TAMA LAKES is even better than the TONGARIRO CROSSING! TNC, NZ Great Walks ☀️💦🌋☃️🌳🥾

00:00 Intro 00:15 Forest walk 00:56 Ngauruhoe 01:14 Ruapehu 01:42 Snow 01:57 Lower Tama Lake 03:06 Upper Tama Lake 03:42 Extraordinary 04:19 Inspiration The extraordinary Tama Lakes track is located in the Tongariro National Park near the centre of the North Island, New Zealand. The two lakes occupy old explosion craters on Tama Saddle between Mount Ruapehu and Mount Ngauruhoe and the views are magnificent. The return walk is around eighteen to twenty kilometres dependent on your route and takes about five to six hours. The track is an extension of the Taranaki Falls Track, once you reach the Falls, the track crosses undulating tussock country and alpine herb fields on a very well formed and marked track. The viewpoint to the lower lake is at about 1,240 metres with a stunning backdrop of Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Ruaephu. Continuing further, the track climbs steeply and from here, the track is not formed and consists of loose and uneven rock. The viewpoint of the upper lake is at about 1,440 metres. Hi I’m Sharon Evans the Freewheeling Kiwi. Thanks for watching my video, I do appreciate you taking the time. My goal is to inspire and motivate other women and girls to spend time in nature and reconnect with the outdoors, wherever that might be and at whatever level they are comfortable with. Please share this video with someone you think might benefit from it, so that they too will be it inspired and encouraged to spend time in nature. CONNECT WITH ME: https://linktr.ee/freewheelingkiwi INSTAGRAM:   / freewheelingkiwi   FACEBOOK:   / freewheelingkiwi   SUBSCRIBE:    / @freewheelingkiwi