Comments on: Hiking The Tongariro Alpine Crossing, New Zealand https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/tongariro-alpine-crossing/ | Backpacking Travel Blog Mon, 16 Dec 2024 05:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tasha Amy https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/tongariro-alpine-crossing/#comment-2218 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:38:44 +0000 https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/?p=2933#comment-2218 In reply to Joanna.

Awesome I am happy to hear that! The sulfur didn’t smell too bad at the top, though being a local I am quite used to that smell!

]]> By: Joanna https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/tongariro-alpine-crossing/#comment-2165 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 14:46:44 +0000 https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/?p=2933#comment-2165 Oh dear, your post has just made me want to go to New Zealand even more!
I love hiking (especially in the mountains) and this trail looks awesome! Did you smell sulfur near the top? :)

]]> By: Tash backpackerswanderlust.com https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/tongariro-alpine-crossing/#comment-196 Sun, 06 Aug 2017 21:08:00 +0000 https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/?p=2933#comment-196 In reply to Birthe (from Wandering.World).

Haha that must prove how amazing of day trek it is to be worth all the suffering! Yeah I have read about people doing it in overcast weather and they would have missed out on such beautiful views. We must have been lucky that day as there was barely any wind. It totally is a long hike and the forest at the end just seems to go on forever, but once you reach the car park you just get an overwhelming feeling of relief. Glad you enjoyed it though :)

]]> By: Birthe (from Wandering.World) https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/tongariro-alpine-crossing/#comment-183 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:07:00 +0000 https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/?p=2933#comment-183 I’m surprised you still consider the Alpine Crossing as one of your most amazing experiences, after all that misery! ;) Glad to read you were as lucky as us to have chosen a beautiful clear day to do this awesome hike. The Devil’s Staircase was hard indeed, but I think I found the next part, climbing the Red Crater, even harder, with those strong winds trying to knock us off of our feet. I’m sweating just thinking about it! :D Definitely worth the effort though, although I was never as glad to have reached the end of a hike.

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