View from one of the plateau

Tongariro Crossing

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March 21st 2006
English An early (to be on holidays) waking up (6.50), due to the long walk that awaits me and also due to the fact that after the hike I have to drive to Wellington (5 hours...), is the beginning of a special day. The walk start from a place from which you can see all the mountains that is just there waiting for you to hike.... The landscape is really desertic like with just small ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more