Bayview Chateau Tongariro

Tongariro Crossing

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February 17th 2011
Geo: -39.2901, 175.562Vrijdag 18 februariDe Tongariro Crossing is een 19,4km lange wandeling door vulkanisch landschap. De eerst helft is klimmen, eerst lichtjes van Mangatepopo naar Soda springs, daarna stevig via steile rotsen en trapjes naar South Crater en tot slot nog wat steil rotsen beklimmen naar Red Crater. Het landschap is we ... 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