We left Rotorua early in the morning so we could make it to the trail head early enough to do a full day of hiking! We left early, but decided to stop on the way to make sure we had food and drinks for the hike. We couldn't find any grocery stores on the way out of Rotorua, but when we got near Te Pau we pulled off the highway and found this really cute store with the most amazing bakery! I got this delicious Cinnamon Roll topped with icing and the best part was in the middle there were all these delicious apple pieces and other yummy tasty treats.
From there we headed to the Crossing.
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| The Map of the Trail, We went to the Lakes and turned back and come back! |
So we headed out of the trail for a couple hours, and this is mainly the landscape we encountered, very different from what I am used in Canada! I usually see trees and lakes, very green! But this was brown and dry!
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| A View From the first couple hours |
After a while we decided to stop and have a healthy snack! As well as some of the water we packed (mistakenly we only brought about 2 litres for both of us for a 6 1/2 hour hike, definitely not enough water!)
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| Ramy Ram is back to adventuring! |
After our snack we headed up the steep part of the hike for a while! Lots of climbing, some places even had metal rope to hold on to while you walked! Then we got to the top and saw the amazing red rock!
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| Red Rocks at the top! |
Apparently it is a Volcanic Hazard zone, so we had better be careful!
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| Watch Out! |
The most amazing part of the hike are the lakes that you get to see. This is also the most famous and if you have heard anything about the Tongariro Crossing then you probably know about these lakes! And it was definitely worth the hike up! We also turned around before we got to the lakes, but definitely glad we went all the way to the top!
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| Made it to the Top! |
On the way back we saw some really cool scenery, again the landscape was so different from what I was used to in Canada, nothing green in site!
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| What a Desolate Land |
And then after 5 1/2 hours we made it back to the car and stopped 10 min later to take a picture of this amazing view, still on of my favourite views from the trip:
After getting back in the car we headed to Fielding, a small town where one of my friends lives. And it was small! When we got there we headed to the only place open for dinner, the Irish Pub! It was delicious and packed, seemed like everyone in the whole area ate here! After LOTS of water and some ice cold cider we headed to bed for a great night sleep! (Although I woke up with HUGE sunburn the next day, was not prepared for the hot New Zealand Sun!)
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