Today we went on a day trip to Waitomo caves. It was an early rise and long-ish journey, but still well worth it. Unfortunately due to the coach time we only got an hour in Waitomo, so we had to do the shortest tour available (45 minutes). I really fancied a tour where you got to slide down a slope and jump of a waterfall, but that took 2 1/2 hours The caves were amazing. They are full of Glow Worms, which when in the dark do just that. The tour guide took us down into the caves and explained about them, the caves and then boarded us onto a boat. He took us into what would have been a pitch black cave if it wasn't for the thousands of glow worms above us.....amazing. Unfortunately
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