点评:Tongariro Alpine Crossing BACK UP HIKE!!!!! 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.
Heartbroken (😭😭😭) that we couldn’t do the very excited for hike- we chose to do Taranaki Falls as our back up game plan! This hike is 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.
VERY SMALL carpark at the start of the hike. We arrived early & got one of the last spots avail. Very beautiful hike that takes you thru open plains, vast rocky cliff lines, and the waterfall is stunning when you get to it. After the waterfall we kept going & enjoyed many beautiful views.
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.
翻译:汤加里罗高山穿越徒步路线备选方案!!!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,导致高山穿越徒步路线连续多日取消。
我们非常失望(😭😭😭),无法进行期待已久的徒步之旅,于是选择了塔拉纳基瀑布作为备选方案!这条徒步路线风景优美,而且在雨天也能安全通行(不像高山穿越那样),所以我们欣然接受了这个方案!虽然徒步过程中非常潮湿,但天气状况允许我们完成。即使雾气弥漫、大雨倾盆,我们仍然可以看到瀑布。
徒步起点处的停车场非常小。我们很早就到了,幸运地抢到了最后几个车位之一。这条徒步路线风景优美,带你穿越开阔的平原、巨大的岩石峭壁,到达瀑布时,你会被眼前的景象深深震撼。看完瀑布后,我们继续前行,欣赏了许多美丽的景色。
很多人来汤加里罗国家公园只是为了体验高山穿越,却忽略了公园里还有许多其他值得探索的美丽徒步路线。天气影响了我们的高山徒步计划,但我们很幸运能够体验到这条路线,因为如果天气允许的话,我们可能就错过了。