Today all four of us got the bus at 9:30am to go to River Valley for the night, which is on the Rangitikei river. We're staying in a Kiwi Experience exclusive lodge right on the riverside. It has 'limited wifi', whatever that means, and no phone reception. So I will be posting today's events up until we get off the bus and then if anything significant happens I'll fill you in tomorrow.
As we drove out of Taupo we could see snow covered mountains behind the lake, which was pretty beautiful. The weather is a lot better today and the Tongariro crossing we were going to do was open but unfortunately we just don't have the time to stay another night in Taupo to do it. I forgot to mention yesterday that the Tongariro crossing goes across the bottom of, with an option to scramble up, Mt Doom from Lord of the Rings, real name Mt Ngauruhoe (the cone shaped one in the pictures).
We stopped for a 6.5km circular walk in Tongariro National Park past Taranaki falls. It was a really lovely walk through trees and along the river, with Mt Doom and another snow covered mountain, Mt Ruapehu. We stopped and had lunch in front of the water fall about half way round.
At around half 3 we continued on to River Valley. It seems like there is not much to do so the evening will probably be spent playing cards and other games.
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