YOLO New Zealand Trip - Day 7 @ Tongariro Crossing

We were supposed to do the Tongariro Alphine Crossing. However due to the bad weather, we were told that the visit had to be cancelled. What a disappointment! Anyway, I am really looking forward to my hike at Tongariro. It's something that I would love to do while I still have my stamina.

Anyway, Tongariro National Park is New Zealand's oldest National Park and a world heritage's area. Tongariro has three active volcanoes, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehe, hence it's amazingly rewarding to hike here. We were told that the entire Tongariro Crossing is 19.4km and takes an averageof 7 hours to complete. I believe the efforts taken to complete the entire hike would be a rewarding one.

Also, the Tongariro National Park is famed for the filming site for Lord of the Ring, location of Mordor, home to the Dark Lord Sauron, shot on the rocky slopes of the park. The area's jagged volcanic rock formation and eerie barren landscapes were ideal location for creating Mordor's hissing wasteland.

It's a pity that due to extreme poor weather, we lost the only opportunity to visit this uniquely scenic place. Till next time!

As the Tongariro Crossing is cancelled, we had our free time roaming about at Turangi Kiwi Holiday Park. This holiday park has a little lamb and piglet reared by its owner who happened to be having a vacation. The lamb and the piglet is so cute.

We also walked around this small town and chanced upon a nice cosy cafe for our early morning tea with buttery scones! Yummy!

We then continued our journey towards Wellington. In the evening, we visited a nice park by the seaside and had a nice fish & chips nicely packed by Flying Kiwi. It's really nice to have an early dinner by the park, seeing the seagulls, enjoying the sea breeze and watching the beautiful sunset. The experience is really priceless.

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