South Taranaki Road Trip - New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year – Backpacker Guide New Zealand
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Day 57: Today we are embarking on a South Taranaki road trip seeing the Bread Capital, Manaia, going up the Hawera Water Tower and visiting the Patea Museum.
About this video:
Today is our last day in the amazing Taranaki region of New Zealand and it all ends with a South Taranaki Road Trip! We are following recommendations from locals to visit a few places of interest before leaving the region.
First up is the Bread Capital, Manaia! Manaia is the Bread Capital with a huge bread sign and the whole town even smells like bread! We pick up some baked goods from the factory store and continue onto Hawera.
Hawera is famous for its huge water tower, so we pay our donations and head up the endless amount of stairs. At the top of the Hawera Water Tower, we get views of the surrounding town, farmland, coast and we’re supposed to see Mt Taranaki but it’s too overcast.
Nevertheless, we hit the road for our final South Taranaki destination, Patea, which is home to the Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki which tells us a great deal about the Maori history of the area.
We leave the Taranaki region and enter Manawatu-Wanganui where our final destination today is in the city of Wanganui!
So what do you think of South Taranaki? Would you do a road trip in South Taranaki? Let us know in the comments!
Read more about our South Taranaki Road Trip on New Zealand’s biggest guide for backpackers: https://www.backpackerguide.nz/blog/2016/07/following-local-recommendations-along-taranaki-coast/
About this video:
Today is our last day in the amazing Taranaki region of New Zealand and it all ends with a South Taranaki Road Trip! We are following recommendations from locals to visit a few places of interest before leaving the region.
First up is the Bread Capital, Manaia! Manaia is the Bread Capital with a huge bread sign and the whole town even smells like bread! We pick up some baked goods from the factory store and continue onto Hawera.
Hawera is famous for its huge water tower, so we pay our donations and head up the endless amount of stairs. At the top of the Hawera Water Tower, we get views of the surrounding town, farmland, coast and we’re supposed to see Mt Taranaki but it’s too overcast.
Nevertheless, we hit the road for our final South Taranaki destination, Patea, which is home to the Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki which tells us a great deal about the Maori history of the area.
We leave the Taranaki region and enter Manawatu-Wanganui where our final destination today is in the city of Wanganui!
So what do you think of South Taranaki? Would you do a road trip in South Taranaki? Let us know in the comments!
Read more about our South Taranaki Road Trip on New Zealand’s biggest guide for backpackers: https://www.backpackerguide.nz/blog/2016/07/following-local-recommendations-along-taranaki-coast/