Rangipo Desert

Waikato Region · New Zealand

Rangipo Desert, New Zealand
Photo: James Dignan (en:User:Grutness), CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to April
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A barren volcanic plateau on the eastern flank of the central North Island volcanoes, kept treeless by frost, wind and ash. Its bleak gravel plains stand in stark contrast to surrounding alpine forest.

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