Tongariro Northern Circuit

And now here are the pictures of my second Great Walk, the Northern Circuit in the Tongariro National Park. There are 3 Volcano's in the Park, Mt Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro. There are some sulphur lakes and a lot of purnice stone around this area. but now the pictures.

View from Ketehahi Hut over Lake Taupo

The way up to the hut

the guy's i walked with

the view in the morning from my bed

a lot of needle ice carrying stones and dust

the sunrise at the hut

Lake taupo

a bit later

and from bed again

Mt Ngauruhoe (or Mt Doom from LOTR)

in the central crater

red crater

emerald lakes, they smelled like rotten eggs

red crater again

and Mt Doom again

it was just a little bit cold and windy

Bildunterschrift hinzufügen

view over the central crater and blue lake

and now the ring is finally in the fires of Mt Doom

we could even see Mt Taranaki at the west coast

on the way to Mt Tongariro summit

Mt Doom again

and Lake Taupo from the summit

smoking rocks

and the snowy peaks of Mt Ruapehu

a Waterfall

Mt Ruapehu again

and at sunset

sunset at Mt Doom

and the sunrise

Taranaki Falls

Taranaki Falls

and again the Taranaki Falls

 Fresse over and out for today !!!