Tongariro Travel Blogs

Plenty of visitors walk the Tongariro track through Tongariro National Park in the middle of the North Island.  We went there a couple of times as scouts and spent the weekend sleeping in the Dept of Conservation hut at Mangatapopo.  It's a really great area and lots of fun in both summer…

this small world:-or-how i met rolf:met rolf in rotorua at ulrik's hostel.thought that he was ulrik.opened the door to the car for the caving trip in waitomo a couple days later, there's rolf.next day, hopped in the car with rolf to go to taupo.taupo:bought overpriced outdoorsy equipment (buy your …

*****DAY TWENTY (Monday, December 22nd) - CONQUERING THE CROSSING!*****Belinda, Maria and I conquered the Tongario Alpine Crossing!  It was SUCH a gorgeous day & we had such a great time!  The hike was 18k and we started at 8:30am & were on the bus at 3:30pm.  We definitely t…

OK, yes I know, I better spend some more time in the north Island but...This is the only track I did in N.Z North Island. I walk the Tongariro Northern Cicuit and the Round the Mountain Track as one track. It's a very impressive walk, going in some great rocky environment, very unlike other places…

New Zealands best day-hike? well, it's the only one i've done, but it's absolutely amazing! highly recommended! 18 k's, a good climb up, and way too much downhill in the end (about 3 hours only going down, hurts my toes, and knees!) but the view is amazing. absolutely stunning. and being up close …

Just posting some random photographs from previous travels

Hej Alle Ja, vi har det fint! Igaar var jeg ude paa hike i Tongariro National Parken midt paa nord oeen. Det var en helt gads tur paa 7 timer og saa skyndte jeg mig ellers for mor og far skulle komme og hente mig. Min gaatur var mellem to vulcaner hvoraf den ene er Mt. Doom i LOTR. Det var meget f…

Pictures say more than words, so I'll keep it short. In our 6 month of travelling, for the most part New Zealand,i took tons of pictures.In this blog i picked some of them to show my favourite places of my favourite country ;-)...

Ahhhhh....New Zealand....is the air fresher there or is it me? Are the Stars more brilliant? The scenery is just so breathtaking...it is completely worth the lonnng flight to see this beautiful place.

A few cool photos of NZ, enjoy!

Our first Lord of the Rings film location - drove through the National park of Tongariro and had fab views of Mount Doom and of Mordor.

Today we were all up early to get the group to the base of the volcano for the Tongariro Crossing; an 18.5km walk up, across and down the volcano, a walk that takes 6-8 hours through sun, rain and snow. I had decided to opt out of this walk on the basis that the excursions we have done have been so…

Toured New Zealand and helped Joe with his thesis project for 18 days.

On the way to river valley went through tongariro national park which was nice and went for a walk and a pic nic by a waterfall which was very beautiful and got some good views of the mountains there. River Valley is very small, there is just a hostel there which is very nice in a valley and there…

5:45am. I'm having breakfast. Kim is sitting next to me eating a bowl of cornflakes. She's looking a bit amazed at me. "How can you eat that?!", she asks. Well, it's gonna be a tough day so that's why I'm eating a heavy breakfast. It's actually quite common in the Chinese dietary to eat noodle…