LOTR18 - Celeborn Tongariro National Park, North Island, New Zealand
By yorkshirekiwi83 on 14-May-16. Waypoint GC6J6CA

Not able to maintain them, freeing them up for other cachers to use the space, cache has been removed.

No longer able to maintain, pulling series out to make room for other people

Tftc

found

Last one for the day thanks

Great walk of the first lot of caches in the series. I only saw another 3 people the entire time in total! TFTC!!

Thanks yorkshirekiwi83 for placing this series of caches

It was perfect weather for a LOTR walk... and we only aimed to find 5 caches and check-out the Silica Rapids as we wanted to ride thd Old Coach Road this afternoon.

We found these ones in great condition and then returned the way we had come, leaving some for another day

TNLNSL TFTC

Our last find on this great track. We knew it would be a spectacular walk but it exceeded our expectations. And even more awesome with this great series of caches to find.
Highly recommended. TFTC.

I was supposed to be hiking the Tongariro Crossing today but the weather wasn't playing ball, so I decided to do some other hikes instead. The Silica Rapids walk was nice and quiet which made searching for the caches easy. TFTC!

Three of us set off on the silica rapids walk from the top end. Netting and signage suggested the track might be closed but off we went anyway. There was no problem completing the walk. Good coordinants and a clear hint made for a quick find, thanks CO.

Retrieved this one again in case there was a code letter inside. Cache is in good condition. TFTC

Nice

Walking along the middle earth and got a cache box. TFTC

Found

Last one for the day. Now to walk down the road, back to the hotel for our last night here. Thank you so much for the caches around here, they have added a focus to our mid week break. We have enjoyed exploring this interesting terrain.

Busy talking so had to retrace our steps!

Our first bushwalk since the Covid-19 lock down. We had held off on doing the silica rapids walk with the kids for a few years due to the length of road walking. But the kids are older now and waking along the road is no longer a worry The bush walk was great and collecting the caches was fun for the kids as usual. Had a nice picnic lunch by the rapids too. This cache was a quick find. TFTC

I dont usually do generic logs but there were so many in this series that it was difficult to describe each find separately. Great series and nice and quick to find with good coords and in a nice area. Thanks for the effort putting them in.

First day of autumn: the original plan for today was to try Tongariro Alpine Crossing, but we felt it could be too much. And we were not sure about the weather as well.
So we changed plans and choosed the easier hike to Silica Rapids, which was a very good idea.

After a nice break at the Silica Falls (and collecting everything we needed for the EC) we started the second part - "returning" to our car. The terrain changed a bit into vulcanic surrounding.

That's it! We found most of the fellow caches - and the last one still to go. And we loved hiking this round very much.

Thank you for showing us this area and thank you for the cache!

Walked up Bruce Road to get the road walk out of the way at the beginning of the circuit.

Last one before the Bruce and the walk down just sad the five cars with only one driver didn't pick us up to save my sore feet thanks yorkshirekiwi that loop was great now to start the second TFTC

Once again handily placed. Once this was signed it was out on to a stifling Bruce Road and a longish walk back to Whakapapa Village.

Found with MrsC on our travels in NZ. A fantastic walk tftc.

Found with mr c on our travels from the UK

Arrived in Whakapapa (Middel Earth) we decided to do two hiking tours.
The coordinates were exactly measured and with the hints the cans could be found well.
The values for the bonus were written down and so the bonus could be found.
They were very nice hiking trails with great views into the nature.

Thank you for this wonderful round and for hiding the cans.
Many greetings from Cologne from Pöni.

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Found it on our way down to National Park. TFTC

In the morning i did this walk, founded easily. Now it’s sunny. Thanks!

Found it with grandparents and close friends.

Found it on our way with The One Ring Thanks for guiding us to this fantastic track

I have seen the movies and read the books but I couldn't remember this character's name. Now that I have since seen the photo on the cache description, I think I know how they fit into the story.

This was my first caching trip to Whakapapa with this cache being my first stop and the weather didn't play ball. I wasn't particularly well equipped to protect against rain and cold but I had enough for a comfortable enough hike.

It's always pleasing to have a quick find first up on an outing like this and I was pleased that this was the case here.

A nice loop in a pretty nice area.

For more read LOTR02
Greets from Germany
Tftc. Danke fürs Dösle

Found on a delightful November day while wasting a day around Whakapapa. I put my hand in some dark places while doing this series, thank goodness there are no nasty venomous things in NZ. Thanks for the cache Yorshirekiwi83

just arrived at the camping area we planned an evening walkout for some middle earth caches
Thanks - team bycycle

So das war der letzte der Runde.
TFTC

After the Tama lakes and the loop, we still have some energy left. We go again at the end of the day to do this beautiful tour! wow.

