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Travel Blogs from Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
Caving In
This is a top pick! ... ;d booked it so far in advanced we’d forgotten what it entailed! We showed up on time (you gotta be on time in New Zealand, no joke) and were ushered over to where our fellow cave explorers were. There was an older English couple, a pair of American ...
Thermal stream
This is a top pick! ... spot and then the experience being trampled on by 40 elementary school kids! Haha, very romantic! Then headed to a campsite in Waitomo and booked a caving tour for the next day and just chilled out for the rest of the afternoon. By this time in our ...
Black Water Rafting in Waitomo
This is a top pick! ... here during her stay in NZ. Here the local caves are made out of limestone and hidden beneath the countryside. In these caves are the famous glowworms, stalactites, stalagmites, cave coral, fossilised oysters and whale bones; all of which you can’t ...
Glowing Underground
This is a top pick! ... of wandering around three different caves as a part of a tour, nicely wrapped in clothing with the luxury of staying dry. The Waitomo caves are somewhat world famous with our very own Queenie having visited (pre-coronation I would think) in 1953. They ...
Hobbit Holes, Caves and Glow-worms....What a Mix!!
This is a top pick! With New Zealand being the place that Lord of the Rings was filmed, a trip here wouldn't be the same without some sort of sight-seeing opportunity, and we hit the jackpot! On the way to Waitomo Patto mentioned the Hobbit tour leaflet she'd seen, so after ...
Waitomo
This is a top pick! ... Dean: Really good fun. We will definitely be searching out some more sites for climbing and abseiling while we are here in New Zealand. As for the photos, we have some on a CD ROM but need to convert them into a more manage size before ...
Bald Rabbits!
This is a top pick! ... at all - it was Rabbits. RABBITS! I couldn't believe it. Apparently they are shorn daily here at Waitomo - the only place in New Zealand that does, according to the sign outside. The rabbits in particular are the 'German Angora' variety that happen ...
Waitomo
This is a top pick! Waitomo is famous for it's glow worm caves. There are lots of limestone caves in the area and they are full of glow worms. You can choose to black water raft through the caves (abseil into the cave and sit in a rubber tube and take it all in ...
Cool Glow wormes in the Waitomo Caves
This is a top pick! On our way to Rotorua, we stopped at the Waitomo caves, where we took a tour of the underground caves. It was pretty amazing to see the Glow worms, well actually, they are not worms but larvae of a large mosquito-like fly. In order to ...
Caving, Toobing and doing the Haka!
This is a top pick! Today we left our lodge at about 8am and headed to Waitomo. Here we decided to do the Tumu Tumu Toobing. This involved going down into a dark cave and crawling, swimming and tubing through it. Firstly we had to walk to the hole, that you drop down ...
Waitomo Caves
This is a top pick! ... is a cave, boy. A cave of wonders. Filled with treasures beyond your wildest dreams." Well there was no magic lamp in Waitomo caves, but there were glow-worms, stalagtites, stalagmites, rubber tubes and clay. Lots of clay. Potholing is one of those ...
Glowworms
This is a top pick! I'm trudging up a remote hillside in a full wetsuit, white rubber boots and a hardhat with headlight. Some acquaintances might say this is another of my occasional fashion faux pas, but today I'm in good company. Emma, Bridget and a dozen strangers are ...
Black water tubing
This is a top pick! Version traduite plus bas Feb 15, Glow worm caves and black water tubing Like a tchootchoo train, we float on our backs and hold each other's boots, letting the guide at the front drag us gently while we just hold our heads out of the water and look ...
We're getting really daring now - we stayed ...
This is a top pick! ... one was tight enough as it was). Then we threw ourselves off more little waterfall type things and waded through various caves with me hyperventilating the whole time (my phobias include darkness, water, confined spaces etc etc etc). Eventually we did ...
Glowworms and Kiwis
After the quiet relaxing time in Taupo, we decided to do something adventurous. So it was off to Waitomo caves to do a bit of "Blackwater rafting" - which is basically going down an underground river on an inflatable inner tube! Great fun. After getting ...
Black Water Rafting
... as I turned my light back on I realised I was hiding next to a huge Water Spider! We all carried on through the caves, sometimes crawling through little holes until we arrived at the water. Our guide made us do stupid things like put mud on our faces ...
Glowworms, stalactites and stalagmites
... hiervan dus. (wie de film earth gezien heeft weet misschien hoe het er juist uitziet) Dejamos Karibu Creek y nos dirijimos hacia Waitomo Caves,unas cuevas de piedra caliza al estilo de las de altamira o las cuevas del drac, pero con la particularidad ...
Waitomo Caving
... 7 PM and we started driving 4 hours to Auckland, in the rain of course, because we fly out tomorrow morning around 10 AM. So now New Zealand is finished. It was amazing here. We just wish we could of had more time here to see and do ...
James' Little Accident
After hours of debating we decided to stay at Waitomo. We also managed to persuade Roanne and Andy to come along too. Arrived nice and early all 4 of us went for a walk, weather looking pretty bleak, we managed to make it to a look out point. Once ...
Waitomo Caves
... Waitomo. My boss Michael had told me about that place before my trip and it was all he had promised me about it. The Waitomo Caves are very unique, all the caves are packed with glow worms, which sounded pretty interesting from the start. There were tours ...
Via Lattea sotterranea
... Poi basta, non ho voglia di conversare, leggo! Dormo! Mi sveglio! Oggi la giornata l'ho dedicata a due cose: Waitomo caves e girare in macchina... Veniamo alle prime. Le grotte in questione sono delle caverne calcaree sotterranee scavate da diversi ...
The Underworld
Hello, My last little adventure in New Zealand took me to the sleepy little town of Waitomo, population of around 30. By rights this place shouldnt even be on the map, and you'd certainly be forgiven for passing through without taking a second ...
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 ...
The bloodchilling thrills of black water ...
... -hour drive from Rotorua, through rolling hills and farmland and across central North Island to the tourist heavy destination of the Waitomo Caves. There are a number of popular ways to view this incredible and deep cave system, including by foot, by ...
Cave Dwellers
... car. It wasn't until some time later though that we realised that we were going in the wrong direction! Our destination was the Waitomo Caves. We decided on a 5 hour adventure and it was well worth it! The wetsuits smelt like they had been worn every day ...
Day 3 - Waitomo - It's Glowing
... away. A really tasty and colorful meal! This morning we picked up our camper van and headed south about 2 1/2 hours to Waitomo. It was a bit of a challenge to get used to the steering wheel on the right and the stick shift on the ...
Black H2O Rafting
Vi var i Waitomo en enkelt dag. Der oesede ned, men det gjorde ingenting; for vi gik under jorden for at se the 'caves'. Absolut et must paa nordoeen, at se disse caves. Vi 'absailed' 35 meter gennem en skakt og stod vi ellers dernede i en flot hule. ...
Caving Adventure
... and headed to the tiny village of Waitomo. We were really excited as we had booked a caving adventure with Waitomo Adventures called Tumu Tumu Toobing. At the adventure centre we met up with our guide Drew(at least I think that was his ...