3179 Exploring Tongariro National Park

This trip will be day walks from our base; Waikato Club Hut and treat it as a social trip. Trips we are looking at include:

• Saddle Cone & Gull Colony via Meads Wall
• Ridge Track / Wairere Stream / Taranaki Falls Track to Whakapapa Village (start/finish from Village)
• Lake Surprise (and maybe to Mangaturuturu Hut
• Whakapapanui track and Silica Rapids track or doing a loop out of Mangahuia Campsite.
• Okupata Caves.
• Old Blyth Track.
• Waihohonu Hut and towards Rangipo Hut and return from SH1.
• Horopito track to Mangaturuturu Hut (and possibly onto Iwikau Village.

Plenty of choices to decide on.

Transport – We will use private vehicles. What vehicles we take and who travels with who, will be discussed further closer to the trip with those who have registered.

Departure – Plan on driving down on Thursday 17^th late-afternoon / early-evening.

Catering – Self-catering. Everyone to bring their own food and drink (breakfasts/lunches/dinners/snacks). Bring nibbles to share in the evenings.

Gear – You will need sleeping bag and clothes, clothes for tramping (warm/wet weather), Day Pack, Poles (optional), Headlamp, suitable footwear (terrain will be rocky / rough), water bottles

NOTE: The website has been updated with this change of trip. If interested in this trip, please register and further information will be sent to you.

Trip Leaders: Les Warren and Judith Bogle

Accommodation: Club Hut (Booked)

Transport: Private Vehicles

Cost: Hut: $25 per night.