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New Waihohonu Hut
![Waihohonu Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/9/9394-mini.jpg)
Waihohonu Hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
This is a new DOC hut on the Tongariro Northern Circuit completed late DEC 2010. It is about a 5min ...
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![Waihohonu Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3749-mini.jpg)
Waihohonu Hut
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Distance: 101m away
A typical lockwood Tongariro National Park Hut. It was supposed to be replaced but they have just built a new ...
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![Round The Mountain (Ruapehu) - Stage 2](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6498-mini.jpg)
Round The Mountain (Ruapehu) - Stage 2
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Distance: 107m away
This is a pleasant two-day walk around the eastern part of the Round The Mountain (Ruapehu) Track. The walk begins ...
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![Waihohonu Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1123-mini.jpg)
Waihohonu Hut
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Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 28.
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Distance: 110m away
The best hut on the Tongariro Northern Crossing. New flush! toilets. Three sleeping areas: one cosy room next to the ...
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![Tongariro Northern Circuit](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1614-mini.jpg)
Tongariro Northern Circuit
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3 – 4 days. Easy/medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 110m away
This circuit on the Volcanic Plateau passes close to the summit of Tongariro in a spectacular, active volcanic landscape of ...
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Great Walks Information
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Distance: 110m away
The DOC Great Walks are a set of premium tramping tracks throughout New Zealand.
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![Round the Mountain: Ruapehu](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2827-mini.jpg)
Round the Mountain: Ruapehu
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5 days. Easy/medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 110m away
Combined with part of the Tongariro Northern Circuit, this track forms a loop around Mt Ruapehu. Combined with the other ...
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Tongariro Northern Circuit
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Distance: 113m away
A complete log of the Tongariro Northern Circuit completed on March 8, 2008.
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![Round The Mountain (Ruapheu)](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1778-mini.jpg)
Round The Mountain (Ruapheu)
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Distance: 116m away
Stage 1 Round The Mountain Track
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![Waihohonu Bridge - Round The Mountain (Ruapehu)](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6504-mini.jpg)
Waihohonu Bridge - Round The Mountain (Ruapehu)
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Distance: 175m away
Bridge near Waihohonu Hut - ideal area for lunch
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![Historic Waihohonu Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3824-mini.jpg)
Historic Waihohonu Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC).
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Distance: 586m away
This original Waihohonu hut was constructed in 1904 and is now a historic building with no accommodation. You can stay ...
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![Old Waihohonu Hut graffiti](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/10/10683-mini.jpg)
Old Waihohonu Hut graffiti
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Distance: 587m away
The youth of today!!!......graffiti on the rafters go back to at least 1918. If you are in the hut take ...
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![Old Waihohonu Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3824-mini.jpg)
Old Waihohonu Hut
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Distance: 605m away
This historic hut is well worth the side trip on the Round The Mountain Track (Stage 1) (Ruapehu)
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![Mt Ngauruhoe - Tongariro Circuit](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/10/10684-mini.jpg)
Mt Ngauruhoe - Tongariro Circuit
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Distance: 1.4km away
3 JUN 2011 - on the Tongariro circuit between Waihohonu and Oturere Huts. Approx 20min walk north of Waihohonu.
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![Routes from Oturere Bridge to Oturere Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1121-mini.jpg)
Routes from Oturere Bridge to Oturere Hut
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Distance: 2.8km away
Some years ago the prospect of a fast shortcut from Oturere Bridge to Oturere Hut has facinated me. I have ...
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![Oturere Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1121-mini.jpg)
Oturere Hut
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Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 26.
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Distance: 5.6km away
A grand location on the east side of Ngauruhoe in the Tongariro National Park. The smallish living area has 2 ...
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![Oturere Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2572-mini.jpg)
Oturere Hut
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Distance: 5.6km away
Northern tongariro circiut hut Gas burners and fire, Water and WC. Would be an intereting hut to visit mid winter
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![Mangahouhounui Stream](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2981-mini.jpg)
Mangahouhounui Stream
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2 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 5.7km away
An untracked alternative to getting from Ketetahi Hut to Oturere Hut and beats the madenning crowd.
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![Lower Tama, Tama Saddle, and Ruapehu beyond](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1778-mini.jpg)
Lower Tama, Tama Saddle, and Ruapehu beyond
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Distance: 5.7km away
The Tama Lakes are old explosion craters remaining from past eruptions.
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![Lunarscape](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/18/18942-mini.jpg)
Lunarscape
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Distance: 6.6km away
It's a lunar like landscape that greets you after departing Oturere Hut for the Emerald Lakes.
Mount Ngarahoe offers a stunning ...
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![Mangatoetoenui Stream - Round The Mountain (Ruapehu)](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6506-mini.jpg)
Mangatoetoenui Stream - Round The Mountain (Ruapehu)
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Distance: 6.6km away
Upper reaches of the stream which is crossed by the track. Typical "desert" like landscape. View of Mt Ruapehu in ...
