DISCOVER WAITOMO

Beneath the rolling green fields of the North Island's King Country lie the spectacular Waitomo Caves, one of New Zealand's most popular tourist experiences. Soaring limestone caverns, underground rivers, fascinating rock formations and magical grottos lit by thousands of native glowworms await visitors to Waitomo.

The Waitomo Caves have been drawing tourists since the late 1800s after the subterranean network was discovered by a local Māori chief. Today, thousands of visitors each year come to Waitomo to marvel at the incredible limestone formations and luminescent glowworms hidden in its depths. The more adventurous can also try cave abseiling and rappelling, black water rafting or caving.