Tongariro Crossing

We recently had a great weekend up near National Park.  We had been given a voucher for a wedding present for accommodation and transfers, food and transfers to the Tongariro Crossing and we had been looking forward to it for ages.

Saturday it dawned cold, wet and windy and so we decided to delay the walk until Sunday.  We had a lovely sheltered walk around the Chateau and to the Silica Falls and then spent the evening talking to some people from Auckland who did the crossing that day.  Good thing we waited until Sunday!!  30 metres visibility cold and wet was their summation of the day.

 Sunday dawned and was a glorious day.  We were overdressed for the warmth of walking at altitude and most of our bag was filled with unwanted clothes (and our lunch of course).  The walk wasn't has hard as I thought it would be and we managed it relatively easily and a bit slow.  Coming down the scree was the trickiest part and both Haz and I took a topple but recovered quite quickly.  Great weekend!!