My favorite one day hike was in New Zealand - The mesmerizing Tongariro Alpine Crossing!

in travel •  8 years ago 

A couple of years ago I travelled around the world with my girlfriend. We both like to hike and one of our favorite places were in New Zealand, the Tongariro alpine crossing. The hike was about 20 km surrounding volcanos with constantly emitting steam and sulphur dioxide gas into the air , lakes and pools that were deeply coloured by the volcanic minerals dissolved in them. There were also some areas that featured large springs emitting near-boiling water.

It was such a beautiful place and I recommend it for everyone if you ever happen to travel there! Here are some pics from the incredible place! Enjoy!



















I hope you liked the pics! Thanks!

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wow! Nice photos! Here I thought NZ was full of grass and sheep only. :D

The red on that mountain was pretty cool! How does it become like that?:O

yup most people think the same i think,lol

Thanks! Haha, well there are also a lot of grass and sheep! :D..Good question, but I really don't know! Maybe somebody else can answer that?!

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Sulfur compounds from volcanic emissions cause the red colour @acidyo

Cool! Thanks :)

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Amazing photos @borran

Thanks!

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Great photos. Crazy place, looks like the photos are from earth's early days.

Some beautiful photos there borran thanks for sharing!
I haven't been back to NZ since I was a kid (mum's kiwi) but these photos makes me wanna make the trek again

Great pics i use to ski there every winter, it is only about 1hr from where i lived. It has some nice extreme runs.

good travel @borran !
nice pictures, as I would have liked in your place 8]

Wow! Really nice.

Nice photo!!!!

Amazing photos ,i wanna to go there once.

Just awesome! I'd like to go there.
Colour lakes incredible!

wow.. amazing.. i like this photo

Stunning photos!

New Zealand seems very much like a Southern Hemisphere version of Iceland. Both are breathtakingly beautiful.

New Zealand suffers the Nor'West arch. In general, very extreme changes in weather.

Really awesome photos!