Activities

Activities in Tongariro National Park

Tramping:

• Tongariro Alpine Crossing - Ski Haus provides transport
• Northern Circuit Around Ruapehu
• Tama Lakes
• Taranaki Falls
• Silica Rapids
• Whakapapaiti Valley
• Matemateaonga Walkway
• Mangaparua Track
• Ruapehu Crater

Mountain Biking:

• 42nd Traverse - Ski Haus provides transport
• McDonald Loop
• Mud Track
• Fishers Track
• Erua Forest

Canoe & Kayaking:

• Adventure Kayak Tours
• Whanganui River Canoe Trips

Skiing, Snowboarding & Sledging:

Ski Whakapapa and Turoa

Whakapapa and Turoa, are New Zealand's two largest and most developed ski areas. A mixture of deep gullies (forming natural half-pipes), narrow chutes, and wide open flanks thrill beginners and experts, skiers and snowboarders alike. Renown for its fresh spring snow, Ruapehu also has New Zealand's only lift accessed glacier skiing.

Jet Boating:

• Bridge to Nowhere
• Jock Erceg's River Museum

Local tour by car

• Te Porere Redoubt
• Lake Rotoaira
• Lake Rotopounamu
• Rangipo Desert
• Waiouru Museum
• Lake Rotokura
• Makatote Viaduct
• Raurimu Spiral
• Smash Palace