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Turangi Slideshow
Turangi
Travel Blogs from Turangi, New Zealand
Picton to Wellington to Turangi area
The alarm goes off at 6am. It's still night. The morning is cold, winter seems to be approaching. We get ready to catch the ferry at 7am at Picton Harbor. It's a nice ferry ride with beautiful views a bit like the Fiordlands or like Switzerland under ...
Rain and Lake Walks
Ah the rain of New Zealand!! Unrelenting as we made our way south to Taupo on the shores of Lake Taupo! We made a stop at Huke Falls, a very impressive gorge like waterfall which has over time eroded a path through some very hard rock....cascading though ...
The Forgotten World - Beautiful but Forgotten
... saddles, the rail tracks disappeared in tunnels. I stopped another time in Whangamomona, a territory that declared itself as a republic within New Zealand. Some old buildings seemed to be the only attraction there. My one and only walk today led to the ...
From Auckland to Turangi
... , featured an etched window that looks like Jesus walking on water when one is praying. We continued on our way to Turangi where we spent the first of two nights at The Founders b&b, hosted graciously and comfortably by Peter and Chris Stewart. ...
I see Glowworms!
Left the very friendly and colourful backpackers and headed along Stump Bay and Western Bay via HW41/32. Through mountainous countryside with lush green farms. On to Waitomo via HW30/37. Caught a 2hr tour down Raituro 'Two Dogs' Cave, which was named by ...
Rotorua to Turangi, thermal areas and water falls
... Taupo, I stopped at Craters of the Moon, another thermal area. Lake Taupo is the source of the Waikato River, the longest in New Zealand. Just north of the lake, it flows through a narrow passage that has several waterfalls. Huka Falls is one of the ...
30km of gravel
... I've loved every moment of it. We stopped of at Kawhia, a tiny village which is where the Maori first landed in New Zealand around 1350. Then we headed inland again, passing a stunning natural double bridge formed when a cave roof collapsed, and ...
Preparation for 'The Crossing'
... didn't really appeal to either of us. Turns out the eggy smell wasn't from our recent egg purchase. Lake Taupo is New Zealand's biggest lake and it certainly looked very impressive as we approached with a snow capped Mount Ruapehu acting as a stunning ...
Aah, the weather, the holiday
Headed away from Wellington about 11am. The truck's bathroom sink is only hangin from one point after extensive repairs las t week so we head back to Plimmerton to show Steve. fter having ascertained we could use it we headed off. The trip through the ...
Rotarua revisted.
... , the Te Wairoa Village, in a valley above Lake Taeawera, was completely buried by a violent and unexpected eruption that was New Zealand's greatest natural disaster. More than 150 lives were lost along with the eighth wonder of the world - the fantastic ...
Sassy Red
This morning was a drive down the centre of the country from our overnight stay in Turangi to Wellington. We took SH1 (State Highway 1). Highway is perhaps stretching it. Single lane winding road through valleys and over mountains. Think Snake Pass! We ...
Mount Doom og Fluefiske
Etter noen late dager paa vingaardene i Blendheim foelte vi for aa bruke beina litt og gaa det som er kaaret til New Zelands beste en dags tur. APLINE TREK. Dette stedet er mest kjent fra Ringenes Herre da det var her de spilte inn scenene for Mount ...
News from Turangi
Hi Folks, It's been a few weeks since I've been in touch. Here's a snapshot of what I've been up to: REUNION WITH DAVE: -We met up in the States at the beginning of November for an awesome fortnight that included sightseeing and relaxing. BIG ...
Tongariro Crossing...
We headed out of Lake Taupo to Tongariro National Park were we stealth camped outside of the trail head for our next days hike. The next morning we woke up early to get a good start on Tongariro Crossing, 17km trek around volcanoes. This hike was ...
Turangi, national park, desert rd, pools, ski etc.
... to lake Rotoaira (birth place of our national - rugby Haka).all good (good accomodation - modern, spacious, clean etc...at the Turangi Leisure Lodge Went to 'Extreme backpackers' for their climbing wall - excellent! - good instructor, we all had a go, ...
planning Tongariro Crossing, best 1-day trek in NZ
... 1887, Te Heuheu, Paramount Chief of the Ngati Tuiwharetoa people, gifted 2,630ha of the central volcano area to the New Zealand Government, including the summits of 'Tongariro', 'Ngauruhoe' and 'Ruapehu'. His move secured the mountains for all people, ...
I can't carry it for you, But I can Carry YOU!
Now we were very lucky on this day as this was the first time that week they ran the crossing. Previous to us getting there they had, had 18 straight hours of snow upon the slopes of mount doom (our first lord of the rings expirence). We ...
first rainy day
... they open the gates to let the water flood out just for the tourists to see..our arrival time was perfect due to robins new zealand guide and the purpose built viewing platforms were already quite full..but we managed a good view and it was ...
Christmas in shorts
After a very long day with the ferry crossing from Picton and driving all the way from Wellington to Turangi we were pretty beat! We arrived at our little getaway called Creel Lodge. It was a cute collection of units backing onto a river, and is ...
Tongariro Crossing
Today was really hard and I am so glad I wasn't hungover. We'd been told that the first two hours were the hardest as you have to climb up the mountains. The first half an hour was pretty easy and the only stops we made were to turn around and ...
Turangi
... was gorgeous (shame it was quite chilly!!). Headed on from Kaitaia to the Kauri forest, saw the biggest living Kauri tree in New Zealand, was huge!! Stayed in the forest for one night then headed south to Dargaville. We all decided the campervans were ...
River Valley
we arrived at river valley after going to tongorio national park which is the second largest national park in the world. We stopped off at a water fall and a few of the lads were jumping off it, great pictures. we then moved onto a small town so the ...
On to Turangi
There aren't many things to do in Turangi other than hiking, unfortunately the weather did not cooperate. We had a barbecue, as there aren't places to go eat. I did some laundry at least. I really wanted to do the Tongariro crossing, ...
Randonnée au centre de la terre
Nous approchions tranquillement de Turangi lorsque nous avons aperçu le premier volcan. Il s'agit du Mt Ruapehu, le plus haut sommet de l'île du nord (près de 3000m) et un des volcans les plus actif au monde (dernière éruption en 2007). ...
Cannibalistic Shagging Maggots /w very Shinny Shit
... ;down a hill in a big plastic ball, I decided why not join them. Once again, I have come to the conclusion that New Zealanders are nuts! Or maybe I'm the one who's nuts for supporting such a strange activity. It was a experience definately worth ...
Rotorua - Turangi, to jsme si pocmuchali
19.den (Tue - x.2.2010) Rano pereme v Tairua a dnesek stravime cestou k geologicky aktivni oblasti Rotorua kde zustaneme dalsi 2 dny. Pravidelny internet v knihovne, par formalit. A jedeme na zajimava mista. Je jich tu dost,ale taky za velky penize. ...
Turangi
... in Turangi for 3 nights, thought of going for the Tongariro Crossing on the 2nd day. When the bus dropped me off at the Turangi I-Site (Information), I went to check out the costs. I was surprised to meet Kaman & Yvonne there (they're the Hong ...
New Zealand, North Island - Week Two
... rows of 'crops' of trees, which do not support the native populations of birds and wildlife. Once this was realized, New Zealand initiated a program of revitalizing original, native forests, rather than replacing them with non-native pine species. Our ...