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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. The community of Waitomo Caves itself is very small, though the village has many temporary service workers living there as well. The word Waitomo comes from the Māori language wai meaning water and tomo meaning a doline or sinkhole; it can thus be translated to be water passing through a hole. These Caves are believed to be over two million years old
Caving
Early history
The limestone landscape of the Waitomo District area has been the centre of increasingly popular commercial caving tourism from as early as 1900. Initially mostly consisting of impromptu trips guided by local Māori, large sections of cave near Waitomo Caves were later taken over by the Crown and managed as a (relatively genteel) tourism attraction from 1904 onwards.
Modern days
Today, a number of companies, large and small, specialise in leading tourists through the caves of the area, from easily accessible areas with hundreds of tourists per hour in the peak season, to extreme sports-like crawls into cave systems which are only seen by a few tourists each day. A visit to Waitomo Caves made Number 14 amongst a list of 101 Kiwi must-do's in a New Zealand Automobile Association poll of over 20,000 motorists published 2007, and in 2004, around 400,000 visitors entered caves in the area.
Main caves
The main caves in the area are the Waitomo Glowworm Cave, Ruakuri Cave, Aranui Cave and Gardner's Gut. They are noted for their stalactite and stalagmite displays, and for the presence of glowworms (the fungus gnat Arachnocampa luminosa).
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15 Days Auckland North Island,New Zealand Trip -Aug 2017 新西兰北部自驾游
8/8/2017 tuesday
MAS airline KUL-AKL,10hours flight
Ibis hotel -1 night,nearby airport
9/8/2017 Wednesday
Overnight at Hamilton Area
10/8/2016 Thursday
-Waimoto Glow Caves & Ararui Caves $NZ 89/adult
-Otorohanga kiwi house $NZ 24/ adult, $8/child
Overnight at Mangaokewa Scenic Reserve,Te Kuiti
11/8/2017 Friday
-Omaru Falls
Overnight at Taumarunui Holiday Park
12/8/2017 Saturday
Heading to owhango
-national park
Overnight at Taupo scenic reserve
13/8/2017 Sunday
-Huka falls
-Huka prawn park
-Huka bee hive
Overnight at Taupo
14/8/2017 Monday
-Glass blowing gallery
Overnight at Waikite Valley Thermal Spring & Spa Pool
15/8/2017 Tuesday
-Wai-o Tau Po Thermal wonderland
-Blue Lake
Overnight at Rotorua Lake Front
16/8/2017 Wednesday
-Rotorua SkyLine & Luge $NZ 59/adult, $49/child
Overnight At Willow Heaven Park
17/8/2017 Thursday
-Te Puia Geothermal Valley, $NZ59/ adult, $29/child
-Blue Lake
-Red Woods, $NZ 25/adult, $15/child
Overnight At Willow Heaven Park
18/8/2017 Friday
-Hobbiton the movie set @ Matamata
Entry ticket $NZ 80/Adult
-Blue Spring
Overnight at Mary Beach Reserve,Tairua
19/8/2017 Saturday
-Colenso Country Cafe,Mandarin Orchard
-Hot water beach
Overnight at TOP 10 holiday park,hot water beach
20/8/2017 Sunday
-Driving creek Railway
Overnight at Thames town
21/8/2017 Monday
Overnight at Miranda Holiday Park with thermal pool
22/8/2017 Tuesday
Drive back Auckland city -1hour
MAS ACK-KUL 11.5hours flight
Remark: camper van rental - JUCY
$NZ1400
The most beautiful places of the world - Waitomo Caves
The Waitomo Caves is a village and solutional 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. The community of Waitomo Caves itself is very small, though the village has many temporary service workers living there as well. The word Waitomo comes from the Māori language wai meaning water and tomo meaning a doline or sinkhole; it can thus be translated to be water passing through a hole. The caves are formed in Oligocene limestone.
The caves were carved by underground streams pushing through soft limestone over thousands of years. Many have amazing stalactites growing down from the ceiling and stalagmites growing up from the cave floor, pointy cones of layered rock formed over centuries by dripping water. The cave walls are also decorated with galaxies of native glow worms.
The easiest way to see the caves is with a walking or boat tour. If you’re into adventure, try the unique experience of blackwater rafting - you'll crawl, swim and float through the caves on a rubber tube. Or you could abseil or zip-line through the darkness. However you choose to explore Waitomo Caves, you're bound to agree they're a wonder of nature.
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Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton (Māori: Kirikiriroa) is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato Region, in the North Island of New Zealand.
The city encompasses a land area of about 110 km2 (42 sq mi) on the banks of the Waikato River, and is home to 153,100 people, making it New Zealand's fourth most-populous city. Hamilton City is part of the wider Hamilton Urban Area, which also encompasses the nearby towns of Ngaruawahia, Te Awamutu and Cambridge.
Initially an agricultural service centre, Hamilton now has a growing and diverse economy and is the third fastest growing urban area in New Zealand (behind Pukekohe and Auckland). Education and research and development play an important part in Hamilton's economy, as the city is home to approximately 40,000 tertiary students and 1,000 PhD-qualified scientists.
New Zealand tourist train The Overlander near Te Kuiti
Overlander Tourist train, enroute from Auckland to Wellington, on the long climb out of Te Kuiti.