Black Water Rafting in Waitomo - New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year – Backpacking Guide New Zealand
Day 27: Today we are doing the Black Labyrinth tour with The Legendary Black Water Rafting Company in the Waitomo Caves! Join us underground!
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New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year where we are doing 365 Activities: 365 Days has brought us to Waitomo! We join the Black Labyrinth Tour with The Legendary Black Water Rafting Company to explore the Waitomo Caves and see some glowworms.
After suiting up in wetsuits, boots and a helmet, we get ourselves an inflatable tube and head underground to play around in the Waitomo Caves’ epic waterfalls and rapids. That’s why they call it Black Water Rafting! We follow our guide through a stunning cave system, seeing glowworms and beautiful rock formations. We’re jumping off waterfalls, seeing eels, scrambling over ancient rock formations – it’s a real adventure.
Black Water Rafting in the Waitomo Caves is an absolute must-do in New Zealand and we’ll be checking out the other Black Water Rafting Tours in the next few days so don’t miss it!
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This year, Robin and Laura from BackpackerGuide.NZ are doing 365 activities in 365 days! We call it New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year! We’re showing you as many of New Zealand’s activities and things to do as possible on this epic backpacking trip around New Zealand. Make sure to subscribe!
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Our New Zealand Roadtrip has begun with Wild Kiwi! We are leaving Auckland and making our way down to Raglan, check out the incredibly unique glowworms at Waitomo Caves and end our day with a little bit of adventure!
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Black Abyss Cave Tour in Waitomo - New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year – Backpacking Guide New Zealand
Day 31: Today we are going on a cave tour in Waitomo called the Black Abyss! It’s with Black Water Rafting and it’s the most extreme caving we’ve done yet!
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Day 31 brings us back to the Waitomo Caves for the grand finale: the Black Abyss Cave Tour in Waitomo! We’ve tried out the other Waitomo caving tours, the walking tours and some free activities in Waitomo – check our other videos for that – but today is the big one: The Black Abyss with Black Water Rafting!
Abseiling, caving, climbing, tubing, jumping, ziplining... we do it all in the Black Abyss Cave Tour in Waitomo. It’s a wild adventure through the famous Waitomo glowworm caves. Join us for this awesome adventure in New Zealand! Would you do this cave tour in Waitomo?
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Honeymoon in New Zealand, Day 4
February 11, 2015 - Driving south from Rotorua to Tongariro National Park through the North Island countryside, stopping along the way to go black water rafting in the Waitomo Glowworm Caves.
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Explore Waitomo and the caves with Kiwi Experience
Welcome to Waitomo, (wai meaning water, tomo meaning cave) where you will get the chance to visit world famous Waitomo Glowworm Caves.
Make the most of your stay in this unique place and get underground with The Legendary Black Water Rafting Co., New Zealand’s original black water rafting adventure operator.
Become part of the legend and explore some of the vast series of limestone caves including (but not limited to) jumping backwards off waterfalls, abseiling and gaping at glow worms.
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New Zealand Waitomo Glow Worm caves & Black Water Rafting
I went on a weekend trip down to the Waitomo caves, located 2 hours south of Auckland, New Zealand to see the incredible glow worms. I explored two caves including the Ruakuri cave where you are allowed to take photos and videos, did some black water rafting and stayed overnight at the gorgeous Free Range Farmstay Air BnB.
Here's a recap of my weekend away. I took my mum along for the ride and yes she also took part in the black water rafting (and loved it)!!
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Glow Worm Caves of New Zealand in 360° | National Geographic
Deep below ground strange carnivorous worms glow and twinkle like the night sky to attract their prey.
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Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the northern King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti.
Discover Waitomo Caves New Zealand
Marvel at Mother Nature's light display as you glide silently through the starry wonderland of the Glowworm Grotto. Meander underground along the Waitomo River and gaze in silence at the myriad of glow worm lights that make up the Glowworm Grotto.
As you enter this galaxy of tiny living lights, you'll immediately experience a serene ambience and be fascinated and intrigued by tiny glowworms that light your way.
Discover Waitomo Glowworm Caves | New Zealand
Discover the Waitomo Glowworm Caves, New Zealand's natural highlight.
