Waitomo Caves, New Zealand.

We woke up and picked up our campervan. Then we went back to Kevin's place and got all loaded up. Then we were on our way and drove along the coast to Mission Bay. Then we hiked to the top of One Tree Hill for the view of the area around Auckland. We then left Auckland and drove to Waitomo, where we spent the night. Today we woke up in a chilly campervan and went to visit the Waitomo caves. We begun by rappelling 100 meters into the caves and then hiked through the dark caves with our headlamps and spelunking suits. The caves were huge and so neat!

We also visited a cave formation called the Natural Bridge and some waterfalls on the west coast of the North Island.

Lastly, we drove to New Plymouth for the evening and plan to visit the city in the morning and hike Mount Taranaki.

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