Whanganui National Park Wanganui

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Ohakune, town of the giant black carrot, we arrived after a few hours drive up from Paraparaumu (Pk's home) and checked into our ultra plush chalet, complete with TV included! This place was fancy; it had showers with heated towel rail and heaters in the ceiling – luxurious! First stop was the visitor’s info centre to see if we could do …

Nu we de Tongariro Crossing van ons lijstje kunnen strepen wordt het tijd om ons langzaamaan naar het zuidereiland te verplaatsen en richting Wellington te rijden. We hebben in de LP gelezen over een mooie 80 km lange off road route langs de Whanganui river. Wel een uitdaging voor onze auto waarmee we op dit soort wegen niet verzekerd zijn, maar …

... , Mount Tongariro (in the Tongariro National Park further north which we will get to in a few days), through the spectacular Whanganui National Park, to the town. We're leaving here as soon as I'm finished this and heading north to Ohakune, a skiing ...

... . Natürlich an einer Stelle, die mit seinen grünen Bergen und Schafen absolute Ähnlichkeit mit dem Hobbitland hatte. Im Whanganui National Park wollte Marlen einen 40-minütigen Walk zu einer Bridge of Nowhere machen. Leider hatte wir uns zunächst ...

I wanted to do an at least daylong walk at Mt. Taranaki but that great Volcano was covered in Clouds when I arrived, so I spent more time in the hills of Whanganui National Park ...

... had been converted to a restaurant. I had a meat pie, lamb of course. Next on the drive was a trip through the Whanganui National Park. Much of the park is inaccessable except by river. The Whanganui River is the longest navigatible river in New ...

We had our camp site in the middle of the National Park so Jo, Viky and Romain left for a walk while Nina and me cleaned the whole van under the sun :D After 2 or 3 hours the others came back so we cooked together our lunch, and drove to Palmerstorm ...