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Once to Mordor and back
Finally, the time has come. We have based our entire plan on the North Island on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. In the past few days, we have checked the weather forecast at...
Mordor and Mount Doom
On April 20th, it was still dark and quite cold when we crawled out of our campervan at 5 am. The reason for this: The Tongariro Alpine Crossing was planned. „Often described...
Tongario Crossing - the Second
Hello everyone, Here I am again. As the title of the post suggests, we attempted the Tongario Crossing again on October 14th. Since our last attempt was unfortunately...
Das Tongariro Crossing - a wet adventure
Hello everyone, As promised, today I want to tell you about my attempt to conquer the Tongariro Crossing. Since it's raining heavily at the moment, we unfortunately can't leave...
Tongariro Alpine
Unfortunately, upon our arrival in Taupo, we received some bad news: the weather for tomorrow is not looking good. We had actually planned to do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing....
In Frodo's footsteps
View of the lunar landscape
Tongariro Crossing 2.0 and the ascent to Mt. Doom
In order to live up to its reputation as the most beautiful one-day hike, we wanted to attempt the Tongariro Crossing again, this time with 6 people. However, Claudi was still...
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Tuesday morning we slept in a bit and went back to Lake Taupo to enjoy the sun, swim in the crystal clear water, relax, and gather strength for the task scheduled for Wednesday....
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
On day two in Taupo, we took the shuttle bus for an hour and a half to Tongariro National Park, which is 19.4km long (one way). We all planned to hike this trail on this day and...
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
The most beautiful day hike in New Zealand! After waiting for rainy days in New Plymouth, that is 4 days of continuous rain, the weather conditions for the Alpine Crossing...
9.11.2016 Tongariro Alpine Crossing
The alarm clock rang at a quarter to five in the morning. No one likes to get up voluntarily at this time, and so did we. The night before, we had already packed our breakfast...
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Tongariro National Park with Lake Taupo in the background.
Taupo - Day 2, Tongariro Alpine Crossing
After my skydive, the next shock. I actually hiked for over 7 hours! We hiked through Tongariro National Park to the little brother of Mount Doom, down again, past lakes, and 10...
Day 7 Tongariro Alpine Crossing
The alarm clock goes off at 05:30. We go to the office at 6 o'clock. Book the shuttle to the starting point at 8 o'clock. The bus departs unusually punctually for New Zealand...
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing was another opportunity to lace up our hiking boots before sending them back in Asia. It is New Zealand's most popular day hike, partly because it...
27./28. Februar 2018
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Back to the sulfur. Due to the great memories of the previous Crossing, we decided to do it again - 19.4 km across a volcanic landscape. You are constantly rewarded with...