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Private Tour: Waitomo Caves Day Trip from Auckland | 7 hours to 8 hours

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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: Norwegian (Bokmal), German, Swedish, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Danish, Dutch
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Light refreshments and bottled water
  • Private driver/guide
  • Transport by private vehicle
  • Entrance Tickets
  • Food and drinks
  • Personal expenses

Overview

See the popular attraction of Waitomo Caves on this private day trip from Auckland. Whisk through the 'City of Sails' with a quick introduction by your personal guide, then travel by private vehicle to the caverns brightly lit with glowworms. A boat ride through the Glowworm Grotto is an unparalleled experience you won't soon forget and is run in groups through the caves.

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Pickup available from any Auckland CBD hotels, Port, or Airport (additional charges apply for port or airport) Please note that the travel is by private vehicle and the tour at the Glowworm caves is conducted in groups by the venue. ... Read more â–Ľ

Itinerary

  • Auckland Domain (Pass By)

    Pick up from your hotel accommodation and drive through Auckland CBD and head out towards Waitomo a small village in North Island of New Zealand.

  • Waitomo Glowworm Caves

    Waitomo is a village on the North Island of New Zealand. It’s known for its extensive underground cave systems. Thousands of glow-worms light up the Glowworm Caves. The vast Ruakuri Cave features waterfalls and limestone formations. West, Mangapohue Natural Bridge is a high limestone arch over Mangapohue Stream. Northeast of the village.

    1 hour

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Additional Info

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • All guides speak English. If you should need a guide that speaks one the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish- please book using OTHER LANGUAGE SPEAKING GUIDE
  • The tour inside the Glowworm Caves is conducted in groups

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October 26100% refund
October 27No refund

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  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Reviews

3.4

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Bucket list excursion

Published on Jan, 2024

Wonderful driver, very respectful and knowledgeable. The worm caves were out of this world. I would highly suggest this tour to everyone. This is a bucket list item.

Waitomo caves and Hobiton

Published on Mar, 2019

Excellent - we added the Hobiton on to the Waitomo caves and it was fabulous - Anili the driver also used spare time to get us to the KIWI house - very well informed and helpful guide highly recommend!

We had a lovely guide, Irina and we...

Published on Jan, 2017

We had a lovely guide, Irina and we thoroughly enjoyed the day and the experience. We would recommend this tour to others.

Unusual caverns with glow worms and a...

Published on Oct, 2016

Unusual caverns with glow worms and a nice history lessons.

excellent driver and guide. First time...

Published on Aug, 2016

excellent driver and guide. First time we have booked a private tour but I can recomment it

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