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Tourism The spiral walkway down into the Ruakuri Cave. A day trip to the By 6 Guysers Gazette Issue 10 • Autumn 2017
Waitomo’s original famous Glowworm Cave. The famous Waitomo Caves is by far the most spectacular network of caves in New Zealand and a ‘must do’ when travelling the North Island. If you stay with us at Guysers Gaystay in Rotorua, we can arrange a day tour that includes pick-up and drop-off right from our front door. A recent guest of ours, , from Toronto Canada, did a combo day tour visiting the Glowworm Caves and the Ruakuri Cave. Here is Lee’s story of his day tour... This is my second visit to Rotorua. There is so much to see and do here I just had to return to this lovely town. On this trip I wanted to visit the Glowworm Caves at Waitomo. It was Mike at Guysers Gaystay who advised me that this can be done as a day trip by bus from Rotorua. Waitomo is 180 km from Rotorua (about 2 hours by bus with an early departure). We had a very pleasant bus journey through beautiful countryside and farmlands. I can see now why Peter Jackson chose this area of New Zealand for the Shire movie set! We arrived at the visitor centre in Waitomo by 9 am, and were then instructed on where to congregate for the start of the tour. First up for me was the Glowworm Cave and within minutes we were below ground amongst caverns of stalactites and stalagmites. guysersgaystay.com The complete tour of the Glowworm Cave lasts 45 minutes with a guide that explains the rock formations and glowworm life cycle. A slow boat ride through the dark and silent cave with thousands of glowworms lighting the cave ceiling completes the tour. The glowworms are spectacular and fascinating to see, I must say. We were instructed that no photography is allowed inside the Glowworm Cave and we were asked to keep quite as loud noise or camera flashes will disturb the glowworms and they will stop glowing. The next cave of my ‘combo’ ticket, and indeed the highlight for me, was a one-kilometre guided walk through the Ruakuri Cave. Ruakuri Cave is the longest underground cave in the Waitomo area. It was first discovered by local Māori between 400 and 500 years ago. Continued over... Guysers Gazette 7
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