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In this region huge shafts drop abruptly through the surface of the ground, revealing underground cave systems.
In some, among the tangled shapes of stalagmites and stalactites, glow-worms create mini Milky Way's on rocky cave walls and roofs. Others have their own appeal: high chambers with pale brown, pink and white stalactites, or long caves that can be explored by a black-water raft excursion where you drift through the darkness along underground rivers.
For the more adventurous, there are caves reached by abseil descents, canyons for tubing and adventurous underground scrambles. At the heart of this underground paradise the town of Waitomo is a convenient stop between Auckland and North Island’s thermal centres of Taupo or Rotorua.
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- Rotorua 63 miles away
- Waikato 65 miles away
- Tauranga 71 miles away
- Tongariro National Park 71 miles away
- North Island 72 miles away
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- Bay of Plenty 80 miles away
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- Auckland 100 miles away
- Coromandel Peninsula 101 miles away
- Devonport 101 miles away
- Waiheke Island 102 miles away
- Whanganui National Park 116 miles away
- Napier 130 miles away
- Warkworth 132 miles away
- Hastings 134 miles away
- Hawke's Bay 137 miles away
- Great Barrier Island 145 miles away
- Eastland & Gisborne 162 miles away
- The Kapiti Coast 181 miles away
- Greytown 196 miles away
- The Kauri Coast 198 miles away
- Wairarapa & surrounds 200 miles away
- Martinborough 206 miles away
- Marlborough Sounds 207 miles away
- Wellington 210 miles away
- Collingwood & Farewell Spit 211 miles away
- Paihia 214 miles away
- Russell 215 miles away
- Abel Tasman National Park 217 miles away
- Picton 218 miles away
- Bay of Islands 220 miles away
- Kerikeri 220 miles away
- Nelson 230 miles away
- Blenheim 233 miles away
- Matauri Bay 234 miles away
- Kahurangi National Park 245 miles away
- 90 Mile Beach & Cape Reinga 270 miles away
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