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Tried twice. Failed twice.
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 Our trip to Waitomo was an awesome experience. We started off the day leaving at 6:00am and stopping at McDonalds on the way, only to confirm my stomach’s hate for fast food. Mat, the awesome Kiwi we met from Victoria University, was our chauffeur for the weekend. He had never been to the caves either so he thought he’d join in and we had no objections since he would be using his car to take us and we wouldn’t have to pay to rent one! 

We made it to Tangariro National Park in pretty good time. We tramped the 3 hour Taranaki Falls track. Awesome track with amazing views. Rained a bit but we had a lot of fun.

    We started the next morning at the caves and took on Haggus Honking Holes. We repelled down 3 waterfalls, witnessed and learned about the Glow Worms of New Zealand, and swam in some freezing, refreshingly clear water. It was awesome and everything I hoped it would be! We weren’t allowed to take anything with us so pictures are select in the area of the caving but I did get some, the ones they took of us. 

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Oh yeah, we also came across a few LOTR filming locations.