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Whakapapa Village
Ridge Track
Easy 1.2 kmreturn 40 min return ↑ 91 m
Viewpoint · Whakapapa Village
Ridge Track Lookout
1,220 m PanoramaAlpine Famous view #9
The easiest big view in the park: Ngāuruhoe and Ruapehu from a ridge above the village.
A short climb through beech forest onto an open alpine shrubland ridge directly above Whakapapa Village. In forty minutes you get a textbook view of Ngāuruhoe’s cone, Pukekaikiore, and the northern slopes of Ruapehu.
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Whakapapa Village
Taranaki Falls Loop
Easy 6.0 kmloop 2 hr loop ↑ 146 m
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