The Fellowship Of The Van Having seen enough of cities for the mean time we decided to head up north in the campervan and see where the road took us. We had no set plans for the day so we thought that it would be good to turn into a number of smaller towns on the way to Tongariro National Park. Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand, located in the central North Island. Situated in the centre of the park are three active volcanic mountains; Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro, the latter of which was used as Mount Doom in The Lord of the Rings. There are a number of Māori religious sites within the park, such as one at the grave to Te Heuheu Herekeikei. The summits of Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and
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