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Thanks yorkshirekiwi83 for the geocache [^]
Greetings from Belgium,
Frank et Muriel travelling in New Zealand

Happy geocaching

The last one for today! Thanks!

MPLC

Found as a part of a previous group TanjackMüley, aka WanderingSparrow. Now I'm continuing on my own. TFTC

Found easily and got the last number for the mystery. Will complete on our return. Thanks for the series!

On tour with my brother and his girlfriend. I found the cache in this amazing area. Thank you for showing and the cache. Sorry for the fotolog on the tour I lost my pen. Greetings from Germany!

What a good system for keeping the log book dry, more should be like this! Tftc

Después de un día cortito de ski

Greetings from the Czech republic. Beautiful walking, thank you for this cache.

Very easy find

The views of Mt Ruapehu were fabulous from the first part of this trail. Stopped and quickly retrieved the cache and then continued on to admire more of the view. TFTC

Out on a LOTR mission today with Tramper Ted. Not the nicest of days, but no rain, and the occasional spot of sun made for a pleasant temperature and day to do these. Sorry they are too much of a blur for individual logs but will add a few comments here and there.

TFTC

Dropped a TB her, hope it gets picked up before the snow comes.

Decided on a walk around the rapids and beyond today with Sp8sm8. Always a nice track to explore. TFTC

Starting our loop. We have realised later that a better way to do the loop would be another way:)

Today we make an other walk...Lotr. This is a really nice one. Thank you dear Owner for the top conditions.

On a road trip north, enjoying the day and pic up some caches. TFTC

Greetings from 2 Austrians  
Die_Asseln

Quick find here. Last of this series fpr us as final seems to be quite a distance away! Tftc.

Found on a beautiful autumn day. Cheers!

Last find before walking back along Bruce Road to the village. TFTC

Day 12 of our NZ trip. This series was one of the first things on our 'must do' list. We were not disappointed! We were able to find LOTR 1 - 33 (with the exception of the mystery cache). All of the caches were easy to find and in great shape. Thank you yorkshirekiwi83 for placing and maintaining this series for our enjoyment. Greetings from

Saw this series of caches when they were published and really haven't had the opportunity to ever look at coming up here to attempt them. When the opportunity arose that this series was up for adoption, I decided to contact the CO and sent yorkshirekiwi83 an email saying that we were happy to adopt them as we didnt want to see them being archived. Yorkshirekiwi83 was happy and willing to let me adopt them, decided that we should go and find the caches before adopting this series of caches .

A plan was to come out here and spend the weekend near the start of the track, so a plan was hatched on Christmas Day 2018, we checked out the accommodation and Mrs Yeetrees said that she had always wanted to stay at the Chateau Tongariro, as her family was a legacy visitor, but that is another story.

After the accommodation was all booked it was just a matter of planning the trip, and saving the funds [xx(], well a plan was set in motion..... and the start of the journey from there and back again.

We meet up with bkj97 and the Little Blue Hen while we out and about and had mentioned that we were going to go up the mountain attempt this series, they said that they were happy to come along as well if we didn’t mind the company, well twos company more are cachers, why not as two eyes are better than mine as I am know to be blind, so the plan was amended for a team effort [^].

Today was the day one of our two day visit on this lovely mountain and we decided that we would attempt the LOTR series, having made our way up here last night with bkj97 being our most gracious chauffeur who go us to our accommodation safely last night [^].

After finding GC6J6C8 - LOTR17 - Faramir, this was the next cache and last cache we had to find as we were making our way along the Silica Rapids track and continue on our journey towards the next cache of the series. As we were making our way towards GZ, we decided to check the hint, and as we neared GZ, it only took bkj97 a few seconds to spot the hiding spot of the cache, and we soon found the cache.

Managed to retrieve the cache, signed and then we replaced the cache with a new logbook and cache container before replacing the cache back where I found it. Thanks yorkshirekiwi83 for placing this cache series here and for bringing me to this spot, TFTC TNLNSL (14323).

Now it is time to make our way to the next cache in the series, the adventure and journey continues ....

As we made our way on to the Bruce Road to walk back to the car we encounter a troop of YMCA kids and their guilds just being dropped off, they kindly asked if we would like a ride back down the road to our car park, who were we to disappoint, we accepted and was kindly cheaffeaued back to our starting point.[^][^][^]

Information:
Celeborn was the Lord of Lothlórien, and the husband of Galadriel, Lady of the Golden Wood. He was said to be one of the wisest Elves in Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age.

During the War of the Ring, Celeborn defended Lothlórien and led the assault on the Enemy castle of Dol Guldur. He remained in Middle-earth for a time at the beginning of the Fourth Age, but eventually he joined his wife in the Undying Lands.

