C’est parti pour la plus connue des randonnée : le Tongariro crossing! Que c’est beau de se retrouver seuls au monde au milieu de ces volcans ! La randonnée est assez longue mais pas très difficile. C’est splendide, la couleur des lacs et des cratères mais il ya énormement de monde. On arrive malgré tout à prendre quelques photos tout seul Retour dans l’après midi au camp (on aura mis 6h30 au total au lieu des 8 h prévues) Petit milkshake avant le traditionnel spa puis une pétanque pour savoir qui prépare les dîners des prochains jours ( j’ai perdu donc c’est moi ! )
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RUAPEHU DISTRICT
21 FEBRUARY 2023
Ruapehu District is a territorial authority in the centre of New Zealand‘s North Island.
It has an area of 6,734 square kilometers and the district’s population in June 2022 was 13,000.[2]
Features
The district is landlocked, and contains the western half of the Tongariro National Park, including Mount Ruapehu and the western sides of Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro, as well as part of the Whanganui National Park. The district is also home to the world-famous Raurimu Spiral on the North Island Main Trunk railway line.
The tourist towns of Raetihi, Whakapapa Village, National Park and Ohakune are located near Mount Ruapehu in the south east of the district. Waiouru, with an elevation of 815 metres, is in the extreme south east of the district and houses the large Waiouru Army Camp. The southern section of the infamous Desert Road section of State Highway 1 runs through the east of the district, from Waiouru to Rangipo.