After another ridiculously early start we headed out to Waitomo for a spot of black water rafting- our original bus driver had told us we had to stay there but once we were on the bus the bus driver said we could go straight to Rotorua and not stay in Waitomo, which was a damn good thing seeing as there were 4 shops and nothing else to do! Black Water Rafting was so much fun- we got all kitted up in wetsuits, shorts, helmets, gum boots and got in the bus to be driven to Ruakuri Cave. When we arrived we were each given a rubber ring type thing (from the wheel of a car) and we stood on this jetty into the river to practise our jumping technique for off the waterfalls in the caves-
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