Living in New Zealand is a dream for me ! As many states its indeed “#pureNZ”. New Zealand is surrounded with beautiful mountains, seas and river!
I live in a beautiful city called “Tauranga”. On one fine weekend we (family) decided to do the summit walk of Mount Maunganui (aka Mount Mauao). Apart from fitness, interest is the motivator to try a summit walk.
Mt Mauao is 232m above sea level, so we just took the water bottles with us. Before you begin you have got the clear instructions of what to do and what not to do!!
We are really excited and thrilled to see the impressive view of city. The following picture is around 40m above from sea level.
Luckily we also got a chance to see the Maersk ship carrying containers which was pretty awesome.
There are two options to do the summit walk a) via steps b) through natural route
We have chosen the natural route which was steep and has many surges. So please be aware use your boots for better stability !! We managed to reach the 232m top of the mountain to view beautiful view of the city !! Woww !! What else is beautiful than this ? It took approx. 60 minutes to reach the top level. Dont forget to take your 360 degree view from the top! There are tables to relax at the top of the Mount.
Public toilets are available at the bottom on both sides of Mount and plenty of parking spaces too! I suggest all the travelers and local guide should see this view to feel the real experience and beauty of pure New Zealand!!