Volcanoes, open landscapes, pools of startling colour, lava formations like statues, craters, lakes, delightful copses of beech forest and three comfortable huts. So, what’s not to like on the Tongariro Northern Circuit? There is one thing: crowds. The Tongariro Alpine Crossing, which the Northern Circuit overlaps between Emerald Lakes and the Mangatepopo Hut, is extremely […]
