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North Island ▷ Ruapehu ▷ Tongariro / National Park Village ▷
Discovery Lodge
I did the Tongariro Crossing with Discovery.
They had to convince me to go on the early bus which leaves at 5:45am. That was not easy because I am not an early morning person. However when I do the Crossing again I will definitely go early again. We saw the most amazing sun rise and the mountains are so beautiful and peaceful and quiet in the morning. We were at the bleu lakes with hardly anyone around so we got some amazing pictures. And it is just unbelievable how busy it gets later on. Hundreds of people must have been behind us on the track.
The five pick ups in the afternoon were also great because it meant that we didn't have to wait for hours in the hot sun (like lots of other people) to be picked up at the end. What a great service.
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North Island ▷ Ruapehu ▷ Tongariro / National Park Village ▷
Discovery Lodge Campground
We put our tent up at Discovery because it is the only campground in the tongariro national park with mountain views.
They also have a big grass field and we could put up our tent anywhere we liked which we thought was so relaxed. The facilities are clean and tidy and the camping ground is very pretty with mountain views, lots of flaxes and surrounded by alpine fields. Very friendly people too which go out of their way to make your stay as pleasant as possible. We also walked the tongariro crossing from here, early start and 5 pick ups in the afternoon, what a great service.