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Published: September 27th 2010
This morning as we were leaving our site, we talked to a guy who had camped there. He was hiking the Highway, which was super impressive. We continued on the Forgotten World Highway and went through the Moki Tunnel, which was built in 1936 This one-way 180m tunnel is also known as ‘Hobbits Hole’, and the site where unique giant crab fossils were found during construction. It was really cool.
We then went on a bunch of unsealed road to get to Mt. Damper falls, which is the North Island's highest waterfall. It was pretty cool...even if we couldn't see the whole thing (just the top part). The walk to and from the waterfall was a little tough because it had rained a lot, so there was a lot of squishy ground, mud puddles and sheep poop to avoid (also sheep). It was really serene and empty out though. It felt forgotten and pure.
We got the the Waitomo Caves this afternoon. After finding a spot for the night, we booked a trip to the Glowworm Caves and set up to go Black Water Rafting tomorrow. We went to the Glowworm cave, which seemed like a much more spacious
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had to wait for the sheep to move.(and commercial) cave than others we have been in. They have 'the cathedral' part which they have concerts in. There were a lot of formations in there as well. You can tell it's a popular cave because they have the walkway paved nicely with good handrails. At the end we got on a boat (and since there was only 5 of us) and we got to each lay down on a bench to look up at the ceiling. There were more glowworms here than anywhere else we've been. It's pretty amazing to see them all. It was so quiet and nice to be able to lay down and just look up.
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