New Zealand New Plymouth New Zealand Elephant Rock

Check out the spectacular rock formation of elephant rock and three sisters beach.

New zealand new plymouth new zealand elephant rock. Another spectacular formation called elephant rock once stood alongside the sisters before losing its trunk to erosion in 2016. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of english in new zealand. The rock in the shape of an elephant is located near the three sisters in tongaporutu which is about an hour s drive north from new plymouth. Paritutu rock 154m above the sugarloaf islands nga motu.

You can walk around and let your imagination recognize shapes. Over the weekend she noticed that almost half of the rock had fallen off. Address elephant rocks reviews. It was enjoyable the rock formations were quite unusual for their location plus being dramatic in size.

Jan brown and her husband mike live about 400m from the rock and can see it from their living room. Aerial view new plymouth new plymouth district taranaki region new zealand nz stock photo. Related pages new zealand. On the north taranaki coast near tongaporutu you can see two formerly three 25 metre rock formations known as the three sisters.

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New zealand s famous elephant rock has reportedly lost its trunk after a series of earthquakes rocked the country over the past few weeks including a 5 5 severe quake which struck on sunday. Interestingly there were four sisters at the turn of the century but the sea is claiming them one at a time. Below is my guide to help you plan your visit to the elephant rocks and the vanished world heritage trail of the region. Quality new zealand images by well known photographer rob suisted nature s pic images.

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