Black Abyss - Ultimate Waitomo Caving Adventure Experience from Auckland

This epic journey begins when your tour guide picks you up from Auckland before setting out on a 2-hour scenic drive to the Waikato.

Relax on board our comfortable vehicle and soak up the scenery. Have your camera at the ready as we make a scenic stop or two so you can capture New Zealand's beautiful countryside. Feel the anticipation build as we approach Waitomo and ready ourselves for an exhilarating five hours of adrenaline underground.

The 5-hour Black Abyss tour packs all the most adventurous ways to make your way through a cave into one Black Water Rafting tour. An exhilarating caving experience blending the magic of abseiling, flying fox, climbing and floating through unique underground river system. Slip spider-like down into the black, seemingly bottomless depths of Ruakuri Cave and ride a roller coaster of everything caving has to offer.

Explore and tube through ancient glowworm studded stream-ways. Underground snacks in the form for yummy New Zealand chocolate and a hot beverage to fuel you for the cave exploration ahead. However, there’s no experience required, as you’ll have an experienced guide and be equipped with all the caving essentials!

​This is the most adventurous tour! If you have a “go big or go home” mantra then this Black Water Rafting tour is a must-do! A fun challenge! Experiences are all the more memorable when you push yourself out of your comfort zone or do something you have never done before. This tour definitely touches on all those aspects!