{"id":59782,"date":"2015-04-11T12:53:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T10:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/africa\/seychelles\/the-tongariro-alpine-crossing-the-city-of-wellington-new-zealand"},"modified":"2020-06-28T00:00:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T22:00:32","slug":"tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington","title":{"rendered":"The Tongariro Alpine Crossing &#038; the City of Wellington (New Zealand)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rain, rain and rain again&#8230; Today, unfortunately, the weather has made a dent in our route planning on our way to Wellington&#8230; \ud83d\ude41 <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-headerbild.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy\" alt=Wellington header image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-headerbild.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-headerbild-800x200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-headerbild-400x100.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-headerbild-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-headerbild-600x150.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-headerbild-200x50.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-headerbild-100x25.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 1.313em 0 0 0;\"><div  class=\"x-counter\" data-x-element-counter=\"{&quot;to&quot;:&quot;118&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:&quot;2000ms&quot;,&quot;selector&quot;:&quot;.number&quot;}\" ><span class=\"text-above\" >The Days<\/span><div class=\"number-wrap w-h\" style=\"color: #272727;\"><span class=\"prefix\">117 +  <\/span><span class=\"number\">0<\/span><\/div><span class=\"text-below\" >of our <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/travel-reports\/our-trip-around-the-world\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Trip around the World<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"a10\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"a1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington\/#the-tongariro-alpine-crossing\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">The Tongariro Alpine Crossing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington\/#our-hotel-wellington\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">Our Hotel Wellington<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington\/#wellingtons-place-in-the-worlds-place\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">Wellington&#8217;s place in the world&#8217;s place<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington\/#the-view-from-mount-victoria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">The view from Mount Victoria<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington\/#a-walk-through-the-city-centre\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">A walk through the city centre<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington\/#the-starbucks-cup-of-wellington\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">The Starbucks Cup of Wellington<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington\/#all-travelogues-from-new-zealand\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">All travelogues from New Zealand<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-tongariro-alpine-crossing\"><\/span>The Tongariro Alpine Crossing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Actually we wanted to do the <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tongariro_Alpine_Crossing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" class=\"extern matomo_link wpel-icon-right\">Tongariro Alpine Crossing<span class=\"wpel-icon wpel-image wpel-icon-3\"><\/span><\/a> in Tongariro National Park today. This trail through an active volcanic landscape with <strong>its Red Crater and the blue Emerald Lakes<\/strong> is in one direction 19.4 kilometers long and can be walked in one day. But when we got up, it was already raining in torrents and so a lot of the whole thing unfortunately into the water. Very bad!<\/p>\n<p>Tongariro National Park is the fourth oldest national park in the world. In the centre of the park there are three active volcanic mountains: the Tongariro (1968 m), the Ngauruhoe (2291 m) and the Ruapehu (2797 m). The National Park is one of only 35 sites to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/travel-reports\/unesco-world-heritage-sites\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">UNESCO World Heritage<\/a> Site. The Tongariro Alpine Crossing is really the first activity <strong>in 117 days on a world tour<\/strong> that we couldn&#8217;t do as we had planned in advance. But since we had already booked the next hotel and especially the ferry to the South Island, we had nothing more than to skip this hike and continue to Wellington. But we have found some nice photos of other hikers, which we do not want to withhold from you.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_10760\" style=\"width: 1619px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-05.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10760\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-05.jpg\" alt=\"Tongariro Alpine Crossing, New Zealand, North Island, Travelreport\" width=\"1609\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10760\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tongariro Alpine Crossing<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"our-hotel-wellington\"><\/span>Our Hotel Wellington<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So we made our way from Turangi on the four-hour journey to Wellington, New Zealand&#8217;s capital, where we arrived in the afternoon. Since it rained quite heavily here, we simply postponed the sightseeing until the next day. We chose The <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/go\/hotel-the-setup-on-dixon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" class=\"extern matomo_link wpel-icon-right\">Setup on Dixon<span class=\"wpel-icon wpel-image wpel-icon-3\"><\/span><\/a> hotel right in downtown Wellington.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m28!1m12!1m3!1d1561819.1151994267!2d174.1891464364288!3d-40.13274994629134!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e0!4m5!1s0x6d6b960f4841f62f%3A0x500ef6143a310b0!2sTurangi%2C%20Neuseeland!3m2!1d-38.989871099999995!2d175.80874849999998!4m5!1s0x6d38b1fc49e974cb%3A0xa00ef63a213b470!2sWellington%2C%20Neuseeland!3m2!1d-41.2864603!2d174.77623599999998!5e0!3m2!1sde!2sde!4v1579099929683!5m2!1sde!2sde\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We had a room out to the street and it was terribly noisy because the window wasn&#8217;t properly locked. Unfortunately we could not change to another room, as everything was fully booked. The room itself is simply furnished, but everything is there (water cooker, heating, fan). Everything was clean. Wi-Fi is free up to 500 MB, in addition you have to pay something. The Internet worked, but it wasn&#8217;t the fastest. The location of the property is great. Restaurants, bars and shops in the immediate vicinity. The hotel does not have its own parking. There are several public car parks within walking distance. On the road you can max. 2 hours parking for a fee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10762\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-faehre-bilder-003.