Tongariro National Park has to offer quite a few interesting hikes (or tramps as they say in New Zealand) and you get spectacular views of the surrounding area – at least on a good day. ;)
Kerosene Creek is a small river with little waterfalls and a temperature of about 40 degrees. It is located between Rotorua and Taupo near SH1 south of the turnoff of SH38 and north of Wai-O-Tapu. It’s pretty amazing to sit or slowly swim in the hot water, relaxing and feeling the pain of hiking all […]
Waiotapu is one of the many volcanic parks between Rotorora and Tapu. You have mud pools, hot springs, sulfor lakes, carbon terraces and volcanic vents all around. There’s also one geyser which errupts everyday punctually at 10:15am – with the help of a little organic soap… Kind of ridiculous…
Last weekend I met up with six Wellington CouchSurfers to go for a 3 day hike – the Tongariro Northern Circuit leading around Mt. Ngauruhoe (a picturesk vulcano in Tongariro National Park). We started out on Saturday from Whakapapa Village and went throu bush, forest and little canyons for creeks until we reached the Mangatepopo […]
…doesn’t really need words, does it? :-)
The New Zealand Traffic Agency is airing radio spots – during the normal commercial breaks – where they inform about future, ongoing and completed road constuction. Imagine Germany telling you in commercials about resurfacing the Autobahn or constructing new roads… Also thanking drivers for their patience… Really nice. :-) NZTA also runs a TV and […]
… fat free milk!
