Waitomo

We woke up early and finished our drive to Waitmomo Caves. We had a caving activity planned for the day. Our caving trip was 5hrs of crawling, scrambling, climbing repelling and zip lining around a pitch black cave with only headlamps. Waitomo caves are famous for their glow warms so switching off your head lamps reveals an eerie green glow. At points we were climbing along 50 feet above a running river or squeezing through an inconceivably tiny crack. The tour was fun but I don’t think caving is our thing. The tour operator also offered a tour where you float through the caves on an inner tube which we think would have been more fun.

Caving complete, we headed into Hamilton and found the Good George Brewery for a flight of beers. Great bar and atmosphere. With not much freedom camping in the city, we headed Keeley Reserve which was closer to Hobbiton.Read more