The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti. The small community of Waitomo Caves itself has a population of less than 40, though the village has many temporary service workers living there as well. The word Waitomo comes from the Ma-ori language wai meaning water and tomo meaning a doline or sinkhole; it can thus be translated to be water passing through a hole.
Waitomo Caves – one of the world’s great wonders. An unspoiled cave and karst landscape covered by a vast expanse of farmland with a backdrop of bushclad hills and forest. Beneath this tranquil landscape is 50 km of cave passages, part of a limestone network sculpted by water into underground arches, valleys and outcrops.
Departs daily at 8.00am from Auckland
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