Tongariro Crossing
The Tongariro Crossing is said to be one of the greatest walks in New Zealand. I was curious to find out myself…
The Tongariro National Park in the North Island is famous for its three active volcanoes – Mt Ruapehu (2700m), Mt Ngauruhoe (2200m) and Mt Tongariro (1900m). This is one of the places were a lot of Lord of the Rings scenes were filmed. Mt Ngauruhoe, which is unique for its perfectly conical shape, became the Mt Doom with the help of some digital effects and its slopes were the place where Frodo and Sam captured Gollum. The volcanic landscape was the perfect place for the dark and foreboding land of Mordor.
You can visit the park and see the landscape by doing the Tongariro Crossing which is a walk taking about 7-8h covering a distance of 17km one way and climbing to 1880m. It is not an overstatement for being one of the best one-day walks in New Zealand. The volcanic scenery is just awesome and so otherworldly.
I want to go back to Tongariro during winter as Mt Ruapehu is a popular ski resort and I want to do the Mt Ngauruhoe summit (2200m) and actually go to the very top of the volcano. Because the crossing itself takes a full day, you can’t really do both in the same day.
But nothing better than a slideshow to capture the highlights of our trip…
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The Tongariro National Park in the North Island is famous for its three active volcanoes – Mt Ruapehu (2700m), Mt Ngauruhoe (2200m) and Mt Tongariro (1900m). This is one of the places were a lot of Lord of the Rings scenes were filmed. Mt Ngauruhoe, which is unique for its perfectly conical shape, became the Mt Doom with the help of some digital effects and its slopes were the place where Frodo and Sam captured Gollum. The volcanic landscape was the perfect place for the dark and foreboding land of Mordor.
You can visit the park and see the landscape by doing the Tongariro Crossing which is a walk taking about 7-8h covering a distance of 17km one way and climbing to 1880m. It is not an overstatement for being one of the best one-day walks in New Zealand. The volcanic scenery is just awesome and so otherworldly.
I want to go back to Tongariro during winter as Mt Ruapehu is a popular ski resort and I want to do the Mt Ngauruhoe summit (2200m) and actually go to the very top of the volcano. Because the crossing itself takes a full day, you can’t really do both in the same day.
But nothing better than a slideshow to capture the highlights of our trip…
Create Your Own
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