Tongariro National Park
Tongariro National Park
DOC Visitor Centre
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Tongariro National Park
Start your journey through New Zealand's stunning landscapes at a Department of Conservation (DOC) Visitor Centre. Information about conservation areas, as well as DOC's 14,000 km of tracks, 9 Great Walks, and network of 950 huts and 324 campsites.
DOC Tongariro National Park Visitor Centre is staffed by DOC rangers who have firsthand, in-depth local knowledge. We provide information about:
•Walks and hiking - short walks, multi-day hikes, Great Walks
•Track conditions, weather, and safety
•Hut and Campsite bookings
•Heritage sites
•Cycleways
•Maps
•Marine reserves
•Conservation projects
•Local stories, legends and history - our nature, our people
• Tongariro National Park World Heritage site
• Tongariro Alpine Crossing
• Tongariro Northern Circuit Great Walk
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Tongariro National Park DOC Visitor Centre (Whakapapa Visitor Centre)Local government organisation |
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North Island ▷ Ruapehu ▷ Tongariro / National Park Village |
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Operating Season And Hours |
8:00am–5:00pm daily
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Beautiful location, small site.
Nina Kletner -
Very nice guy.
Christina Perez -
Enough time to ask questions, good knowledge.
Phillip -
Good information and a small museum.
Kevin Blom -
Great location to start a lot of hikes.
Janina Zwerver
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We had trouble to get answers to our questions and got thrown out because we arrived 10 min before the closing hour (it closes at 4:30 not 5pm in summer)
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Very nice displays at the centre.
Made up for the lack of information forthcoming from staff about trails. We were looking for a decent map of area trails. I guess paper is a passé now.
We went back to see the volcano video which was very interesting but they shut it off well before closing time.
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Good information, due to bad weather we could not do the Alpine Crossing.
They helped us to find a different track.
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They can help you really well if you want to make a hike in for example Tongariro National Park.
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Very nice guy.
Helped us a lot. Gave us tips about National Park but also about our further travels.
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Nice centre with good information, but the guy we asked for help was a bit ignorant.
Maybe he was tired from working as we came very late.
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The Information was available in the centre and was clear, however if you asked the staff for more information they were not very friendly.
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We had trouble to get answers to our questions and got thrown out because we arrived 10 min before the closing hour (it closes at 4:30 not 5pm in summer)
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Very nice displays at the centre.
Made up for the lack of information forthcoming from staff about trails. We were looking for a decent map of area trails. I guess paper is a passé now.
We went back to see the volcano video which was very interesting but they shut it off well before closing time.
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Good information, due to bad weather we could not do the Alpine Crossing.
They helped us to find a different track.
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They can help you really well if you want to make a hike in for example Tongariro National Park.
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Very nice guy.
Helped us a lot. Gave us tips about National Park but also about our further travels.
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The man gave us detailed information and took his time to explain to us things that he enjoyed himself and not just the basic tourist information!
Really good.
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Very informative and nice people, free maps and camp locations, cool things to see inside and very accessible.