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Enjoy Snowfall & Ski at Whakapapa #traveloguenz

The distance from Auckland to Whakapapa is around 350 km and the time it takes is around 4 hours by road .

Whakapapa

Whakapapa is a village and ski field on Mount Ruapehu’s  northern side . The ski area lies within the Tongariro National Park. The National park is known for its volcanoes . Whakapapa Ski Field has a huge range of ski trails, suiting all levels of skiing.

Happy Valley at Whakapapa

The Happy Valley is a wonderful place where people enjoy learning and doing ski at a beginner level . One just can’t stop himself from trying his hands at the fun ski board games . It’s fun stepping on the snow , feel chilled , riding on the board , falling , laughing ,shouting out loud , rubbing hands trying to warm up and then running to the nearest cafe to grab a hot cup of coffee .

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I enjoyed at this place with my cousin sis and brother-in-law .

In my entire life I had never experienced the fresh falling of snow . But the Happy Valley brought more happiness when suddenly there started fresh snowfall . And I just can’t tell you how magical those moments became . Just amazing ! What a chilling and fantastic experience it was !

Whakapapa

After enjoying for few hours here , we decided to return from there well in time because it was getting  colder and colder as the day was moving towards night .

My heart just  didn’t want to leave from Whakapapa  but Dil to pagal hai ! We started backwards and we  had already  planned that  night stay  at Turangi .

Turangi

Turangi is a small town on the  banks of a river named Tongariro . The town is well known for trout fishing . We spent a night there and the next day , moving towards Auckland , we were to cover two more destinations : Lake Taupo and Huka Falls.

Lake Taupo

Starting from Turangi , Taupo is around 55 km away . Lake Taupo is one of the largest lakes of New Zealand . It’s such a big lake that I felt like I was walking on a beach . Personally I just loved this place veryyy much . Walking alongside the lake ,with the chilled waves trying to play with me ,and I trying to play with the swans there ,made   an indescribable experience .

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Lake Taupo

Huka Falls

The vast waters of Lake Taupo drain into Huka Falls .The  deep flowing blue water  makes such intense sounds while crossing the huge rocks . One feels shocked and scared too to see this dramatic Huka Falls . Nature is beautiful and stunning . You know what ! About  2 lakh litres of water gushes out  per second at Huka falls .

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At Huka Falls

Huka Falls is a must visit tourist place . The word  ‘Huka’ actually  is the Maori word for ‘foam’, which is appropriate as the rapidly gushing water  resembles foam.

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