Taupo & the Central Plateau - New Zealand's North Island - page 539

Sights

1 Lake Rotokura B6

2 National Army Museum C6

3 Tongariro National Trout Centre D2

Activities, Courses & Tours

4 Mountain Air B3

5 Ruapehu Homestead A6

6 Tokaanu Thermal Pools D1

7 Tukino Ski Area C4

8 Wades Landing Outdoors A3

Sleeping

9 Discovery Lodge B3

10 Mangahuia DOC Campsite B3

11 Oreti Village D1

12 Tongariro Family Holiday Park C2

Eating

13 Lakeland House D1

Activities

Tramping
The DOC and i-SITE visitor centres at Whakapapa ( Click here ) , Ohakune ( Click here )
and Turangi ( Click here ) have maps and information on walks in the park, as well as cur-
rent track and weather conditions. Each January, DOC offers an excellent guided-walks
program in and around the park; ask at DOC centres for information or book online.
The safest and most popular time to tramp in the national park is December to March,
when the tracks are normally clear of snow and the weather is more settled. In winter
many of the tracks become full alpine adventures, requiring mountaineering experience,
an ice axe and crampons.
Scattered around the park's tramping tracks are 10 huts, most of which are rated Stand-
ard ($5). However, as the Tongariro Northern Circuit is a Great Walk, Mangatepopo,