Saturday, 30 October 2021

Waitomo Caves

 
 


Just a 2 hour or so drive south of Auckland you will find the Waitomo district.  It is most famous for its glowworm caves.  You'll not only see the glowworms but also stalactites and stalagmites. (As an aside I remember which hang down and which grow up by saying tights come down and mites grow up)

 


There are easy tours of the caves in boats which I remember visiting as a youngster.  For adrenaline junkies you can do more extreme sports including black water rafting, caving and abseiling.

 


Waitomo is a combination of 2 Maori words – wai for water and tomo for hole or shaft.

 


The caves were operated by private hotel businesses until 1989 when they were returned to the original iwi that owned them.

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