13 Reviews
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22 December 2017
Took the kids here for a few hours and ended up staying the whole day. Great experience with a variety of activities to do - while the prawn fishing is the highlight there are fish, boating, interactive activities and a nature walk. The one downside is the place is such fun that is does get a lot of people - hard to fault the place for this.
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26 November 2017
**This review is only for the restaurant in the huka prawn park**
We did not have time to do the prawn park tour but decided to have lunch at the restaurant. Good food, amazing produce - prawns, but tad overpriced. Also, the minimum prawn bucket was 1/2 kilo, which was quite a lot for even 2 people to finish. They probably need to introduce a quarter kilo variant too. Desserts were simple, but tasty. Service could be a bit better.response / report this review -
29 October 2017
My favourite place to spend a day in taupo. Prawn fishing is extremely fun even though patience is definitely needed so not sure how it would be for the really littlies. Good restaurant but can also bring your own food and eat it within the park. Make sure to bring lots of sun protection if your planning on fishing because sometimes the pools with the shade are unavailable and no one wants sun burn
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15 October 2017
Unless you are lucky and get a good spot you will be better of buying some prawns from the supermarket. If you have couple of hours to spare and enjoy the experience of fishing and of course some dollars to spare you could add this to your activities list at Taupo. There are other water activities for the kids and tours to the prawns farm.
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06 October 2017
Real pleasure - if you've got kids a great day out. If your just adults I'd say less fun. But totally worth the entry fee. Go for the steamed prawns and garlic butter.
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01 October 2017
The food is not bad but as a tourist attraction it is probably targeted to Asians and families with small children. The staff are friendly and quite cheerful.
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19 September 2017
Great place for a fun day out!! Friendly staff and good facilities. They have a very nice tour you can do. The restaurant can cook up your catch for you.
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15 June 2017
Loved this activity! Best to go at 9am until 2pm. You get a good catch and can enjoy a lunch at the restaurant. If you don't catch many it's still so much fun.
This venue would be perfect for an early dinner at closing time however it's not open. A bit sad because there is a beautiful view, lovely fireplace. I would have loved to spend more money here, eat my prawns at the end of the day at the restaurant. I would also enjoy dinner here at any time since it would be the best and only seafood restaurant in town.
Thank you all at Huka Prawn Park! We had a great time and will be seeing you again at 9am next time!response / report this review -
12 March 2017
Very interesting to catch your own prawns. The restaurant will then cook it for you if you wish. The deep-fried potato chips served by the restaurant cannot be beaten. By absolutely no one nowhere. This place is child-friendly. Lively outside lawn area.
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03 March 2017
Good way to spend a day, weather permitting, catching some prawns.
I think the time of year you go will greatly vary the number of prawns you get though. I've spoken to friends who've managed whole buckets of prawns from a few hours fishing, but we only came away with 2 specimens for our 3 hours efforts. This was during the January peak season though, so I'm thinking they were all caught already! Your mileage may vary, but definitely wear sunscreen and bring a wide brimmed hat (and a picnic lunch!).
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02 March 2017
Had such an amazing day here. Who would have thought prawn fishing could be so much fun. Popped in to show our UK guest the place with the view of going for lunch. Spent 4 hours, paddle boarding, fishing and having a great time.even managed to catch enough for our own lunch. Have been highly recommending
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18 February 2017
We've been going to the Huka Prawn Park for 4 years running. We usually stay for about 4 hours and have a picnic lunch there. This year they opened up two other pools for fishing.
This was by far the least productive year. I'm pretty good at prawn fishing and catch three times as much as those around me but this time we only caught 5 prawns between us both. Last year I caught 10, and the year before 17. It was very disappointing, hardly anyone was catching any.
There are so many tadpoles and small fish eating your bait it does get annoying. The bait they give you is too big for the prawns, which only eat small pieces, so break up any of the large bits. Also watch out for the sparrows tipping over and eating your bait.response / report this review -
20 January 2017
An easy fun day to spend with the family. Plenty of fun things to do on the walk around the park. The Prawn farm tour was cool. The girls loved the paddle boats, playgrounds, foot spa and the Prawn fishing. Great day was had by all!
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