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Turangi Slideshow
Turangi
Travel Blogs from Turangi, New Zealand
The Cracks of Doom
. Next stop Mordor, or the set for it at least. You may, or quite possibly may not, be interested to know that Mordor is to be found at the heart of the North Island, near Lake Taupo. To see it involves walking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, a ...
Turangi
... ? The fields left the high hills and we reached the quiet town of 'Taumarunui'. From here we continued on a fast road to Turangi, situated at the southern end of Lake Taupo and a renowned trout fishing centre. It was dark (5.45pm) when we stopped for ...
Ascent of the Ruapehu Volcano
... amazing. The countryside was superb with thousands of shades of green, and small hills everywhere. From what we saw, for me New Zealand = Ireland + Alps + a unique special vibe. In other words, it is everywhere breathtaking and you just want to stop the ...
Messing About On The River
... everyone then...?" That sort of thing. He also pointed out a feature that appealed to Kirsty's zoological tendencies: the rare New Zealand Snow Leopard. It looked surprisingly like a sheep. In fact, the fields and fields full of them all looked ...
Scrabbling up the side of an active volcano...
... just completed it and they said it was hard work but very rewarding. It is hailed as the best one day walk in the whole of New Zealand as it encompasses mountains, forests, emerald lakes and volcanoes - not bad for a one day walk! An older lady had also ...
Crossing of parchment!
We woke at 5.30 and it was still dark and even colder than expected. To say we were unprepared for this trek is a an understatement of biblical proportions. Yes we had enough food and chocolate. That was it. I had trainers and rich had boat shoes on. I ...
Tongariro Crossing
... fellow campers who, it turned out, had also seen us in Waitangi and at Cape Reinga(!) and drove the short disatnace back to Turangi. There we splashed out on our first campsite, took advantage of a hot shower and power points, ate and relaxed our weary ...
The Great Lake
We were in for another long road trip today as we continue our trek northward. We left Napier bound for New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Taupo. After 3 hours on the road, we arrived in the town of Taupo, which was pretty busy and congested. This is a ...
Weird little place
... Saturday night to a place half way to Taupo called Turangi, pretty much the only place we could get a bed. Our bus arrived in Turangi at about 1.30am. We had arranged with the hostel for them to leave the keys for our room in the phone box ouside the ...
WARNING: dirty mucky story
... !!! We have all retired to bed early, hoping for an early-ish start in the morning. Rain forecast apparently again for tomorrow, but hope we still get to see the wonderful scenery on our travels. New Zealand is certainly a lovely place so ...
The Tongariro Crossing
... an entire day to complete and involved a two night stay in the Trout Fishing Capital of the World (self proclaimed again) Turangi, an otherwise nondescript town on the southern banks of Lake Taupo. The hostel was particularly good, however, complete with ...
Lets Get Killed!
... While brushing my teeth I left my phone on the bathroom counter. I forgot it. About 80 km down the road on the way to Turangi I realised I didn't have it and hightailed it back to Taupo but it was gone... FUCK! Anyway no use crying. I had decided not ...
Tree planting
I helped the planet a little bit today. I went tree planting, yay! Believe it or not; for all my years of eco-this and environment-that, I had never planted trees as part of a community ...
Training Day 1
... at the house this morning. It is Luba. It's so nice to talk to someone from back home, from before I started travelling through New Zealand. I guess it’s interesting because she’s seen me at uni and so she knows something about me that no else ...
Training Day 2
... the country by the local tribes who wanted this area to be protected. It is the only Dual World Heritage Site in New Zealand, recognised both for its natural and cultural importance. ...
Wahnsenn
Wow! What a day. I met with Raphiella and Anne, their car (aka Gunter) wouldn't start as Anne had left the lights on oops, so we had to get a jump start. Then we were off to the car park which would be the end of our walk, to be picked ...
Ngauruhoe
Ah, what a day. Nothing like a day in the sun to make you feel alive. I went up Ngauruhoe today. Yup, Mount Doom. AMAZING. I was meeting Luba at the base of Ngauruhoe at 11am, so I admit I did not clean the hut too ...
Bumpy car ride
... New Zealand news’ take on the volcano in Iceland is to make random people in the street try to pronounce its name. Haha, oh New Zealand… Oh and for desert we had a feijoa each. I had had feijoa juice before but not the ...
A nap with a view
... last night. It did not quite turn out the way I wanted it to, because I forgot to bring oil (did I mention that story yet? new container, all leaked before I left, etc). The idea was to boil up some potato and kumara and then roast them in a pan with ...
Easter Sunday
Happy Easter to all, and to all a Happy Easter! Today all the wardens are getting together for to celebrate a Ukrainian Easter at Oturere with Luba, who is of Ukrainian descent. Should be good! Apparently no one ...
Didn't bring my rain pants for nothing
Didn’t do too much today. It was another foggy day at Mangatepopo. I got to go for a long car ride though! Ant was driving all us wardens back to our huts: first Ada and Cecile got dropped off at Desert Road to get to Waihohonu ...
Peak 1850
... from somewhere and asked him for it so we can keep in touch. So I’ll have some emailing to do myself when I get back to Turangi… Nine people in the hut tonight and by the sounds of it they’re all in bed already. ...
Farewell party
Those possums! They’re really getting out of control at Mangatepopo. Pooping in the washroom floor and on the deck, sitting on the deck at night like they own the place… Cleaned up (for the last time), ...
Leisurely Saturday
... 8220;Trout Fishing Capital of the World” and fly-fishermen flock here. It is important to note that trout are not native to New Zealand. The river is quite shallow at this time of year and there were quite a few people wadding in it, fishing pole in ...
Second leg of my journey
... in Turangi. I say us because Ada, an American girl also volunteering, was on that bus as well. He took us to our new home, a small house in a Turangi neighbourhood not far from the town center. It has 3 bedrooms and 8 beds; a decent sized kitchen; a good ...
Exciting day
... become friends. They spent a good 2 ½ hours in here, between food, tea, calls…and we had a good chat. They’re new to hiking but learning fast and they have good heads on their shoulders, though by the sounds of it their buddies might be a ...
Staff party
... , there was bright sunshine but boy was the wind ever fierce! It’s crazy how variable the weather is around here. Back in Turangi it was a beautiful sunny warm fall day. Back at the house, Cecile and Ada were already there. ...
Oturere, take 2
I was afraid I might not make it to Oturere today. It was a gorgeous autumn day this morning when I went to run errands before Jimmy picked us up from the house. The weather was nice during our walk from Desert Road to Waihohonu ...
Tama
... 8217;re all going to fit in there… Dinner: French Toast and bacon. I think it’s my new favourite thing. When asked whether I’d prefer French Toast or pancakes/crepes on Sunday mornings, I would invariably answer crepes ...
Sunday
On this gorgeous Sunday morning, I am enjoying my breakfast consisting of coffee, bacon and French toast. What with the view of Ngauruhoe in the young sun’s colours, this is better than a 5 course brunch at Lake Louise’s ...