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This dry caving adventure while surprisingly gentle is an elating experience not to be missed! Just ask Tom Cruise - he's done it 4 times!
Highlights
- New Zealand’s largest and arguably most breathtaking commercial cave
- The unforgettable 100m abseil – the world’s highest commercial abseil into a cave
- Beautiful glow worm display
- 30m ladder climb out of the cave system
- Small tour numbers, max 8 persons 1:4 guide to client ratio
- Free personalised photos
Your journey to another world begins with an abseil 100m below the earth's surface secured by your guide who descends alongside you.
Slowly you lower into the void, turning on the rope like a spider as the world transforms around you. The light filtering through the mist gives unearthly qualities to the unusual plant life and formations of the cave.
The cavern you have abseiled (rappelled) into is over twice the height of any other cave in Waitomo and it's beauty and grandeur are unsurpassed.
From here you embark on a subterranean adventure back to the surface through another giant cavern. You'll see glow worms, huge limestone formations and conquer a 30-metre long ladder climb.
Waitomo Adventures are a consistent Certificate of Excellence Winner with Trip Advisor and are ranked the number 1 attraction in the area with a 5-star rating - Come and see for yourself why this is a must-do attraction in an experience that will remain with you forever.
Photography: Personalised photos are provided to clients via the internet at no extra charge. No client photography equipment is permitted. Please inquire if you require a private photography tour.
Location: 1227 Waitomo Valley Road, Waitomo
Fitness Test: If the guide(s) on the day have any doubt about a client’s fitness they may ask them to prove it by completing a fitness-test. One quick and simple test we may use is “to step up and down a 20 cm (8 inches) step not less than 45 times in 60 seconds”. We strongly recommend clients complete this test before they book their activity and before they travel to Waitomo. Clients may also be requested to submit to breath-testing for alcohol or other drugs. Where appropriate, guides may at their sole discretion cancel a departure or remove an unsuitable client from a departing trip for any safety-related reason.
Pregnancy: We do not recommend abseiling (rappelling) during the 1st and 3rd trimester due to the need to wear a tight-fitting harness across your waist during the abseil.
All pregnant clients wishing to participate in one of our adventure options must provide a medical certificate from their General Medical Practitioner confirming that they are fit for abseiling (rappelling) and caving.
This policy is required for us to comply with the NZ Adventure Safety Regulations.
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- Per Person$298.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Per Person$318.75 Less than 6 at this price!
- Per Person$297.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Per Person$298.00 Less than 6 at this price!
Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
Truly a lost World !!!
Amrish from India
Great adventure
Franziska Poeschl from United Kingdom
Exhilerating and accessible!!
Sevy_Sev from NZ
Exhilerating and accessible!!
Sevy_Sev from NZ
Exhilerating and accessible!!
Sevy_Sev from NZ
Just hanging !!!!
Tracye Patton-Hayward from Australia
Just hanging !!!!
Tracye Patton-Hayward from Australia
Lost World Glow Worms Abseiling
Tara Emelity from United States
A must do!!
Xaviere Murray-Puhara from NZ
A must do!!
Xaviere Murray-Puhara from NZ
Trip of a life time
Dugan Weitz from NZ
Incredible Experience!
Paula from NZ
a MUST DO adventure
Chao Zhuo from NZ
a MUST DO adventure
Chao Zhuo from NZ
It was just awesome!
Ari Brandenburg from NZ
It was just awesome!
Ari Brandenburg from NZ
It was just awesome!
Ari Brandenburg from NZ
Unique adventure experience in Waitomo
shantainev from Australia
Unique adventure experience in Waitomo
shantainev from Australia
Unique adventure experience in Waitomo
shantainev from Australia
A must-do activity!!
isabellel from Canada
A must-do activity!!
isabellel from Canada
Most awesome experience in my life!
isabellec from Australia
Most awesome experience in my life!
isabellec from Australia
Wonderful experience
margaretl from Australia
Great cave exploring experience!
aparnap from NZ
Great cave exploring experience!
aparnap from NZ
Great cave exploring experience!
aparnap from NZ
👍 值得嚐試
hous from Taiwan
Completely in awe
claireh16 from Australia
Completely in awe
claireh16 from Australia
Completely in awe
claireh16 from Australia
Amazing Abseil
leannej1 from NZ
Amazing Abseil
leannej1 from NZ
Amazing Abseil
leannej1 from NZ
Abseiling Waitomo
danielb32 from Germany
Abseiling Waitomo
danielb32 from Germany
Superb
Sandra Hansen from Canada
Superb
Sandra Hansen from Canada
Superb
Sandra Hansen from Canada
Atemberaubend!!
Michael from Germany
Atemberaubend!!
Michael from Germany
Atemberaubend!!
Michael from Germany
amazing experience
Lei Yi from China
Exceptional!
chantalc from Australia
Great experience
Shane from Australia
Simply amazingly!!!!
Laura from Australia
100 meters down
Eva from Sweden
Yep that's me, you just can't see the big smile
Robin from Australia
평생 잊지 못할 엑티비티!
Mihee Jeon from South Korea
Fantastic experience
Catriona from United Kingdom
The Lost World, Waitomo
lisal2 from United States
The start of the absail.
Gillian Jones from Australia
Breath taking
Marion from NZ
Breath taking
Marion from NZ
Breath taking
Marion from NZ
Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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isabellel from Canada wrote on 25 March 2020
A must-do activity!!
Just... amazing. We got there during a rain shower, but that only made it more magical. I usually have vertigo, but the way the canyon is made tricks the eye and made me really comfortable! ABSOLUTELY a must-do! You don't even need to be extra fit, it's a thrill well worth the price! Our guide, Luke, was super awesome and let us set the pace at key points in the cave. Cannot recommend enough! <3
marcoc3 from United Kingdom wrote on 03 March 2020
Amazing!
Fantastic experience, loved every moment of it! The rappelling is a really unique experience, the cave is impressive and the all place is almost unreal. Safety is always very well taken care of, we had a person in our group who never rappelled before and he had no trouble at all(so don’t let that scare you, you would miss big!), the guide was always supportive and engaging. Glow warms show at the end of the trek inside the cave. Climbing back up from the ladder was also great, there was absolute no rush so I could stop a couple of times to admire the rock formation or simply to look down into the abyss:) I would (and will)definitely do it again.
isabellec from Australia wrote on 01 January 2020
Most awesome experience in my life!
Initially very daunting when you get ready for the drop but once you get going you forget all your fears as you are overwhelmed by the surroundings. The name The List World is Spot on! The guides, Shawna and Scott where extremely patient and informative and made our experience exceptional. Worth the money spent as you will always remember this trip. Loved that they took care of all the photos so you could just enjoy the day and take everything in!
Tash from New Zealand wrote on 25 January 2021
A bit expensive
I wouldn't pay full price for this. The most exciting part for me was the abseil. It was cool to see the few glow worms inside the cave. I think they gave us far too much time to sit around at the bottom of the abseil and also seeing the glow worms, it would be more like a 2 hour experience. I'd say it's rated as a 4 hour experience because of the amount of time it may take people to abseil to the bottom. The main things are the abseil, walking along the cave over the rocks and climbing up the ladder.
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Jordan Harris from New Zealand wrote on 22 December 2020
4 hour lost world
It was unreal - the photos don’t do it justice. Highlight of our trip was our guide Joel, he was comforting, knowledgeable and a fab photographer. Would highly recommend this trip!
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