New Zealand - glowworm caves at Waitomo
Robert and Courtney Schafer
Dec 2006
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Our first full day in New Zealand, we went caving in the Waitomo area with Waitomo Adventures. We chose to do the "Lost World Epic" trip, which started with a 100m abseil (rappel) into the cave and continued with several hours of scrambling, jumping, swimming, and squeezing our way through a really cool cave. We also saw tons of glowworms, although sadly I don't have any pictures of those. I only have a few pictures because we couldn't take our camera - the guides brought one and took a few pictures during the trip. The guides (Iain and Tony) were awesome and we really enjoyed the trip.

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Catherine, Robert, and Courtney get ready for caving Courtney and Robert in full gear Courtney shows she's not afraid of long drops Catherine and Courtney about to start the long abseil Courtney and Robert hanging 300 feet above the ground
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Robert and Courtney at the start of the cave Cool cave formations! Playing in underground waterfalls Robert squeezes through a tight crawl spot Our group at the end of the cave