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I'm always keen to get my step count average up and this weekend with yeetrees and bkj97 was an opportunity to do so. It's been a few years (about 30) since I was in the area doing a mountain marathon so I was keen to see how the area had changed. Certainly the tracks are far more tourist friendly. Great day out and 50 caches scored. Really enjoyed the challenge so thanks for making it possible by placing the series. T4tcsl. My apologies for the generic logs.
However favourite added for this first loop. Now for coffee.

19th of the day with Yeetrees and little blue hen. Lucked out after this one as we scored a lift from the road end with a minibus returning to the other end of the track. Gave us time for coffee and a break before the second trek. Tftcsl. Added a favourite here for this loop. Decided the puzzle could wait until tomorrow.

Found with helnel123

A wonderful hiking day in Tongariro National Park for D4nielB and me. We walked the Taranaki Falls Loop, the Tama Lakes Track to the lower lake and a loop track to visit the Silica Rapids. It was awesome. On our way we also looked for some geocaches.
This one was another quick find.
Greetings from Hamburg, Germany.
Juliane

Today Jul1ane and me used the day for a lot of hiking in Tongariro National Park, starting with Upper Taranaki Falls Track, Tama Lakes Track to Lower Tama Lake and Lower Taranaki Falls track, followed by a round trip along Lower and Upper Silica Springs Track. Of course we also used these for a big load of cache finds.

We found this cache without problems and in good shape.

With Lemmer in New Zealand at amazing caches. Thank you for showing all that beautiful places. flatrate

A great walk at Tongariro. Not himself but the silica rapids. Amazing view. The very first round in NZ with great hints and easy finds. Thank you very much. Lemmer and flatrate

We had planned to do the Tongariro Crossing but it was cancelled due to weather so we did the Taranaki Falls and Silica Rapids tracks instead. No problems here

This afternoon we had free as we had planned to be over walking the Red Crater for the whole day, but sadly the weather played up! Instead we went on this picturesque walk to Silica Rapids and picked up most of the caches on this circuit. Thanks so much for this series, TFTC

Back home in Denmark again from my 4th visit to New Zealand.
Luckily I had some time for geocaching when there, so now it is time to log my findes.
Took up this trail again from last year.
This cache was found, and the logbook was signed.
TFTC

Find #3039. A day spent in the Whakapapa area hiking short trails while son #1 walked the Tongariro Crossing. Misty early on but the day soon cleared to warm sun and blue skies. Very busy in the area with the Tussock Traverse on today.
With the Taranaki Falls Track and caches completed, there was time to walk the Silica Rapids Track, starting from the lower end.
The last find on this track, and a very enjoyable walk - stunning and varied scenery and excellent weather - clear with a breeze just cool enough to be comfortable. Once again, thanks for this LOTR trail.

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At first we wanted to do the Tongariro Crossing this day, but the weather was so bad that we had to decide differently. Instead we made a hike in the surroundings of the visitor centre. We were drawn here by the trail LOTR, but also some other caches were found.
The LOTR follows a beautiful path. About halfway the weather got worse. We had a strong drizzle, with some heavy winds. The higher we got, the colder. But we kept on going and finally we stood on the Bruce Road. Unfortunately we could not find another trail to bring us back to the visitor centre, so we continued to walk on the road. We found a few other caches there, but the Bonus of this series was not one of them. We had a coordinate for the bonus, but it could not have been right. Either it is completely out of course or we did something wrong. Anyway, we were satisfied with all the caches we did find on this beautiful trail.
Thanks for placing this series!

We are on vacation in New Zealand and of course we seek some caches.
Thanks for this one!
Greetings from the Dutch.

We arrived today at Tongariro very early. Therefore we would like to do one of the nice rounds. This one was very nice because have seen wonderful nature. Only the way back was not beautiful...thanks for the caches!

We got up early in order to finish this LOTR series in order to head to Hobbiton. We got all the caches and it took us 3.5 hours for the remaining caches that we hadn't time for yesterday. We apologise for the same log for all the caches but there were simply too many. Thank you for the caches.

After returning from Round the mountain walk, I still had to wait for my room. That's why the time until check-in in the chateau was used optimally and completed the second of three laps in the footsteps of the LOTR. Unfortunately, I was missing some caches, but the round was so much fun. Thanks for this idea and greetings from Germany.

TFTC says Fawkes.de

Morning walk to Silica Springs, picking up a few caches along the upper track as we go.
Thanks for the cache.

See log for LOTR 1, TFTC

And the last on this marvellous hike.
TFTC

TFTC
Great walk, great series
Cheers
IP

Sadly, no time for the mystery cache today. Perhaps another time soon!

