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Private Tour: Waitomo Caves Day Trip from Auckland with Glowworm Grotto Boat Ride
3.8
8 Ratings
Auckland Central
Embark on a private day trip from Auckland to the enchanting Waitomo Caves. Explore the illuminated caverns filled with mesmerizing glowworms and take a boat ride through the magical Glowworm Grotto.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Auckland Domain - 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.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- All taxes, fees and handling charges included
- Light refreshments and bottled water provided
- Private driver/guide
- Transport by private vehicle
- Entrance Tickets
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Personal expenses
Additional Information
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.
- 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
Location
Auckland Domain
Park Road,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.8
(8 Ratings)
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Megan_t
Jan 21, 2024
Bucket list excursion - 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.
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Robin
Mar 18, 2019
Waitomo caves and Hobiton - 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!
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Tracey_b
Jan 1, 2017
We had a lovely guide, Irina and we... - <p>We had a lovely guide, Irina and we thoroughly enjoyed the day and the experience. We would recommend this tour to others.</p>
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Larry
Oct 18, 2016
Unusual caverns with glow worms and a... - <p>Unusual caverns with glow worms and a nice history lessons.</p>
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Danielle
Aug 23, 2016
excellent driver and guide. First time... - <p>excellent driver and guide. First time we have booked a private tour but I can recomment it</p>
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Frequent_traveler200
Mar 3, 2018
Not good value - We booked a private tour of the Glowworm Caves via Legend because we were doing as a day trip from Auckland. It was one of the most expensive activities we did (only helicopter tour more expensive) and it was not good value for the return. The Glowworm Caves were interesting...and the tour of the caves is conducted by employees of the caves, not Legend. But it was a long drive (2.5 hours each way) for the caves, the tour of which takes only about 45 min. Most people pair the Caves with Hobbinton but we werre not interested in touring a movie set. The description of the tour said it included Auckland highlights (by car) as well, though our driver did not do that. I would not recommend doing the Glowworm Caves as a day trip from Auckland; they are interesting if you are in the neighborhood, but not worth a detour. The tour of the caves itself is not expensive; we paid alot for the driver to take us there an back.
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Philip
Jul 16, 2021
Total rip-off!!! - “Private” cave tour is a glorified Uber ride to the caves, where you then tour with the rest of the public… this company is a bunch of crooks.
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Anders
Jan 28, 2018
Not what it was made out to be - Going into the experience, we expected a full day of exploring and learning with a private guide, but instead it looked like this:
7.30-11am: Drive from Auckland to Waitomo
11am-12pm: Group Tour with 50-odd people at the Waitomo Caves, a nice enough place, but crowded and nothing private about it.
12-2.30pm: Drive from Waitomo to Auckland
We spent twice as much time in a van driving to and from the caves than we did actually exploring. The description is misrepresented as there is nothing private about the Waitomo Caves tour.
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