Mount Doom!

Tongariro National Park

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December 7th 2006
Wow! This national park was amazing. We took a 17km trek over Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings and its surrounding lakes and mountains. This scenery is unlike anything I have seen before. It was so diverse from volcanic mountains to sulphur pools, too rainforest and green hills for miles with a few rivers thrown in. The pictures look good but definetely does not give this awesome place justice. T ... 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