Black Water Rafting North Island

Heute erwartet mich in den Waitomo Caves ein ganz spezielles Abenteuer. Ich buche einen 4-5 stündigen Trip, wovon man sich rund 2/3 der Zeit in einem 40-60m tiefe Höhlensystem befindet.
Der Abstieg in die Höhle ist ein 35m langes Abseilen in einen (zumindest auf den ersten 10m) recht engen und dunkel Schacht. Da wird der Mut schon mal auf die …

A 4:00 du mat je ne savais déjà plus fermer l’œil. Je suis apparemment jetlagué de 4h, rassurant car en 2 jours ça devrait être réglé, même si désormais je sais qu’il vaut mieux prendre un vol le matin et arriver au soir pour ne quasiment pas se rendre compte du décalage. J’y penserais la prochaine fois .

If you remember back to that town where Lonely Planet said we were to do nothing but buy food and move on? No? Why not? It is written like two entries ago... That's ok... go quick, we will wait.

da da da da da da daaaa... <--- Waiting muzack circa stereotypical elevator style

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Well we left Hot Water Beach at 7.30am to head to our next destination Waitomo, which we were to arrive in at about 1pm. But before that our driver took us to visit the Karangahake Scenic Reserve to explore the stunning bush-clad gorge and to cross the two swing bridges which everyone decided to shake as crossing which made the girls scream …

De auto start weer gewoon alsof er niets is gebeurd. We rijden naar Waitomo om de gloeiwormen te bekijken. Daphne en Kimberley hebben de Black water rafting experience gekozen. Helaas konden ze niet meer inschrijven voor het abseilen, maar nu mogen ze met een wetsuit aan en een rubberen band de grotten in, Freek en ik gaan voor de "oude van dagen" …

Quite incredible to think that this time last year we were both getting ready for our wedding – although a bit complicated to try to think about that when the time difference is so big! We had a home-made breakfast at the motel in Whakatane, had a mad search for the room key to check out which was eventually found on the back seat of the car …

I woke up really early this morning and went for a walk at about 6.45am its because my phone rang at 6am and woke me up,and i couldn't get back to sleep. I am going to be traveling to Auckland to day at 1pm .I am really looking forward to Auckland because i have got some great activities planned there.

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After a fairly sleepless night (this will be the first and last time we choose to camp next to a main road), we were up early and excited. There are a lot of different trips and combinations of activities to do in the Waitomo caves and after much agonising we had settled on one called the Black Abyss, although you might not think it sounds terribly …

After a hot shower and 2 hour drive after our mammoth walk, we arrived in Waitomo, land of caves.

Waking refreshed, Liz we prepared for a simple and slightly lazy day ahead.

Liz was off to black water rafting; JJ was off to more sedately see the cave and glowworms and PK headed out to find a decent cup of coffee.

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dag 59: Na het ontbijt pakken we de bus terug naar het vliegveld waar we onze camper gaan oppikken. Dit blijkt een behoorlijk gevaarte te zijn en aangezien ze hier aan de linkerkant van de weg rijden zal dit nog wel lachen worden. Neomy wil wel als eerste rijden dus Bob gaat ernaast wat aanwijzingen geven. De eerste stop is de …

... town called Waitomo which is famous for its caves. Our tour stopped here and we had the option to participate in something called black water rafting which I had heard great things about so I signed up. I'm really glad I did too. We got geared up in ...

... found out that we could get onto a trip there and then so we paid for the Black Labryinth tour with the Legendary Black Water Rafting co. We managed to squeeze into the wetsuits before heading down to stream where we were fitted for our rubber tubes. ...

... lunch I was eating an apple and somehow managed to break off a piece of tooth, can you believe it, skiing, rock climbing, black water rafting, abseilling, all the things my Mum tells me "becareful" at and I cause an injury eating fruit!!! The rest of the ...

... : The Glowworm Caves. Many moons ago, after toiling over research and crunching the numbers, we decided to book with the Legendary Black Water Rafting Co. and chose to go all out with the "Black Abyss" Tour. I’d tell you what that tour included on ...

Adventure activities here we come. Watimo caves was to be the destination for a bit of black water rafting, which is basically white water rafting in a cave, but you sit in rubber rings instead of a boat. First was to be a 25m absail down into the ...

... Rafting consists of weaving, jumping, floating and navigating your way through the glowworm studded world of the Ruakuri Caves. Black Water Rafting is one of NZ’s famous inventions in action sports and is done underground (obviously!). Basically, ...

... crossing we travelled up the west side of the island and ended up at Waitomo. We came here to go black water rafting!!! Black water rafting entails wearing another wetsuit.....is there a pattern here??? You then get a rubber tube and take it through ...

... resident glow worms, so I decided to go on a "black water rafting" trip to make the most of the 3-hour stop. "Black water rafting" is another name for "cave tubing," which is just what it sounds like: floating along an underground river in an ...

... . Eden before driving south to the Waitomo caves.  Apparently, I hiked too fast as I arrived 2 hours early for my black water rafting excursion.  I go on a brief hike to the Ruekuri Natural Tunnel and Aranui Cave to pass the time and even check ...

... and rather fetching white wellies. We got changed and then headed out to do a bit of Rap (Rappel or abseil) Raft (Black Water Rafting) & Rock (Rock Climbing). We headed out towards this ledge where we began our 100ft descent by abseil into the abyss! At ...