28 - 30 Dececember 2010
After Auckland we drove for several hours on a very hilly winding one lane “highway” down to the Waitomo Caves, on the way stopping at Mike’s Brewery and sampled/bought a few delicious organic beers and we took a detour to Kawhia which was recommended by Shannon as a great local hot water beach. Unfortunately, you have to time it right otherwise the tide is too high and it covers the beach area where you would need to dig your hole for the “hot” beach. Finally at the caves we abseiled into them, did some caving in tight spaces, saw some glow worms (exactly what it sounds like, worms that glow in the dark), did some rafting and then finally rock climbed out of the caves. It was a pretty cool experience, the rock formations inside the cave were spectacular and it is definitely something we would recommend. If anyone’s interested we used Rap, Raft ‘n’ Rock as our tour guide. After the caves we headed to Plymouth and not only got to see a colorful sunset over the Tasman Sea but went to the park for the festival of lights...kind of trippy.
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