lake weikaremoana

My next stop was a national parc with the beautiful lake Weikaromoana. In the north island the Maori influence is much bigger, many places have Maori names (which are really hard to write and remember. I was so tired here, went to bed at 18.30h and slept for nearly 13h! Its dark here at 18.30h.
On the next day I did a short walk to a giant rata tree. This tree starts as a parasite on a host tree and develops roots so it can survive the death of the host tree. At the base this tree measures around 13m and it is between 500 and 1000 years old.



The lake looks nice with sun,



and also nice short before some rain.



Some beautiful falls are also here: