Trails: Whakapapa Village Visitor Centre – (Upper) Taranaki Falls Track – Tama Lakes Track to Lower Tama lake – Upper Tama Lake – back to Taranaki Falls – (Lower) Taranaki Falls Track – Whakapapa Village Visitor Centre.
Car Park: Yes. Whakapapa Village Visitor Centre. It’s about 330km and 4 hours driving from Auckland.
Public Toilet: Yes
Weather: Check Weather before you go!
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Max elevation: 1432 m
Min elevation: 1102 m
Total climbing: 727 m
Total descent: -731 m
Average speed: 4.78 km/h
Total time: 06:22:39
Total flat distance: 20.1 km, Climbing distance: 6.1 km, Descent distance: 6 km, Flat distance: 8.1 km, Maximum difference: 331 m, Final balance: -5 m. Elevation corrected by ST3.
Difficulty Rating: 3.07 – M
The “Total Time” is my time at the last day 2016 which includes photo shooting and lunch time. That day was fine and the tracks were good. If you walk on average 3.5 km/h plus 60 min stop then the total time will be around 7 hrs.
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Last walk in 2016. An easy relax and pleasure walk before The Goat Tongariro trail running next day (2017 first day first run!). While my friend Ronald Chen was running U2U !