点评:Tongariro National Park is stunning & so worth a visit in the North Island! We had plans for the Alpine Crossing hike- but a massive storm rolled thru the entire week we stayed in the area & the hikes for the alpine crossing were cancelled for multiple days.
We chose to do Taranaki Falls paired with Waitonga Falls hike as our back up game plan! Both hikes were very beautiful & can be safely done during a rainy day (unlike the alpine crossing) so we enjoyed this instead! It was a VERY wet hike but was doable in the weather. The waterfall was viewable even with all the mist, fog & down pouring rain.
So many people come to Tongariro National Park JUST for the alpine crossing but forget the park has so many other beautiful hikes worthy of exploring. The weather was a damper on our alpine hike plans but we felt blessed to experience this trail as we would have missed it if the weather allowed for the alpine.
Don’t forget to give the other trails some time as we did! Just as stunning!
翻译:汤加里罗国家公园美得令人窒息,绝对是北岛必游之地!我们原本计划徒步穿越高山步道,但一场暴风雨席卷了我们停留的整整一周,导致高山步道的徒步活动连续多日取消。
我们选择了塔拉纳基瀑布步道,并搭配怀通加瀑布步道作为备选方案!这两条步道都非常美丽,而且在雨天也能安全通行(不像高山步道那样),所以我们欣然接受了这个方案!虽然徒步过程中非常潮湿,但天气允许的情况下还是可以完成的。即使雾气弥漫、大雨倾盆,我们依然能够欣赏到瀑布的壮丽景色。
很多人来汤加里罗国家公园只是为了体验高山步道,却忽略了公园里还有许多其他值得探索的美丽步道。天气确实影响了我们的高山步道计划,但我们很幸运能够体验到这条步道,因为如果天气允许的话,我们可能就错过了。
别忘了像我们一样,花些时间走走其他几条步道!景色同样美不胜收!