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Waitomo Adventures - Lost World Tour - 4 hrs

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This dry caving adventure while surprisingly gentle is an elating experience not to be missed! Just ask Tom Cruise - he's done it 4 times!

This dry caving adventure while surprisingly gentle is an elating experience not to be missed! Just ask Tom Cruise - he's done it 4 times!

Highlights

  • New Zealand’s largest and arguably most breathtaking commercial cave
  • The unforgettable 100m abseil – the world’s highest commercial abseil into a cave
  • Beautiful glow worm display
  • 30m ladder climb out of the cave system
  • Small tour numbers, max 8 persons 1:4 guide to client ratio
  • Free personalised photos

Your journey to another world begins with an abseil 100m below the earth's surface secured by your guide who descends alongside you.

Slowly you lower into the void, turning on the rope like a spider as the world transforms around you. The light filtering through the mist gives unearthly qualities to the unusual plant life and formations of the cave.

The cavern you have abseiled (rappelled) into is over twice the height of any other cave in Waitomo and it's beauty and grandeur are unsurpassed.

From here you embark on a subterranean adventure back to the surface through another giant cavern. You'll see glow worms, huge limestone formations and conquer a 30-metre long ladder climb.

Waitomo Adventures are a consistent Certificate of Excellence Winner with Trip Advisor and are ranked the number 1 attraction in the area with a 5-star rating - Come and see for yourself why this is a must-do attraction in an experience that will remain with you forever.

Photography: Personalised photos are provided to clients via the internet at no extra charge. No client photography equipment is permitted. Please inquire if you require a private photography tour.

Location: 1227 Waitomo Valley Road, Waitomo

Fitness Test:If the guide(s) on the day have any doubt about a client’s fitness they may ask them to prove it by completing a fitness-test. One quick and simple test we may use is “to step up and down a 20 cm (8 inches) step not less than 45 times in 60 seconds”. We strongly recommend clients complete this test before they book their activity and before they travel to Waitomo. Clients may also be requested to submit to breath-testing for alcohol or other drugs. Where appropriate, guides may at their sole discretion cancel a departure or remove an unsuitable client from a departing trip for any safety-related reason.

Pregnancy: We do not recommend abseiling (rappelling) during the 1st and 3rd trimester due to the need to wear a tight-fitting harness across your waist during the abseil.

All pregnant clients wishing to participate in one of our adventure options must provide a medical certificate from their General Medical Practitioner confirming that they are fit for abseiling (rappelling) and caving.

This policy is required for us to comply with the NZ Adventure Safety Regulations.

Per Person $575.00 (Min age 10 years - please see age restrictions below)

What's included

  • Boots, overalls and specialist caving gear.

Duration

  • Allow approximately 4 hours for the whole experience

Location

  • 1227 Waitomo Valley Road
  • Waitomo

Notes

  • Important: Discount bookings cancelled by you the customer are strictly non-refundable. Discount bookings cancelled well in advance (48hrs+) may at the operator's sole discretion be eligible for a return voucher to enjoy the activity at another date.

    Minimum Age:10 Years. All children under 15 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian or mature adult known to the child and aged 18 years and older.

  • What to bring: Please wear loose fitting, comfortable clothing (Jeans not advised due to being potentially restricting) and thick socks that cover the ankle.

Available Bookings from 17 Dec to 30 Dec 2024

All prices are shown in NZD ($)

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  • Per Person$372.00 Less than 6 at this price!

  • Per Person$575.00

  • Per Person$575.00

  • Per Person$575.00

  • Per Person$575.00

  • Per Person$575.00

Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme

Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme

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hous from Taiwan wrote on 30 September 2019

非常?的嚐試

值得 挑戰

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ching-hsinc from Taiwan wrote on 28 December 2018

Awesome

教練人很好,非常有耐心的陪伴大家

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Pei-wen Cheng from Taiwan wrote on 02 April 2018

很不錯的體驗

很棒也很細心教學,我們三個人一團都沒經驗的,很棒!需要一點點肌力,垂降到快接近底部手會痠,攀爬垂直梯上來也會需要一點體力,雖然上來幾乎都教練幫我拉的>"< 他們幫忙拍的照片都很棒喔~很認真幫我大家找出很好的景來拍,我們還笑說他可以去當攝影師了!

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Yu Fung Chan from Hong Kong wrote on 18 September 2016

Amazing

Really worth for it. Even just a four hour trip, it like a whole day trip. Not just walk and climb . The 100m abseil was crazy, can't imagine I was fly in the sky. And you van see the green glow worm.

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SF from Hong Kong wrote on 22 August 2016

Excellent

Excellent

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