Situated beneath the Waikato, one of New Zealand’s more prominent agricultural regions located to the south of Auckland, the Waitomo caves are a natural marvel. Over the last 30 million years, the Waitomo caves (nearly 300 in all) were carved out of limestone by volcanic activity. (Fun Fact: The Waitomo Caves were used to record audio effects for scenes involving Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films)

The Cave The Cave is the titular location of videogame The Cave, but is also a sapient entity. It has a sultry voice (Provided by voice actor Stephen Stanton in English, Banjo Ginga in Japanese) that narrates as the player progresses. In 2015 The Cave completed a private dining room (the Barrel Room) and expansion of the restaurant. The Barrel Room offers guest the ability to reserve the space for their large groups, or rental the room to host private parties, meetings or events. Dec 27, 2015 Directed by Sergey A. In the ancient cave in Abkhazia visitors filmed on phones and cameras paranormal events. The making of the Cave for A Place of Her Own, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco to be exhibited November 19-December 11, 2015. The following process began on October 1, 2015. Many thanks to Jay van Arsdale, who provided me with the bamboo, Shari and Darryl DeBoer who helped with logistics and planning for this undertaking, and my neighbors who.

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However, Waitomo’s true claim to fame is that its caves are home to one of the largest populations of glowworms (Arachnocampa luminosa) in the world, with the largest assembly of glowworms located in the Waitomo Glowworm Cave (They’re really good with names). The local Maori tribe had long known of the location of the cave prior to its first official exploration in 1887, but had never traveled inside of it due to a combination of the varying water depths and a general lack of interest. The first people to explore the interior of the cave were local Maori Chief Tane Tinorau, and English surveyor Fred Mace. The two men entered the cave through what is now referred to as the lower entrance on a raft made of woven flax stems.

After entering the cave, they floated into the area known as the Glowworm Grotto where they discovered thousands of glowworms hanging down from the ceiling. After exploring the cave further over the next two years, Tinorau decided to open the cave to tourists, a practice, which continues to this day (many of the guides at the Waitomo Glowworm Cave are third and fourth generation descendants of Tane Tinorau).

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If you’re in the mood for thrill seeking however, Waitomo is also home to the world famous Black Water Rafting Company. Hollywood undead songs download free. A combination of caving and a slightly more adventurous lazy river, black water rafting is definitely worth a go. Throughout their various black water tours, The BWR Co. take rafters through dense New Zealand jungle, down tight cave entrance, over pitch black waterfalls, and under colonies of brightly illuminated glowworms. When I went this past winter, I originally had planned on taking a GoPro inside the cave with me, however I was told that such activities were not allowed. So, instead of my own personal video, I invite you to take a look at The Company’s own promotional video (sorry, it was the best I could do).