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![Hard going in the Oturere Stream](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8854-mini.jpg)
Hard going in the Oturere Stream
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Distance: 6.7km away
Sometimes it is quite fun to get off track, sometimes it isn't. At least this bit only involved water and ...
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![Tama Lakes Track](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1778-mini.jpg)
Tama Lakes Track
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Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 6.8km away
A good day walk onto the Tama Saddle, visiting explosion craters near the foot of Ngauruhoe. Excellent panoramic views on ...
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Tongariro National Park World Heritage Area
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World Heritage Area. 795.96km2.
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Distance: 6.8km away
Tongariro National Park was given to the Crown by the Ngati Tuwharetoa iwi in 1887, and became New Zealand's first ...
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![Ngauruhoe Sunrise](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2318-mini.jpg)
Ngauruhoe Sunrise
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Distance: 6.8km away
A midnight tramp under the moonlight, up through the clouds takes you to the summit of ngauruhoe, where the hot ...
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![Waiting for the sun, Ngauruhoe](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2319-mini.jpg)
Waiting for the sun, Ngauruhoe
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Distance: 6.8km away
A midnight tramp under the moonlight, up through the clouds takes you to the summit of ngauruhoe, where the hot ...
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![Ngauruhoe Summit](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2308-mini.jpg)
Ngauruhoe Summit
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Distance: 6.8km away
Early morning, lower tama lake full of mist
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![Warming Up on Ngauruhoe](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2322-mini.jpg)
Warming Up on Ngauruhoe
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Distance: 6.8km away
After a cold night, the sunrise from the heated summit of ngauruhoe is incredible. Enjoying a well earned brew high ...
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![St Ngauruhoe blessing the trampers](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1614-mini.jpg)
St Ngauruhoe blessing the trampers
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Distance: 6.8km away
As the sun rose we were greeted with this curious spectacle of a lenticular cloud wrapped about the cone of ...
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![Tongariro National Park](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8289-mini.jpg)
Tongariro National Park
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National Park. 790.00km2.
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Distance: 6.8km away
New Zealand's first national park andand one of the first to be created anywhere in the world. The volcanic heart ...
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![Mount Ngauruhoe](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3788-mini.jpg)
Mount Ngauruhoe
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Distance: 6.8km away
Ngauruhoe viewed from South Crater, Tongariro Alpine Crossing.
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![Ngauruhoe Volcano](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6143-mini.jpg)
Ngauruhoe Volcano
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1 day. Medium. Returns via same track.
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Distance: 6.9km away
Ascent of the steep, symmetrical scoria cone of a young volcano - can be walked as a 3 hour side ...
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![Lower Tama Lake](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4965-mini.jpg)
Lower Tama Lake
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Distance: 6.9km away
I took my Canadian cousins up to Tama Lake. They thoroughly enjoyed the trip
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Lower Tama Lake
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Distance: 7.0km away
Worthwhile day trip from Whakapapa Village
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![Traversing around Mt Tongariro](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2984-mini.jpg)
Traversing around Mt Tongariro
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Distance: 7.5km away
Heading towards Oturere hut from the Mangahouhounui Valley. Mt Ruapehu beyond
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![Winter ascent - Mt Ngauruhoe](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/24/24957-mini.jpg)
Winter ascent - Mt Ngauruhoe
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Distance: 7.5km away
70kph winds and swirling spindrift made for an interesting climb. Unfortunately we were turned back 50m from the summit by ...
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![Oturere Valley](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6931-mini.jpg)
Oturere Valley
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Distance: 8.1km away
The Oturere Valley above Oturere Hut is a unique place. A real moonscape sculptured by lava flows
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![New Track to Mangatepopo Saddle](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/9/9860-mini.jpg)
New Track to Mangatepopo Saddle
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Distance: 8.3km away
Regular trampers into the Mangatepopo Valley may be interested in the route of the new, highly engineered track from the ...
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![South Crater](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3787-mini.jpg)
South Crater
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Distance: 8.3km away
South Crater viewed from the eastern rim, Tongariro Alpine Crossing.
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Tongariro Alpine Crossing
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1 day. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 8.4km away
A popular but crowded alpine route through a spectacular volcanic landscape.
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![Into the wild](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/9/9860-mini.jpg)
Into the wild
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Distance: 8.4km away
After the aptly named Devils staircase. A rewarding stretch in the clouds. Perhaps this could be renamed the stairway to ...
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![Sunrise over Red Crater and the Blue Lake](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2321-mini.jpg)
Sunrise over Red Crater and the Blue Lake
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Distance: 8.4km away
From the top of Ngauruhoe, sunrise spreads it's light across the familiar but deserted landscape of tongariro.
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![Rim of Red Crater](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3792-mini.jpg)
Rim of Red Crater
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Distance: 8.4km away
Standing on the rim of Red Crater at the summit, Blue Lake in the background.
