Our Mountain Air plane

Taking Off

We're of the ground.

Heading towards Tongariro National Park and Mount Ruapehu

Lake Rotoaira, north of the NP, with Lake Taupo in the distance.

Mount Tongariro (1,978 m)

Steam rising from the Tongariro National Park. With three Peaks, this is the largest active volcano in New Zealand.

Tongariro National Park.

Steaming Mount Tongariro (1,978 m)

Steaming Mount Tongariro (1,978 m)

Steaming Mount Tongariro

Tongariro National Park.

Mount Tongariro (1,978 m)

Creek running east from Mount Tongariro

Blue Lake on Mt Tongariro

Emerald Lakes on Mt Tongariro

Emerald Lakes and the peak of Mt Tongariro

A closer view of Emerald Lakes on Mt Tongariro.

The frozen conical summit of Mt Ngauruhoe

The frozen conical summit of Mt Ngauruhoe

Looking north with Mount Ngauruhoe (2,291 m), and Mount Tongariro at 1,978 m

The frozen conical summit of Mt Ngauruhoe

The frozen conical summit of Mt Ngauruhoe

Pockets of snow and cascades of melting snaw.