Hot Water Beach

Hamilton

Waitomo

Tongariro Alpine Crossing - 26th February After the white water rafting we parted ways with Neil and Nina as they headed north to the Bay of Plenty while we headed south to Turangi. Not much goes on at Turangi but it was a good base for us to stay the night before we headed off on our 8 hour traverse of the tongariro national park the next day. The walk was hard work but well worth it, we went past the famous mount doom from lord of the rings (which on a s...

Hi all, Quick message from the smelly town of Rotorua, hot springs all over the place make it constantly smell of sulphur! We took a breif walk through a park in town and got a closer look at some of the springs before going to a 'Maori Experience'. As expected the Maori experience was largely a tourist trap and not massivley authentic, we did learn a bit about the native history in New Zealand and see a genuine Maroi war dance, the Hukka (the one the all black...