Lake Surprise is a broad shallow lake on the Round the Mountain Track. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Lake Surprise, Tongariro National Park

December 2019

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Reflecting a giant

You can get a short taster of the Round-The-Mountain Track with a day or overnight trip to Lake Surprise.  The walk begins off the Ohakune Mountain Road and climbs over several outlying mountain flanks to a high point beside Mangaturuturu River.  The trail then descends steeply  beside this beautiful cascade to reach Mangaturuturu Hut. Beyond […]
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