Tongariro Alpine Crossing

Today 06:30 we were picked up for a 20min. bus ride to the starting point of the Tongariro hike. It was freezing cold when we started to walk down the valley before entering the volcanic mountains. What we then saw after reaching the edge of the Tongariro cannot be written in words. It was my day so far on the Northern Island. Aussumn landscape, weather, clear view, blue lakes, Volcanos, smelling air and just pure Nature!
After 6 hours and 20km hiking we reached the end of the hike.
Maybe a bit crazy to drive 160km down to the west coast the same day with the Campervan right after. The energy received from that day drove me down....Read more