The waitomo Caves (day 6)

On the second day in New Zealand we decided to go to another cave because of the amazing view we got in Jamaica. So we went to the  Waitomo Caves, The limestone Waitomo Caves attract more than 400,000 visitors every year to their spectacular glow-worm grotto and caverns. The cave system was first explored in 1887, and from 1905 it was managed by the New Zealand government’s Tourist Department. Today black-water rafting is popular with more adventurous visitors.



We wanted to go rafting, but the waitlist was to long so we decided on a normal tour instead. The cave had a different color than the green grotto caves, but i think that is mostly because they had placed some spotlights that had a blue-ish light. The difference was the glowworms they give a beautiful lighting, like stars in the sky.



In this tour the guide had more people with him so we didnt get as much focus as in the green grotto caves, but still we had an amazing time!
On the way back to the hotel we went to the bank to take out some cash, but soon found out that someone had slid and chares into the bank. Luckily noone was hurt in the accident.
After an exhousting day we went to the hotel to sleep of some of the tiredness so that we were in good shape when we are going to mount reapehu to go boarding and skiing in the best snow facility in New Zealand.

glow worm picture
http://www.newzealand.com/us/article/the-underground-glories-of-waitomo-roadside-stories/