Tongariro National Park & Auckland
September 26th 2012 We arrived in the pitch black darkness to the Discovery Lodge hostel in the Tongariro National Park. In the morning we drove to Whakapapa and "tramped" (the Kiwi word for trekking/rambling) along the Taranaki Falls route. With fantastic early morning views of the volcanoes and a beautiful waterfall it was well worth the trip. We had planned on doing the Tongariro Crossing but due to the eruption o
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