Turangi Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Stopping off in the little town of Turangi, we booked onto the main attraction of the area; the Tongariro crossing. Having missed out on a sunny day in Nelson to do the Abel Tasman National Park, we thought we would redeem ourselves with a 7 hour walk across mountains and lakes instead. Our hostel was situated in a quiet street next to the river...

Great sleep ready for a new day of adventure. First hour or so the landscape was alot like home. First stop was Roturua where they recommended we head out to Wai-O-Tapu (means sacred waters) to see the geysers....little of a disapointment as far as the geyser was concerned....I guess I was expecting something like Old Faithful....NOT. We did the...

One of our most anticipated days in NZ - the Tongariro Crossing which is approx 6 hour walk past volcanic sites including Mount Doom and various other Lord of the Rings locations (although that wasn't the main reason that we went, honest!) The walk was fantastic - breathtaking in every sense, especially the initial climb which felt like 1km stra...

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 amazing and difficult! We hiked up and around in a totally exposed environment with wonderful 360 vi...

After a night of salsa dancing lessons (to prepare me for South America)at the Wellington Performing Arts Center we headed to Tom´s in Turangi for a last skiing stop! I convinced Greit to come and her roommate, Todd, drove us up! We got up to the moutnian quite late so I just chilled at the resort - wasnt worth it to rent everything and pay so m...

Hello everyone, sorry that we haven't written for a while but has been non-stop! The trip to 90 mile beach was really good, we drove up the beach in a coach and went sand tobogganing down this massive sand dune!! Then went up to Cape Reinga, drove back down through two of the biggest farms in the North Island and went to White Sand beach, which ...

Tongariro National Park is the setting for Mordor in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The park itself is unlike anything else we have seen in New Zealand... very desolate. A series of volcanoes shape the skyline, each one very different, but all very magnificent. The first thing we saw when we got there was smoke rising from the side of one of the...

This track is supposed to be one of the best one day hikes in nz. you cross (and climb) some volcanos and enjoy an amazing scenery. although the night before turned out to be longer than expected i took of the next morning at 6:30 to take a bus 30 km south to the starting point. the trip was kind of funny. a bus packed with eager hikers, set to ...

We stopped at the information center in Turangi on Lake Taupo and were appauled to find that we needed a special Lake Taupo fishing license. We stayed in a nearby small town in a holiday park that had a mineral bath and hot springs pools. Their kitchen didn't have any dishes and we had to borrow a pot from the manager and the room was cramped. W...

Staying in a brilliant hostel called Extreme Backpackers, anyone visiting New Zealand should come here... it is amazing... and the everything matches!! Attached to the hostel is a 14m climing wall complex, that as residents you get bargin rates for. We spent the first day here climbing, with a walk along the river as a break to rest our tired ar...