Egmont National Park, covering over 33,000 hectares on Mt Egmont / Taranaki is home to several drives and walks. One of the most popular destinations of the National Park is Dawson Falls - a most enjoyable drive up the mountain and through Egmont National Park. Dawson Falls themselves, although popular, are surprisingly secluded - perhaps on account of the less-than steady steps on the way down. While the steps on many of the mountains in Switzerland Switzerland may be much better maintained, they lack the charecter and charm of walking through native bush and, of course, that elusive "untouched" bush feel. The waterfalls? Well, watch the video and see for yourself .........
Mt Egmont and King Edward Park - Mt Egmont seen from the King Edward Park playing fields in Stratford
Mt Egmont / Taranaki peak - Peak of Mt Egmont / Taranaki seen from the front seat of a helicopter
Taranaki - closeup of Mt Egmont seen from the air - Closeup of snow covered Mt Egmont / Taranaki seen from a helicopter
Lake Mangamahoe and Mt Egmont / Taranaki - Mount Egmont / Taranaki seen from Lake Mangamahoe, just off State Highway 3 in Taranaki
Stratford - view of Mt Egmont / Taranaki - View of Mt Egmont / Taranaki from Stratford on State Highway 3
Mt Taranaki - Dawson Falls - Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont / Taranaki
Mt Taranaki - drive up to Dawsons Falls - Video of the drive to Dawson Falls on Mt Taranaki in New Zealand
New Zealand - Mt Egmont / Taranaki - New Zealand - Mt Egmont / Taranaki seen after a snow fall from Stratford
New Zealand - Mt Egmont / Taranaki after a snow dump - New Zealand - Field full of snow in front of Mt Egmont / Taranaki
Taranaki - Mount Egmont / Taranaki - Mount Egmont / Taranaki as seen from the saleyards in Stratford
Egmont National Park - Department of Conservation (DOC) information on and about the Egmont National Park
Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook