Waitomo Lodge Te Kuiti
State Hwy 3, N end of Te Kuiti Te Kuiti, North Island, New Zealand
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The Black Labyrinth
... walked in ankle or calf-deep water which was rushing into the cave, venturing further into the darkness. The water was not as cold as I anticipated and my hands were quite fine. It was a little chilly when you raised your arms and water trickled down your armpits. Other than that, and walking carefully so as not to turn over an ankle, it was quite OK for me. I was so surprised to see how high the ceiling of the cave system was – clearly very old, considering how much water ...
Black Water Rafting
... not worth $120. I don't have any pictures because it was all in water, sorry!
It's called black water rafting because you go down the river in the caves where it's pitch black. We all geared up in wetsuits and helmets with miners' lamps, then drove out to pick up our inner tubes. We practiced for the waterfall we'd be jumping off by jumping backwards off of a little dock into the river. Then we drove a little further to the caves.
We ...
"Shiny maggot poo"
... view of the hundreds and thousands of glow worms! It was absolutely beautiful...the glow worms looks like a starry night sky.
Our guide the told us that what we were actually looking at was 'shiny maggot poo' ha ha! Apparently the worms 'poo' is shiny and irridescent to encourage to attract food to fly up to the top of the cave where the worms can reach it.
The caving lasted a few hours and by the end I must admit I was ready to get dry and warm ...
Glow in the Dark!
... my arms, head and body I began to feel really claustrophobic! The thought of knowing you are deep underground in a tiny passage of a cave started to stress me a little, but with a line of people behind me I knew I had to keep on going! The passage was about 30 meters and I was grateful when it opened up into a bigger cave!! Checking Kyrstn was ok, she was completely fine and at ease! The ironic part being that had we known this was involved, Kyrstn would never ...
Glowing Underground
... across the cavern using overhead ropes. Everyone in the boat was silent, the cave was silent bar the slight noise of trickling water and the movement of the tour guide traversing us along. Across the ceiling the Glowworms stuck in huge numbers and the green bio-lumescence stood out in the darkness as pinpricks of light. The Glowworms lit the ceiling along the route of the river like the thousand night sky did across the campsite just a couple of nights previous.
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