World renowned and a magnet for both local and overseas visitors, the Waitomo Glowworm Caves occupy a high placing in the New Zealand vacation wish-list.
The glow worm, Arachnocampa luminosa, is unique to New Zealand. Thousands of these tiny creatures radiate their unmistakable luminescent light as our expert guides provide informative commentary on the Caves' historical and geological significance.
Waitomo Glowworm Caves are a must see for any traveller. Enjoy the world famous boat ride under thousands of magical glowworms and become a part of over 120 years of cultural and natural history.
Ruakuri Cave is Waitomo's longest underground guided walking tour.
According to Maori legend, Ruakuri Cave (rua meaning den, and kuri meaning dog) was first discovered 400-500 years ago by a young Maori hunting for birds. He was attacked by wild dogs just outside the original cave entrance. Re-opened in 2005, this cave is now an amazing example of engineering and natural cave structure.
Ruakuri Cave offers a captivating blend of Waitomo's most compelling subterranean experiences. Journey down through the spectacular spiral entrance, and marvel at the softly folding shawl-like limestone formations and crystal tapestries. Hear the distant thunder of the subterranean waterfalls and get up close to the glowworms.
With clever and innovative design, Ruakuri Cave has full wheelchair and pushchair access.
Aranui Cave is set in the Ruakuri Scenic Reserve, 5 minutes drive from the Waitomo Glowworm Caves. It is named after Ruruku Aranui, the local Maori man who first discovered this previously hidden gem back in 1910.
Aranui Cave has a natural cave entrance and is the smallest and most delicate of Waitomo's three main caves. As a dry cave without a river running through it, it houses very little life past its entrance.
However, just inside the entrance is a colony of native New Zealand cave wetas and further into the cave is the most beautiful collection of stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones and decorative formations.
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Updated version of this video featuring the brand new adventure Black Odyssey youtube.com/embed/LKMUqxC1QBU
The Legendary Black Water Rafting Company is New Zealand's first black water rafting adventure operator. We've been sharing thrills and excitement since 1987, and have experienced guides who will take you safely through the stunning underworld of Ruakuri Cave.
What began as a special treat for a brave few has developed into a spectacular tourism attraction that gives visitors of all ages the chance to abseil, weave, jump, and float through a glowworm-studded subterranean wonderland below Waitomo.
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To book go to - An exhilarating underground caving and rafting adventure. Three tours to choose from - namely Black Labyrinth, Black Abyss and all new Black Odyssey, there is something to suit all adventurous spirits.
The Legendary Black Water Rafting Co. is New Zealand's first black water rafting adventure operator. And it's also the only tour that takes you through the incomparable Ruakuri Cave.
Each Waitomo Caves Black Water Rafting expedition includes around 6-12 people guided by expert guides who will support and encourage you through the whole breathtaking caving tour.
Blackwater Rafting the Glow Worm Caves of Waitomo in Newzealand
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Black Water Rafting '16, Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
A MUST DO on North Island New Zealand. Waitomo Caves Rafting and Glow Worm Caves is an Adventure of a Lifetime! No personal cameras/videos allowed!
Waitomo's Lights - Avatar in Real Life - 4k
Waitomo is the centre of the universe for glow worms in New Zealand. With cave, boat and black water rafting tours, there are plenty of glow worm adventures. This time-lapse video was a made as a follow-up to our previous glowworm video Glowworms in Motion ( which won the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year - Timelapse award. We shot this one mainly for the love of spending time underground beneath the twinkling lights of glow worm galaxies. We initially thought the 60 hours spent in caves to make the first video would satisfy us but as we are finding out there is something addictive about underground photography. The more difficult the better. This one took 30 hours underground and over 3000 pictures were taken in that time. We hope you enjoy it!
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Special thanks to Jenna for having the patience to spend hours underground with me and also Ilya Inov for subbing in for Jenna at one point to get the last sequences. Ilya may have actually enjoyed his 16 hours underground more than me. He posts his photography work here:
Also, a shout out to Mr. Glowworm Cave (Logan Doull) for making sure we didn't get lost underground and protecting us from the eels ;)
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Cave Rafting for Glow Worms in New Zealand
Charleston New Zealand - a cave tour the finishes with a inner tube float while looking at glow worms. Trip was awesome!