Is New Zealand's new walking route the best one-day hike in the world?
Is New Zealand's new walking route the best one-day hike in the world?
- True, Taranaki didn’t actually star in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings epics (though it did body-double for Mount Fuji in Tom Cruise vehicle The Last Samurai). But its near-perfect cone, diverse habitats and Maori heritage are the stuff of travellers’ – and, particularly, trekkers’ – fantasies.
- True, Taranaki didn’t actually star in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings epics (though it did body-double for Mount Fuji in Tom Cruise vehicle The Last Samurai). But its near-perfect cone, diverse habitats and Maori heritage are the stuff of travellers’ – and, particularly, trekkers’ – fantasies.