Waitomo_caves = “brillant”
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: December 3, 2008
I had great fun in Waitomo caves.
I went with Rap, Raft ‘n’ Rock and also stayed at their accomodation. They persuaded me to get up for the first tour, because there was only one other person on it when I booked. There was still only one other person on it when we did it, and consequently, we got to spend around 45 minutes longer than a fully booked (6 person) tour down in the caves. Climbing up muddy walls and squeezing through cramped tunnels.
The guide, Simon, took a load of photos which I was able to buy for $20 for a CD (also with some stock photos of the cave).
PS. Rap stands for rappelling, which is what Americans call abseiling, we didn’t rip up some wack subterrainian rhymes while the DJ revolved it.
4 Responses to "Waitomo_caves = “brillant”"
December 8, 2008 at 10:52 am
Hi there kidda.
Looks great – but do they have an alternative route for people my shape? I would not want to test Les’s theory that, should a person get stuck, they could just be left for a day or two to lose weight!
December 10, 2008 at 12:45 am
Yeah the main cave is really wide, we just crawled through some holes for fun.
Also, there’s another company taking people up another part of the cave on a boat, if they don’t want to climb and wade around…
It’s the same cave that David Attenborough filmed in for “life underground”. I didn’t actually upload the photos of the glow worms glowing, did I? The threads dangling down from the roof are spun by the glow worms to catch food (who are attracted to the glowing).
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December 4, 2008 at 9:52 am
Well I will just have to take your work for it that is was ‘brilliant’. Not sure I would want to be half submerged in cold water underground in a narrow space.