Day 364: Tongariro National Park

Today we took it light and explored Tongariro National Park, which is the oldest National Park in New Zealand and the 6th established in the world historically. Many Lord of the Rings scenes were filmed here so we took opportunities to pose whenever possible.

We hiked the Taranaki Falls which is just 2 hours and stopped by Gollum’s pool. It was so juicy sweet. Found a local pub called Schnapps and Kieran ordered a huge rack of ribs. The owner made hilarious jokes throughout like how they are vegetarian ribs and that we needed instructions for the take away box. It had a fire and was a lovely way to beat out the afternoon rain.

We drove back out to see Mt. Ruapehu, but there was too much fog. Called it quits early to prepare our bodies for tomorrow…

Hotel: Howard’s Lodge

Restaurant: Schnapps

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