Today we made Mike`s dream come true, to walk the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. 28 years ago he could do only a small part of it because of heavy rain. We saw that the weather would be good today so we decided to go. We had to book a shuttle from our National Park backpacker. The shuttle brings you to the starting point on one side of the Apine Crossing and fetches you up on the other side. The walk was quite crowded with some hundreds of people, but it was worth to do. It was literally outstanding! We walked for 6:40 hours.
Nau mai, haere mai ki Tongariro-Welcome to Tongariro!
part of the track.
beautiful flowers
Iris`s favourite vulcano: Ngaruhoe!
The red crater!
A sign that tells you were the Apine Crossing goes on.
The Emerald Lakes in the distance.
Mike`s dream came true. Finally he saw the Emerald Lakes with beautiful weather!
More Emerald Lakes!
We were so happy to stand in front of the lakes.
Another green and yellow lake!
beautiful vulcanoes!
…another vulcano…
…and another one.
Soo many peoole walking with us.
The blue lake.