National Park Backpackers

Taupo & the Ruapehu Region


This big, old board-and-batten YHA hostel has a large garden for lounging, a well-equipped kitchen and standard rooms. It's a good one-stop shop for booking activities in the area, and the rooms wrap around a climbing wall – handy when the weather turns bad. Small shop on-site. Ask about rooms with views of the volcanoes.


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1. Bridge to Nowhere

23.95 MILES

With no roads on either side, you don't need to be a genius to decipher this bridge's name. Originally built so that horses could cross the river to…