At this beautiful day we made two of the LOTR-Tracks. We visited the fellowship and the villains of the trilogy. Both of the walks are really great and we had a lot of fun to hike a little bit and go for geocaching at the same time. The caches a not so hard to find, so we had enough time to enjoy the track. On each track we didn’t find one cache, so there are still two green points between all the smileys . Sorry about the same log for all caches, we are here for holidays and had so many things to do .... but not enough time!
We enjoyed really all the caches today, because we love LOTR. Many many thanks for bringing us to this locations and the tracks and also for hiding the caches along this wonderful ways!! We leave a blue ring in the first cache of all !
Greetings from Germany!
#539

Have enjoyed this section of lotr power trail. Very pretty. TFTC!

Enjoying the weekend in Whakapapa Village to get some hiking training in for my upcoming big hike of the Green Gully Track in OZ. Great weather today to be out in the area to enjoy the scenery. TFTC

Today was focused on hiking in the wunderful Whakapapa area. The weather was nearly good, only interrupted by some rainfalls. The boxes were almost easy to find, as it should be on a long powertrail.

Thanks for the caches!

Last one! No missing numbers on this trail thank goodness. We sat down and entered in the final co-ordinates. What??? Oh well we are committed now lol. On down the hill to the van we go. Thanks yorkshirekiwi83.

Great there’s the Road ...nice fast find ...easy down hill now thanks great series YK83

A steady drizzle and chilly wind did not spoil the pleasure we had this morning when tramping the beautiful Silica Rapids Walk. Finding all the LOTR caches along the way was great fun, too. The hints were very precise and helpful and we enjoyed that we did not have to leave the path. All caches could be easily spotted, unfortunately most of the logbooks are wet or even soaked.
Tftc! We leave a couple of FP points

Found it! TFTC

Today we had our second day in National Park Whakapapa and made a trip around the wonderful walks here. Special emphasis had we on the vulcanic mountains around us. On this trip we searched, found and logged many caches, too. The weather was good in the morning, sunny, but it got worse all day long, until raining at noon and later. Only sometimes then there was some sun to be seen.
Almost no muggels observed us as they had better things to do than observing two geocachers.

Thanks to yorkshirekiwi83 for showing us this location and for the fun we had at LOTR18 - Celeborn. The search we had here today didn't take too much time.

Greetings from Germany and hope to see you soon in the forest.

TFTC says H_M_A @ 29. Oktober 2018 @ 14:37 Uhr @ [#12221](https://coord.info/GC6J6CA)

Nice quick find here with harisree after going up the mountain and playing in the snow. "Snow for Christmas!!!" TFTC

Found it

As preparation for the Tongariro Crossing we visited the DOC ofice and then used the spare time for a walk and some caches. As we wanted to cover some way, we only searched for every second cache.
This one was quickly found by Pratchettfan.
Thanks for hiding and maintaining this trail!

We had an afternoon to go hiking and geocaching in the Tongariro National Park. For this we picked this trail. Since we wanted to cover some ground we only looked for every second Cache. Most could be found with little difficulty.

Quickly retrieved and logged this one.

Thanks for this Cache!

#2043

It was quite cloudy this morning and so I decided to hike the short round to the Silica Rapids. I am always happy when a round is motivated by a few caches. So here too!
The containers were regularly very good to find and most in good condition.

tftc

Snow is already starting to lie quite thick on the ground. It would be good skiing conditions (we later went up to have a look but didn't hang around - didn't want to get the car stuck!). Thanks for the cache... and heroes sub-series!

Found with our 2 and 5 y.o. T4TC. Great trail. Thanks!

On our Route through New Zealand we found this nice Place. Thank you for showing us!
We logged as Team EIN
Yours Slashgirl

During our stay in Chateau Tongoriro we did some walking and had time to look for some caches. This is one of them. We logged as Team EIN. TftC! Greetings from Germany! - Willowf

Third day here, love it! Last series to gain some smilies ...Thanks for setting them up..TFTC

Great start to the morning

Happy caching today, stunning day. TFTG team Stockley

TFTC

Working my way to the Silica Rapids on a beautiful morning. Starting at the campground end and coming back down the road. Another cache within easy reach of the track, with spot on co-ordinates. Thank you for the effort and care taken with your placements. TFTC

Für wahr, wir haben uns der Gemeinschaft angeschlossen und werden zum Gelingen der Mission beitragen

Heute bei sehr schönem Wetter haben wir uns die Runde LOTR vorgenommen. Die Runde führt uns an schöne Aussichtspunkte und an tollen Wasserfällen vorbei. Alle Dosen waren gut zu finden. Vielen Dank fürs Legen.

Today in very nice weather we have made the round LOTR. The round takes us to beautiful viewpoints and great waterfalls over. All cans were good to find. Thank you for laying.

We checked all the corners twice. Could not understand why we could not find the cache. All we can think is the last people have pushed the cache in too far and it cant be reached. All the others have been spot on.