Caverns & Caves in Waitomo Caves

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Caverns & Caves in Waitomo Caves

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  • budd44
    Southampton, UK27 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Highly recommend the Ruakuri cave experience our guide lydia was great very informative . Well worth it . I would not recommend the glow cave boat trip not worth it saw more Glow worms in Ruakuri it did not help as our guide was had to
    understand . The caves were really amazing and you do a fair bit of walking not a problem to us but those with limited mobility maybe a problem ,
    Written 31 January 2024
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  • Julia @Scrumptious Solent
    Southampton, UK2,354 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Surprisingly great tour! We booked the Waitomo caves trip and this tour was included in the combo ticket booked by our travel agent. It’s a small group tour of about 20 people which takes around ninety minutes. You walk down an amazing spiral into the caves and the tour guide then leads you through the various caves. You see glowworms on this trip and also people floating through the cave rivers on inner tubes!

    The time passed really quickly and the guide had lots of interesting facts about the caves history and structure to pass on.

    You visit about 1.5km of the total 5km cave length and the experience is really impressive!

    Make sure you visit the toilets at the reception centre before crossing the road and descending the path down to the cave entrance.

    Unlike the Waitomo caves you CAN take photos on this trip!
    Written 18 March 2024
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  • C L
    12 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The Footwhistle private cave tour was amazing. The guide was super friendly, super informative and also super knowledgeable. The glow worms in the cave were a mind blowing experience and even better it was just me and my wife, no crowds. I can't praise them enough and the tour was worth the price. Truly the experience of a lifetime!
    Written 16 February 2024
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  • TomWV12
    Charleston, WV73 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Kyle led our four person tour down into the cave. His family owns the cave. It is amazing to see the glowworms and hear Kyle describe them. The cave is completely dark until Kyle turns on some dim lights or shines his flashlight. Afterwards Kyle prepares tea in a small covered area with tables and chairs. Highly recommend this tour!
    Written 15 January 2024
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  • Liz_Mo1982
    Auckland Central, New Zealand125 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Small cave full of stalagmites. The track from road has quite a few steps and the steps take you down to bottom of the cave. As indicated by others good to have a torch - phone torch works fine - to see the stalagtites in the cave.
    I wouldn’t make journey just to see this cave but worth seeing if out this way already for the natural arch and Marokapa waterfall
    Written 1 May 2022
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