Carrying on further west towards New Plymouth we go past the Makatote Viaduct and then on to the "Forgotten World Highway" this amazingly scenic road takes you through the Tangarakau Gorge deep in rainforest. Very little traffic on this route defines its description as it was an old mining route.
The weather was very nasty but probably appropriate for a rainforest.
Donning our wet weather gear we go on a walk to see Mt Damper Falls which were very damp although worth the walk.
Donning our wet weather gear we go on a walk to see Mt Damper Falls which were very damp although worth the walk.
We then continued westwards along many tight gravel roads and through tunnels toward Mt Taranaki.
We again were very lucky to have a spectacular view of this amazing mountain as the weather had completely cleared by the late afternoon.
Winding up the mountain the ski slopes and passing several possible stop overs we finally decided to cam up on the very top car park just below the snowline.
We had a beautiful sunset, a very cold night and an equally beautiful sunrise the next morning. The valley below was completely shrouded in cloud and looked like a feather Duvet.
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