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Mount Ngauruhoe – View of Mount Tongariro loop from Mangatepopo Carpark

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Mount Ngauruhoe – View of Mount Tongariro loop from Mangatepopo Carpark

Moderate

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646

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Mount Ngauruhoe – View of Mount Tongariro loop from Mangatepopo Carpark

04:25

13.8km

550m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Tongariro National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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108 m

Mangatepopo Trailhead (Start of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing)

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Alpine Crossign is only worthwhile if you can see something, have run in fog and have seen little. Fortunately it was better at the summit and you had a half …

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125 m

View of Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro

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2.50 km

Mount Ngauruhoe

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active volcano. First eruption 2500 years ago. Last eruption 1977. Filmset of Lord of the rings (Mt. Doom). Tongariro Crossing is very busy all through the year, but the views are worth it.

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4.41 km

Volcano Wearing a Hat

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5.59 km

Devil's Staircase

Viewpoint

6.88 km

South Crater, Tongariro National Park

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Impressive crater overlooked by Mount Ngauruhoe

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7.22 km

Alpine Plateau, Tongariro National Park

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Easy path with no gradient… you are surrounded by beautiful volcanic peaks

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10.4 km

View of Mount Tongariro

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Nice view down into the valley

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12.9 km

View of Mount Ngauruhoe from Tongariro National Park

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13.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.6 km

137 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.74 km

4.63 km

4.43 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,660 m)

Lowest point (1,120 m)

Weather

Today

Friday 19 June

8°C

1°C

82 %

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Mount Ngauruhoe – View of Mount Tongariro loop from Mangatepopo Carpark

Mangatepopo Trailhead (Start of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing)

View of Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro

Mount Ngauruhoe

Volcano Wearing a Hat

South Crater, Tongariro National Park

Alpine Plateau, Tongariro National Park

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View of Mount Ngauruhoe from Tongariro National Park

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