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Waitomo Caves Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
Afslapningsdag
... cafe. Dejligt afslappende! Herefter korte vi igennem en lille by, hvor vi holdt frokostpause, og omkring kl 1.30 ankom vi til Waitomo. En meget lille "by", hvor der faktisk ikke engang er en kiosk. Heldigvis havde vi dog kobt ind til vores aftensmad paa ...
Splashing around in pitch black underground caves!
Waitomo - Waitomo is an area known for its glow-worm caves, black-water rafting and abseiling. We went black-water rafting......which entails putting on a wet suit, climbing into an underground cave that has a river flowing through it and floating ...
Into the long dark
The highlight of Waitomo was, of course, the glow-worm caves. We booked a tour with Rap, Raft 'n' Rock who specialize in small group outings and let the group experience all the different activities one can do in and around a cave. We met ...
Glow Worms and Bed Bugs!
Got up really early and for some reason was very itchy but went straight to Rock, Raft and Rope in Waitomo for their 5 hour adventure. I was standing in the office putting on a wetsuit when the boss asked me to turn around. The look on his face made me ...
Black Water Rafting
... had huge horns and lovely fluffy hair and you could hear them rip the grass as they grazed. After the waiting around we got to Waitomo and Mol and I signed up for the caving trip called 'Black Labryinth’ a 3 hour caving experience to see the famous ...
Simply Glowing!
We are trying to stay up-to-date on the blog but it is a challenge in New Zealand! We are having such a great time hiking and camping and being outdoors so it is hard to get inside and camp out in front of the computer. But, we want to share with you ...
Glow worms a go-go in Waitomo!
... Taupo on route to the tiny town/hamlet/spec of Waitomo. This little place, according to Shawna, is the Glow Worm capital of New Zealand (and in fact, it is the last known location of her cell phone before it went MIA, when she last was here). ...
Are we caving mad?
... down in the cave. Onwards to Taupo which is roughly a 2hr trip. There we are planning to do the ultimate skydive and the Tongariro alpine crossing described in the Lonely Planet as one of the best walks in NZ and the world! You gotta love New ...
The Jolly Ranchers
... to be more like a ranch, it was brilliant!! This time we had 2 pet pigs, a deer, a goat and a horse! Very random! Waitomo is a really strange village that is all situated along one road where everyone is offereing trips into the caves. The big deal round ...
Glowworms
... on homemade blueberry pancakes before taking some pictures of our B&B's pigs and sheep and heading to the town of Waitomo. In Waitomo we strapped on hard hats and grabbed headlamps and checked out their glowworm caves. The worms are actually ...
Glow worms, cold water and waterfalls oh my
One activity that we all were looking forward to trying was Blackwater rafting through glow worm caves. As we left Port Waikto and viewing the limestone cliffs where they filmed LOTR Weathertop scene, the excitement and nervousness kicked in. We all had ...
Glow-worms and the Forgotten World Highway
We get up early, pack up our van and drive across the road to experience the famous glow-worms at the Waitomo Caves; these particular type of glow-worms are found exclusively in New Zealand. Along the tour we see the largest rock formation called the Pipe ...
More Cavin...
We spent just one night in Waitomo visiting the famous glowworm caves. Tara had the bright idea that we pay $100 each to "Blackwater "Raft" " inside the caves. The idea sounded like it would be more fun than it turned out to be. First, they gave us wet, 5 ...
Hot Springs & Black Water Rafting
... it. Now let me tell you, we need to get these in Canada, as they are great fun…and even better exercise! Waitomo was next on our journey, famed for their impressive network of limestone caves filled with glow worms. We debated at great length ...
Kiwi Cave Rafting in Waitomo
... die Unterwelt berichten ;-) Wenn man nämlich, so wie ich, gerne mal lebend unter die Erde möchte, dann sind die "Waitomo Caves" dem Tode vorzuziehen. Erstere können allerdings auch mit letzt genanntem kombiniert werden, wenn man dumm genug ist eine der ...
Waitomo reunion!
As soon as we got into North Island we made our way north to meet up with El and Kev at Waitomo. First up was some black water rafting on a rubber inner tube within the "glow worm" caves. This was much less scary than anticipated, the technique was ...
From 12000m above the ground to 100m below...
... when you drive on the LEFT side of the road that you still yield to people coming from the RIGHT?! The drive down to Waitomo actually went rather well, the only real difficulty turned out to be our lane-placement... We did NOT go off-roading ;) ...
Hills, Trees, Caves and Glowworms
... Paul trying to change gear when he momentarily forgets that he doesn't need to. We set off from Auckland heading towards Waitomo caves on Saturday morning, the weather was pretty bad, lashing down with rain and quite cold. After being stuck in ...
WaCkY Waitomo
Me and Oonagh have kick started our New Zealand adventure fun with a five hour caving epic. The waitomo region is famous for its glow worms, and for only fifty pounds we went abseiling, rock climbing, black water rafting, caving and saw some of those ...
Waitomo
... our way out of Auckland which was surprisingly easy as there aren't many main roads and very little traffic. We arrived at Waitomo in early afternoon and so headed straight off to see some of the caves and glow worms they are famous for. They ...
"Black water rafting" in Waitomo
Waitomo Caves are famous for their star-like glow worms so we thought this place would be worth a visit. Emma (not Barry) signed up for a "black water rafting experience" where you go through the caves on an inner tube wearing a wetsuit and a helmet ...
Glow worms
Caves with bug larva that glowed and made the inside of the caves look like the night sky with ...
Waitomo Gloworm Caves
... water raft (which is basically tubing down the rivers), abseil down the tomos and just generally crawl around in the caves. On arrival in the Waitomo village, the Spellbound shuttle took about 10 of us, on a half hour journey onto private farm land to ...
Caving and flying foxing!
... ! On the way to the exit the caves were covered with wetas - huge grasshopper-like insects that are native to New Zealand. We then went back to Waitomo Caves after a long day, cooked up a great bbq before conking out! We're off to New Plymouth ...
maggot wee and dark holes
Well the last entry said we were going to rotarua but not quite right we off to see waitomo caves before we get there. A quick morning tour of auckland is had before we head down to waitomo. We stop at a weird little campsite that ...
Glow Worms or Maggot poop
... was the glow worm caves. We went on a tour with a company called Spellbound. They took us by minibus to some caves a little way outside of Waitomo. We were equipped with hard hats and torches, and set off on foot into the caves. In the first ...
Going Deeper Underground
... Zeit! So muss ich auch am Tag nach dem Paddelvergnuegen frueh aufstehen und meinen Corolla die 200 km nach Waitomo jagen...das Gebiet dort ist durchzogen von unglaublich vielen Hoehlen die mit unterirdischen Fluessen und Millionen von Gluehwuermchen ...