Throw me the whip! Give me the Idol!

If you can name the movie where that line comes from there might be some sort of reward.

The day after Tongariro Crossing brought us to Waitomo.  The only thing in Waitomo are the Waitomo Caves.  The caves are reknowned for adventure.  We booked to the caving that had the highest "Rambo Rating".  What this adventure invovled was abseiling (controlled rate of descent down a sheer face), squeezing through tight holes and rock climbing.

Starting at the top of the first of three abseils, we straped into the line, swung out over the edge and abseiled down the ~20m drop into the darkness of the cave.  Moving further into the darkness and deeper into the caves we found ourselves at the top of a waterfall.  This was the second abseil.  Over the edge of the waterfall and finishing in a tiny cavern underneath.  There seemed to be no way out of the cavern.  After some hunting around Kev managed to follow the waterflow and found the tiny hole to squeeze through, that led to yet another waterfall - our third and final abseil.  The last abseil dropped us to about 80m below the ground.  Just an amazing experience.  Once at that depth we moved along the caves seeing glow worms and learning about rock formations, always taking the tightest path and smallest holes.  For a bit of fun our guide led us through a rock formation known as the "Torpedo Tubes".  This led us to several rock climbs and ladders that would eventually lead us out of the caves.  Not before stopping for a quick snack of lemonade and chocolate in "The Cathedral".

Sadly, no pictures from this adventure.