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Tongariro National Park Slideshow
Tongariro National Park
Travel Blogs from Tongariro National Park, New Zealand
The Pikes tackle Mordor
This is a top pick! ... book. They had space for us both on site with a powered connection and in the second shuttle in the morning to the Tongariro National Park. Most of the parks in the area offer this kind of service but the Discovery Lodge is the closest based to the start ...
Journey to Mount Doom
This is a top pick! Our next stop after New Plymouth was Tongariro National Park and this meant driving along the Forgotten World Highway, a very winding road through some impressive scenery and New Zealand farmland. The National Park is a really cool volcanic area with a ...
Best day walk in New Zealand
This is a top pick! It was about time I'd experienced what's known as 'The best day walk in New Zealand'. A title like this unfortunately attracts the wrong kind of people. On the ten day walks , you might see 3-4 people each day and maybe even less , where as on a track ...
Sort of Tongariro Crossing
This is a top pick! ... their hotel - was v nice and said our goodbyes. The weather was attempting to clear up so we went down to the Tongariro National Park to try and do a walk and hope that we might at least see some of the nearby volcanoes. After consulting the tourist ...
Mount Ngauruhoe aka Mount Doom
This is a top pick! The next weekend Kat, Shani, Aaron, me and Aaron decided to drive back South again and visit the Tongariro National park, to walk the famous Tongariro crossing and climb Mount Ngauruhoe. If you speak English you pronounce it: Nara-ho-ee. If you fancy the ...
Have skis, will fall
This is a top pick! ... south towards the town of Bulls, famous for its bulls would you believe, where we turned left to head north towards the Tongariro National Park, film location for many a boring scene in Lord of the Rings. After 175km on the road we stopped in Ohakune, ...
Tongario National Park - Day 254-255
This is a top pick! Day 254 - 01/11/08 Woke up with the intention of hiking the famous Alpine crossing through the Tongariro National Park. Unfortunately a cold front is sweeping north across the country today with winds of over 100kph and visibility is zero over 1000 ...
Tongariro Crossing
This is a top pick! ... in the distance. We had a lengthy rest at Ketahi hut halfway down where we ate lunch and sunbathed (and experienced New Zealand's smelliest latrine) then another stop at a thermally heated stream where we bathed our tired feet. Down through some scenic ...
These boots were made for walkin'
This is a top pick! ... . I've had a fantastic time here, what with the spectacular scenery, abundant wildlife, and crazy pant-filling activities. Definitely put New Zealand near the top of your list of places to visit. Next stop is the tiny South Pacific island of Rarotonga in ...
Recovering from all night football bash!
This is a top pick! We didn't make it out of bed until 11.30am today after last nights activities. We went and had bacon sandwiches by one of the big log fires - it was great. The snow is still rubbish up the mountains and the conditions are quite poor, so we definitely ...
5 hour bush walk - must need a shave!
This is a top pick! ... Our walk took us along Fisher Track, through the Erua Forest to the Taranaki Lookout. There were some amazing views over the National Park from here. We then continued to Tupapakurua Falls through the dense woods. This was very steep, up and down, ...
Take me to the Volcano
This is a top pick! Moving on north today I took the small kiwi traveler bus up to Tongariro National Park home of New Zealand's best 1 day walk. Dan who also got on at Wellington was planning on doing the same walk being one of those travelers who immediately introduces ...
Here's Johnny!
This is a top pick! ... I think I'd have just ended up pissing a lot of people off. We're actually staying in Whakapapa village which is in the Tongariro National Park. As the crossing was off, some of us managed to embark on a few hikes. I took a short hobble around one ...
Visiting Mt. Doom
This is a top pick! From Bulls, we drove north towards Tongariro National Park. We first headed to the Whakapapa Ski Area, which was the scenery used for LOR Mordor. The scenery was fantastic, check out the pics! We walked around a bit and had great views of Mt. ...
Breaking in the camping gear...
This is a top pick! Spent the morning cruising around a geothermal springs adventure park !! Lots of bubbling mud, yellow sulpher pools and stinky eggs smell. Cool champagne lake orange, blue steaming lake. 10.30 everday geyser erruption, amazing how it goes off at the same ...
Into The Very Fires Of Mordor
This is a top pick! ... toast instead.) A bus drove us to the starting point of the Tongariro Crossing. Widely considered the best day hike in New Zealand, Tongariro Crossing is 19.4 kilometers long (12 miles) and takes you over an active geothermal area. It also provides you ...
On the road to Mordor
This is a top pick! Oh wow! What an amazing day! I've just spent 7 hours walking the Tongariro Crossing, between the volcanos of Mount Ngauruhoe (Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings) and Mount Tongariro, and it was just the most amazing thing!!! The day started with lots ...
Volcano country
This is a top pick! ... weather for the last few days, either raining, or threatening to. The worst thing about that is that it meant I couldn't do the Tongariro Crossing, one of the best day walks in NZ, and one that I definitely wanted to do. There are supposed to be ...
Misty Mountains
This is a top pick! ... it was low cloud and grey skies, at least they got the not raining part right. The 7:15am depart to the start of New Zealand's best one day walk certainly upped the better be worth it feeling with the thought of the 6-8 hour hike ahead. Starting ...
Into Middle Earth
This is a top pick! After bacon sandwiches in the hostel, we jumped on the bus and headed towards Tongariro National Park (also known as Middle Earth for Lord of the Rings fans). The hostel in Taupo was pretty good actually. It had a tv room, pool table, cheap bar and ...
Snowboarding Attempt Number 1
This is a top pick! ... start of winter. The weather was like winter as well, with cloud and rain. We left Taupo and drove to Tongariro National Park and stopped at a place called Okahune, the base for Turoa Skifield, with the intention of doing two days snowboarding and one ...
Stroll in the Park
This is a top pick! ... Mount Doom was apparently shot on the slopes of both Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe, two of the three volcanic mountains in this national park. Apparently Mount Doom's peak was based on the shape of Mt Ngauruhoe but they weren't allowed to film up there as ...
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
... us wait. After the long process of getting our car, we finally got it all straightened out and headed to the Tongariro National Park. Unfortunately during that process, Tara stubbed her toe and took her nail off, which jeopardized our hike across the ...
Mordor
... bring back to The Shire. But alas Middle Earth's temperamental weather had thrown them a snow storm! the walk to Mount Doon (Tongariro) would have to be called off for a second time! A bitterly disappointed pair of hobbits turned back and headed to ...
Doomed
... it’s architecture or cities in general so we didn’t hang around and decided to stick to what New Zealand does best and headed to Tongariro National Park to get into some volcanic activity. We arrived in the dark and set up the tent ...
To cross or not to cross...
On arrival in Turangi, our base for exploring the national park, we checked into Extreme Backpackers and booked ourselves on the morning (7.30am !!) bus to the start of the Tongariro Crossing. The Tongariro Crossing is the most famous one day walk in ...
Tongariro National Park Alpine Crossing
... wir eine Nacht wild gecampt hatten und nicht erwischt worden sind, sind wir früh am morgen aufgebrochen, um zum Tongariro National Park zu fahren. Dort sollte es laut Reiseführer „die schönste Tageswanderung Neuseelands geben“, über 19 km ...
Tongariro Northern Circuit
Shortly after setting off, Tongariro quickly became our favorite hike (a repeating theme throughout our time here in New Zealand). We spent four days on this track, tramping over and around volcanoes, alpine lakes and rocky landscapes. ...