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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.
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
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Authenticated Reviews & Photos All of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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splodge from United Kingdom wrote on 24 September 2023
Amazing day. Ace.
Best adventure day out I have ever had. Great team and an experience that will live in my memory for life. Wonderful.
From Waitomo Adventures - Lost World Tour - 4 hrs
Thanks so much for your generous review my friend ! This is what we' strive for :) The Lost World is such amazing places ...but not for the faint of heart ...the tricky bit is getting in and out in one piece ! Well done !
Camille Steineur from New Zealand wrote on 16 January 2022
Amazing
One of the best experiences I’ve had in New Zealand ! Crazy to think we’ve been down 100m, just fantastic! Thanks to Joel you were awesome !
Loui Irving from New Zealand wrote on 14 January 2022
Lost world tour
It's a must do
leaha5 from New Zealand wrote on 02 October 2021
Incredible!
Incredible experience. Joel and Amy were fantastic guides and we loved Nick's welcome and jokes at the start too. We'll definitely be back and we'll be bringing all our friends and family to experience this tour too! Thanks so much Waitomo Adventures!
From Waitomo Adventures - Lost World Tour - 4 hrs
Thanks Leah ! We really enjoyed your visit too . It's great to have some internationals visiting -giving some hope for the future !
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heidih3 from New Zealand wrote on 23 June 2021
30th Birthday Trip
I booked the lost world 4 hour tour with my partner for a 30th birthday gift to myself. We got super lucky, because It turned out that no one else had booked for the tour that day, and it was just the two of us and our guide in the cave so we literally got our own private tour of the lost world. It was a truly amazing experience. The weather was perfect, with just a light drizzle of rain that made everything misty and even more magical. Joel was a fantastic guide; he made us feel completely at ease and was a lot of fun to hang out with.