Mount Egmont/Taranaki, N. Island

A long drive North from Wellington headed us up towards a place called Egmont, home to one of the highest volcanoes in the North Island (or possibly New Zealand), Mount Egmont/Taranaki. I'm not quite sure why it's got two names but there you go!

We spent the night here in some strange hostel, which was actually someones house, but the next day planned on driving up the volcanoe! After a short while we reached the end of the road, which was nowhere near the top! After asking in the information centre, the top can only be reached by foot...taking about 10hours return! Needless to say we passed on the challenge!