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![Below Red Crater](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3790-mini.jpg)
Below Red Crater
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Distance: 8.4km away
View from the rim of South Crater, below Red Crater
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![Emerald Lake - Winter](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7528-mini.jpg)
Emerald Lake - Winter
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Distance: 8.6km away
The lower Emerald Lake in its winter coat - taken June 2009. The track from Oturere Hut joins the Tongariro ...
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![Emerald Lakes, Tongariro crossing](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/17/17557-mini.jpg)
Emerald Lakes, Tongariro crossing
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Distance: 8.7km away
Very rare image of the Lakes with no tourists in shot (I got lucky)
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![Mangahouhounui Stream](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2983-mini.jpg)
Mangahouhounui Stream
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Distance: 8.7km away
Looking down into the Mangahouhounui Stream
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![Emerald Lakes](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3829-mini.jpg)
Emerald Lakes
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Distance: 8.8km away
Emerald lake viewed from the descent from Red Crater.
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The Majestic Mountain
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Distance: 9.0km away
Ruapehu as the sun was setting and cloud hanging around
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![Lower Waipakihi Valley](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7588-mini.jpg)
Lower Waipakihi Valley
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Distance: 9.0km away
The route down the lower Waipakihi just follows the river. You can cut off about 5 minutes at the point ...
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![Lower Waipakahi Valley](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7584-mini.jpg)
Lower Waipakahi Valley
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1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. One way.
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Distance: 9.0km away
A nice easy valley with very pleasant camping all the way along its length
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![Mangahouhounui Stream](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2981-mini.jpg)
Mangahouhounui Stream
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Distance: 9.0km away
The Mangahouhounui Stream down where it entes the bush on a foggy morning
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![Blue Lake Panorama](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12582-mini.jpg)
Blue Lake Panorama
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Distance: 9.2km away
Mt Ngauruhoe, Red Crater, Mt Tongariro, my wife Helen, Blue Lake.
We're all walking on the moon.
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![Winter conditions - Tongariro Crossing](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/24/24920-mini.jpg)
Winter conditions - Tongariro Crossing
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Distance: 9.3km away
c1300m on a very average August morning.
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Soda Springs
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Easy. Return via same track.
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Distance: 9.4km away
The easiest close approach to Ngauruhoe Volcano, following a smooth track through a raw, moonlike landscape to an oasis of ...
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![Ngauruhoe under a super moon](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/24/24989-mini.jpg)
Ngauruhoe under a super moon
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Distance: 9.6km away
A long exposure (and painting the foreground with my head torch) led to a pleasing result.
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![Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Red Crater](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3136-mini.jpg)
Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Red Crater
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Distance: 9.6km away
These volcanoes and vents line up along the axis of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, a line of geothermal activity leading ...
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![Blue Lake, Mount Tongariro](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1422-mini.jpg)
Blue Lake, Mount Tongariro
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Distance: 9.6km away
This lake occupies a crater next to the popular Tongariro Crossing track.
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![Tongariro Massif at Dawn](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2320-mini.jpg)
Tongariro Massif at Dawn
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Distance: 9.6km away
From the summit of Ngauruhoe, the clouds flow past the summits of Tongariro. Not a tourist in sight! A full ...
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Lava in the mist
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Distance: 9.6km away
Low cloud obscured the views on the trail to the Mt Tongariro summit, but resulted in lava formations looming eerily ...
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![Hiking the Tongariro Northern Circuit](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1112-mini.jpg)
Hiking the Tongariro Northern Circuit
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Distance: 9.6km away
The Tongariro Northern Circuit circles around Ngauruhoe's cone with chances to climb either Ngauruhoe or Tongariro. The entire circuit takes ...
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Mount Tongariro
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Easy/medium. Return via same route.
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Distance: 9.6km away
A side trip on the Tongariro Crossing to the low summit of Tongariro Volcano
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![Taking a stroll on Tongariro](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8191-mini.jpg)
Taking a stroll on Tongariro
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Distance: 9.6km away
Dave(lostone) is moving between Mangetepopo hut and Soda Springs whilst taking a walk up to South Crater. A chance to ...
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![A beautiful morning at Mangatepopo](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/24/24958-mini.jpg)
A beautiful morning at Mangatepopo
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Distance: 9.7km away
A cold start to a fantastic day up on the cones!
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![Crossing the Waikato River](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7658-mini.jpg)
Crossing the Waikato River
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Distance: 9.8km away
This smaller tributary of the Waipakihi is considered to be the official headwaters of the Waikato River. It is probably ...
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![Central Crater](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6938-mini.jpg)
Central Crater
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Distance: 10.0km away
Central Crater Mt Tongariro. This view is taken as we climb up to North Crater. Red Crater is to the ...
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![Taranaki Falls](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4966-mini.jpg)
Taranaki Falls
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Distance: 10.0km away
These picturesque falls are located within easy walking distance of the Chateau Tongariro and are well worth visiting.
A harmless challenge ...
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