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10762\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-faehre-bilder-003.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand, North Island, On Your Own, Travelreport\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-faehre-bilder-003.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-faehre-bilder-003-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-faehre-bilder-003-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-faehre-bilder-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-faehre-bilder-003-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-faehre-bilder-003-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-faehre-bilder-003-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our room at The Setup on Dixon<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"wellingtons-place-in-the-worlds-place\"><\/span>Wellington&#8217;s place in the world&#8217;s place<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Wellington, or Wellington City, has almost 200,000 inhabitants and is <strong>the capital of New Zealand.<\/strong> The town is located at the southern end of the North Island on the Tasman Sea and is named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The western part of the city is characterized by a mountain landscape, which culminates with the 537 meter high Outlook Hill at the southern tip. Despite all the adversity such as earthquakes, large fires and the winds that regularly blow in storm strength, the sparse settlement has developed into a thriving centre for imports and exports with a significant port since the 19th century. In 1865, Wellington officially became New Zealand&#8217;s capital and is now the country&#8217;s cultural centre. The city centre of Wellington is not very large and so everything is relatively close to each other and is easy to reach on foot. The most famous sights include the older New Zealand Parliament Building, the new Government Building (Beehive), the historic Wellington Cable Car, the Botanical Garden, the Old Government Building, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the National Library of New Zealand and Mount Victoria as one of the best vantage points in the city. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10764\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-neuseeland-01.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10764\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-neuseeland-01.jpg\" alt=\"Map, Wellington, New Zealand, North Island, On Your Own, Travelreport\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-neuseeland-01.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-neuseeland-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-neuseeland-01-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-neuseeland-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-neuseeland-01-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-neuseeland-01-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/wellington-neuseeland-01-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictures of Wellington<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" 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}.jig-last {margin-right: 0 !important;}.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overlay,.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overlay-icon-wrapper,.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overlay-icon{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;}.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overflow,.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overflow div {cursor: pointer;}.jig-ua-old-ie.jig-caption-wrapper{margin:0 !important;}.jig-ua-ie .jig-caption-wrapper-clone {filter: alpha(opacity=0) !important;}\r\n<\/style>\n<p>In the afternoon we took the ferry from Wellington to the South Island to Picton. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-starbucks-cup-of-wellington\"><\/span>The Starbucks Cup of Wellington<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\nWe are collecting the Starbucks Mugs from the cities and islands we visit on our travels. Unfortunately, not every city that has a Starbucks store with an own mug. But if the city has an own mug we like to collect them as a souvenir. We only collect city mugs from the \"Global Icon Series\", which was released in 2008. You can see our complete collection here: <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/general\/starbucks-cup-collection-global-icon-series\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Starbucks - Our collection of Mugs from the Global Icon Series<\/a>\r\n<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 15px 0 0 0;\">\n<p>Wellington has a Starbucks store and also its own cup \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25767\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25767\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse.jpg\" alt=\"Wellington, Starbucks Cup, Global Icon Series, City Mugs, Collection, New Zealand, Travelreport\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/neuseeland\/starbucks-city-mug-wellington-global-icon-tasse-1600x1066.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Starbucks Cup of Wellington<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"all-travelogues-from-new-zealand\"><\/span>All travelogues from New Zealand<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\nFor 11 days we explored New Zealand from north to south by rental car on our own. We started our trip on the North Island in the city of Auckland, we experienced the tremendous underground forces in Wai-O-Tapu and Orakei Korako, we explored the capital Wellington, drove across the New Zealand Alps, did a glacier hike on the Fox Glacier, before we finished with a trip through the UNESCO World Heritage Site Milford Sound. 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North Island: <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/orakei-korako-geothermal-region-taupo\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Orakei Korako \u2013 The geothermal region in Taupo (New Zealand)<\/a><br>\r\n&#187; North Island: <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/tongariro-alpine-crossing-city-of-wellington\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">The Tongariro Alpine Crossing & the city of Wellington (New Zealand)<\/a><br>\r\n&#187; North Island \/ South Island: <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/picton-ferry-north-island-to-south-island\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Picton \u2013 The ferry from the North Island to the South Island (New Zealand)<\/a><br>\r\n&#187; South Island: <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/new-zealand\/abel-tasman-national-park-boat-tour-hike\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Abel Tasman National Park \u2013 Hiking & Boat tour (New Zealand)<\/a><br>\r\n&#187; 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