Today we drove an hour or so south of Hamilton to Waitomo, famous for its large cave system and glow worms. We had been recommended a trip where you go “black water rafting” – you don a wetsuit and hard hat and spend a few hours scrambling and floating through the water filled caves on an inner tube, much of it without torches so the only light is the glow worms (or rather their poo, which is what actually glows)!
The water was pretty nippy (jumping backwards off a waterfall into pitch black cold water was a bit of a shock!), but we had a great couple of hours and saw lots and lots of glow worms.
We’re camped down the road at Otorohanga, next to a native bird park, so maybe we’ll see some Kiwi birds tomorrow…
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