Tag: Tongariro

  • Tongariro National Park

    Tongariro National Park

    Driving through Tongariro, I realised the creative director of the Lord of the rings franchise was given a retroactively easy job when choosing the park as a filming location. Tongariro National Park is Tolkien’s Modor made manifest. The park’s vast volcanic plane creates the feeling of lifelessness and desolation that…