This trip usually takes 4-5 days. From the Ohakune Mountain Road, the track climbs briefly before sidling through mountain beech forest and across the subalpine wetlands of Rotokawa. Viewed from a footbridge, the 38m Waitonga Falls plunge in a diagonal. Beyond, the track sidles eastwards, crossing several of the many streams that radiate from Ruapehu’s […]
Kaimanawa Circuit (Sharp Cone and Mt Urchin), Kaimanawa Forest Park
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