Waitomo to New Plymouth

After yesterday’s visit to Ruakuri Cave, we‘re on today‘s first tour (9am) to Waitomo Glowworm Cave. It‘s a rather short tour and the stalactites and stalagmites weren’t as impressive as the day before. But we came for the glowworms anyway 😁 since we were the first ones that day the glowworms glowed even more. And the highlight was a little boattour through the pitch black cave surrounded by thousands of glowworms. It was jawdropping.

Yes, the caves are a magnet for tourists and there were masses of groups. Since we were the first ones we didn’t feel the rush.
And make sure to use the underground path to the entrance from the car park if you don’t want to be yelled at, when you want to cross the street 🙈

The following drive to the west coast was beautiful. It‘s like driving through middle earth. Unfortunately missed the three sisters en route, as Greta slept and we wanted to get as far as possible.

Ended up in New Plymouth, but honestly we could of skipped it. Maybe it was because of the strong wind, or that everything’s closed or were closing down that day.Read more