The above photos are from the Forgotten World Highway, departing Taumarunui and 2.5 hours later arriving at Mt. Taranaki, a perfect conical volcano on the west coast of the North Island.
West Coast of New Zealand has some spectacular sights, rugged coastlines & beautiful sunsets.
...Climbing Mout Taranaki to Fantam's Peak....
5.5 km of climbing stairs and then scrambling up a mountain side for a while, we called it quits early when the clouds started to roll in. Unfortunatley that wasn't early enough to warn off the week of calf muscle soreness ahead!
Kawhia is a quiet little harbour town which was a halfway stop back to Auckland from Mt. Taranaki. The sunset photos are from Ocean Beach, a fantastic sandy beach with a hot water spring, where you can build your own hot pool at low tide.
Bridal Veil Falls en route to Raglan, where we found a cool backpackers with hammocks, a spa pool, free kayaking, mountain bikes and surfing!! Can't wait to go back and try out everything!!
Fish & Chips on the beach :)
The above photos are from the Forgotten World Highway, departing Taumarunui and 2.5 hours later arriving at Mt. Taranaki, a perfect conical volcano on the west coast of the North Island.
West Coast of New Zealand has some spectacular sights, rugged coastlines & beautiful sunsets.
...Climbing Mout Taranaki to Fantam's Peak....
5.5 km of climbing stairs and then scrambling up a mountain side for a while, we called it quits early when the clouds started to roll in. Unfortunatley that wasn't early enough to warn off the week of calf muscle soreness ahead!
Kawhia is a quiet little harbour town which was a halfway stop back to Auckland from Mt. Taranaki. The sunset photos are from Ocean Beach, a fantastic sandy beach with a hot water spring, where you can build your own hot pool at low tide.
Bridal Veil Falls en route to Raglan, where we found a cool backpackers with hammocks, a spa pool, free kayaking, mountain bikes and surfing!! Can't wait to go back and try out everything!!
Fish & Chips on the beach :)
