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Rainbow Mountain Scenic Reserve + Kerosene Creek Hot Springs

Rainbow Mountain Scenic Reserve or Maunga Kakaramea Summit Track

Rainbow Mountain Scenic Reserve, or Maunga Kākaramea Summit Track, is both an easy hiking spot and an advanced mountain biking track. It is also a tourist attraction in the Kaingaroa Forest. It takes about 1-1.5 hours of hike to the summit, through moderate inclinations and steaming ridges (geothermal activities). There is also a 15-minute, 500 […]

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Cathedral Cove Walk, Coromandel: The Windows 10 Wallpaper

Cathedral Cove Walk, Coromandel: The Hunt for Windows 10 Wallpaper

Ever been to any of Windows’ wallpaper locations? The Cathedral Cove Walk is one of the most public accessible spots for the famous Windows 10’s background photo! Cathedral Cove is located in the southern part of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. You will find stunning views along the Coromandel Coast, during the 30-40 minutes walk

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Pinnacles Walk (Kauaeranga Kauri Trail): Webb Creek & Billygoat

Pinnacles Walk Coromandel (Kauaeranga Kauri Trail): Webb Creek Track vs Billygoat Track

One of the most popular walks in the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand’s North Island is the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk). Coromandel Peninsula was once a chain of volcanoes extended along the landform. After erupting for millions of years, the volcanic activity ceased around one million years ago. Since then, erosion slowly worked on

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Mount Karioi Summit Tracks | Raglan Ancient Volcano Hiking Trails

Mount Karioi Summit Tracks Raglan Ancient Volcano Hiking Trails

Mount Karioi is a 2.4 million years old ancient volcano with a summit rising over 756 meters tall. Karioi summit can be reached via two routes: Wairake Track and Mt Karioi Track. The Wairake Track is a shorter, easier hiking trail to the summit, starting from Karioi Road Car Park. The track involves passing through a private

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Hunua Falls & Howick Historical Village | Visit Auckland Outskirt

Hunua Falls & Howick Historical Village | Interesting Places to visit in Auckland outskirt

Hunua Falls Hunua Falls is a beautiful plunge waterfall outside of the concrete city of Auckland. When I arrived at the car park at Hunua Ranges Regional Park, I started walking the 15 minutes Hunua Falls Loop Track right away, thinking that would take me to the falls. When I first entered the track, on the

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Places to visit in Northland, New Zealand | Hiking & Nature Spots

Places to visit in Northland New Zealand

The Northland is often the visitors’ ‘skipped’ location in New Zealand. When international travelers arrive in Auckland, many would want to get the heck out of the country’s most expensive and uninspiring city, and to head Southwards as soon as they can. Northland, however, is totally distinct from its neighbor. There are so many amazing

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Te Whara Track, Whangarei Heads | Northland’s Ancient Maori Trail

Te Whara Track Scenic Lookout Hiking Guide

Te Whare Track is one of the best hiking trails in Northland, New Zealand, passing through the beautiful coastal forest of Whangarei Heads. This 7.5km (one way) trail passes through some WWII ruins, including a radar station and power house, and a scenic panorama lookout peak. It took me about 4 hours to complete Te Whara Track (standard estimation:

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