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Day 63 Three Volcano’s
We’ve arrived in Whakapapa. A small Ski Village which takes in three stunning volcano’s all nestled into National Park - Mount Ngauruhoe, Tongariro and Mount Ruapehu - which some of you may know as Mount Doom from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
- All in all, a pretty cool place to be.
We decided to undertake a guided crater walk on Mount Ruapehu.
Ruapehu reaches an impressive 2672m and is a very active volcano with snow covered slopes and a steaming crater lake at the top.
The last eruption took place in September 2007, but we were assured that things were pretty quiet at present.
The climb was very tough due to the steep and slippery snowfields and I only made it to around 2200 meters, but the Jaimster made it all the way to the summit and took some awesome pictures of the crater and the lake for us.
The are also some stunning pics of views from the neighbouring Mount Ngauruhoe and Tongariro.

Day 64 Up the Creek with two paddles
Its Wanganui river day! We drive down a narrow gravel road for around 30 kilometres and then reach the tiny village of

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