Waitomo Caves Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

The Descent

I have to admit, these blogs are becoming a massive pain in the **** and Im half tempted to stop bothering! I hate writing them but Im kind of determined to finish this trip and write about every day. I cant stop when Im so close to the end (3 weeks today i fly home - scary). If anyone is still actually reading this make yourselves known as if I …

Unter der Erde

Heute war also der lang ersehnte Tag! Wir traten unsere Höhlentour an. Diese beinhaltete sich 30 Meter unter die Erde abzuseilen, sowohl durch die Höhle zu klettern als auch in einem Gummireifen durch den unterirdischen Fluss zu paddeln, um am Ende die Felswand zur Oberfläche zu erklimmen.

Zum Glück hatten wir aus Zeitgründen spontan einen …

Ein perfekter Tag

Unser nächstes Ziel war Waitomo, wo wir uns schon seit Anfang der Reise auf die spektakulären Höhlensysteme freuten. Um unsere gebuchte Höhlentour ja nicht zu verpassen ließen wir uns einen Tag mehr Zeit um dort anzukommen. Das traf sich außerordentlich gut, denn in der Gegend gibt es viel zu entdecken: Zuerst besuchten wir einen großen Wasserfall …

Maybe I shouldn't be allowed near water!

Time for my first adventure activity! We got to Waitomo around 2pm and by 3.30pm I was dangling by a rope, abseiling down into the Waitomo caves. I had booked myself onto the Black Abyss Black Water Rafting tour with little idea of what I had signed up for… Abseiling into the darkness through a pretty narrow hole was just part one of the …

Spellbound tour

We had a great time doing the Spellbound Glowworm & Cave tours! There were only 3 of us. We took our time and totally enjoyed the caves and glowworm!

First they took us to see the Glowworm. We've never seen anything like it before. Definitely worth it. They took us to a cave and let us sit for a while so we can adjust our eyes. After …

Underground tubing and glow-in-the-dark worm poo

Oh my god, last night was SO cold!! We are definitely missing our heated tent site. Still, at least the view out over lake Taupo was beautiful and the wind had disappeared.
Today we started our drive west to Waitomo and the glow worm caves. Just around the corner from the campsite we found a very strange cafe called L'arte Café. It was a small …

Glowing in the deep

Today turned out to be a great day, despite it's initial beginnings.  I woke up, facing the sea as I had done last on Ohope Beach.  However my view this time was completely different.  Whereas before I should see blue sky, blue sea and islands; today all I could see in my wide screen tv at the foot of my bed was white cloud - still! After getting …

Kleines Naturspektakel...

Bei einer Reise auf der Nordinsel sollte der Besuch der Waitomo Caves nicht fehlen...Dort gibt es verschiedene Tropfsteinhoehlen; doch das besondere sind die sogenannten Glowworms.
Wir besuchten eine Hoehle mit einem maorifuehrer, er zeigte uns nicht nur diese, sondern spielte uns verschiedene Maoriinstrumente vor. Das Highlight dieser …

Worms and caves!

Today we traveled about 20 minutes from Te Awamutu through Otorohanga to the Waitomo caves. Wai means water and tomo means cave in Maori language. The first cave we went into was the glow worm cave. You walk down into the cave and come into a beautiful space called the cathedral. The acoustics in this part of the cave are so good that …

Katy Perry

We get up earlish to find the weather has taken a turn for the worst, and before we're even on the bus, the grey-painted sky opens up and the raisn drizzle down our windows. Our first stop is the Zorbing centre just outside Rotorua. It looked okay, but we had been looking ahead at what activities we wanted to do rather than doing everything, and at …