Advertisement
« previous next »
Add odd display in the Waitomo visitor center  
   

Add odd display in the Waitomo visitor center

Ruakuri Cave & Kiwi Cultural Show

June 11th 2011
Another busy day started with our 9AM reservation to hike through another cave on a 2-hour guided tour. We were hopeful that our guide on this adventure would actually finish the tour with us. The Ruakuri Cave is one that was only recently reopened to the public (about 6 years ago). The government had been running tours for about 120 years via boat until a Maori burial site was found in one of ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waitomo

New Zealand Flag The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more
Advertisement
Tot: 0.076s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 10; qc: 38; dbt: 0.0482s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb