From Rotorua we continued to Waitomo, where we went straight to some serious caving.

We – once more – changed into wet suits and made our way into a cave with a tube each. The tour included it all – from crawling through tight holes (too small for Michael), jumping of cliffs, going down a waterslide – and most important sitting back and relaxing in an inner tube watching the glowworms on the ceiling.

Later on, a few of us (including myself) went for abseiling in the dark. We did a first abseil into a canyon with lights on to get the feeling … and then a second one in darkness – to then fully appreciate the beauty of the canyon with all the glowworms in there.

— No photos — unfortunately —