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A steep, symmetrical volcanic cone with a reddish summit rises behind brown ridges, with a smaller pointed peak to its right, cloud drifting across its flank and dark jagged lava rocks and tussock in the foreground.
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Tongariro Northern Circuit: huts, bookings and stages

How to book and walk the Tongariro Northern Circuit: hut and campsite fees, why it is an arc until a planned mid-December reopening, stages, transport and hazards.

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