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Rotorua to Waitomo and back to Auckland
(Jul 10 '06)
"Gliding through the water in absolute silence and seeing the myriad of tiny gloworm lights glittering, glimmering and reflecting off the water was a magical experience."
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Adventure #2: caving 90m underground
(Feb 16 '06)
"rockclimbing, waterfall abseilling (ie rappelling) and general wading through cold underwater rivers with wetsuits on...all down to 90meters underground!!"
A more mellow glowworm cave day with Avani
(Apr 08 '07)
"The bright blue glow emanates from the glowworm's butt, a fact that Avani loved!"
On Easter Sunday, we woke up early and hid eggs for Avani outside of our vacation cottage. She had a great time finding ...
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Waitomo Caves Tour
(Dec 19 '06)
On the 19th we woke up to pouring rain but luckily this didn't matter as we were spending the majority of the day in the car. We checked out of our hostel and left Whitianga at 10am. Due to the lovely ...
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Waitomo
(Nov 19 '06)
Waitomo itself is a very small place and people visit for one reason, to see the caves & resident glow worms! As it was such a small place, not much in the way of places to eat so had little ...
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Wiatomo Caves. Abseiling and Black Water Rafting.
(Sep 14 '06)
My god...we're nearly up to date and my time runs out in 4mins!
Arrived here early feeling none too good and went for a walk into town to get some food etc. This place is amazing, am in the middle ...
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Day 45
(Mar 05 '07)
"I thought a single kayak was hard enough I’d have no chance with a Waka, especially Ngatokimatawhaorua!"
Monday 5th March
After yesterdays excitement today seemed quite numb, once we had showered ...
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Hiking through the Ruakuri Scenic Reserve
(Apr 06 '07)
"We crossed a suspension bridge, then started heading uphill to a beautiful limestone cave."
We thought we'd just go through a nice stroll on a scenic reserve. But as is typical for New Zealand, an ...
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Days 4 and 5: Off to the caving capital of the world
(Dec 02 '06)
Got up early to catch the 8:15 bus to Waitomo
Got to Waitomo as 11:15am
Checked out the 'city', which is basically 1 road filled with places to buy tickets to different caving activities
Chec ...
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Our adventure caving day sans Avani
(Apr 07 '07)
"We trekked through the subterranean river and deep into the underground cave system."
On Saturday, after dropping Avani off with the Haggas family (of "Haggas Honking Hole" fame), we decided on an ...
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Waitomo
(Feb 19 '08)
Dotted throughout the countryside in and around Waitomo are numerous shafts (300 documented) dropping abruptly into underground cave systems and streams. We booked a trip to go 'blackwater rafting', ...
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Fifth Leg: Part II: Waitomo Caves
(Dec 03 '07)
"If I had money, it would be a wonderful place to play golf-- ok, ok, if I had money AND could play golf, it would be, anyway:)"
New Zealand, Waitomo: Glow-in-the-Dark Cave Worms
(Oct 25 '07)
"Seeing the glowworms all over the ceiling of the cave emitting their tiny beams of light was something that neither of us will ever forget"
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