75-Minute Guided Ruakuri Cave Tour Waitomo | La Vacanza Travel

75-Minute Guided Ruakuri Cave Tour Waitomo

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Destination: New Zealand, Waikato, Waitomo
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  • 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Waitomo
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Ruakuri Cave offers a captivating blend of Waitomo's most compelling subterranean experiences. Journey down through the spectacular spiral entrance, and marvel at the softly folding shawl-like limestone formations and crystal tapestries. Hear the distant thunder of the subterranean waterfalls and get up close to the glowworms. Spectacular and unique, Ruakuri Cave offers a captivating blend of Waitomo's most compelling subterranean experiences. In this 2 hours sightseeing tour, your guide will bring you up close to glowworms, elaborate cave formations, underground rivers, myths, legends and sacred Maori sites.

What Can You Expect?

Itinerary
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Stop At: Ruakuri Cave, Waitomo Caves 3977 New Zealand

Discover the spectacular Ruakuri Cave on this 75-minute guided walking tour.

Ruakuri Cave has displays of glowworms and is filled with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites formed over millions of years. Points of interest include softly folding shawl-like formations (formed by flowing rivers) and fossilized seashells, which indicate how the caves were once part of the seabed. Major features include Holdens Cavern, named after James Holden who first opened the cave to the public, The Drum Passage, The Pretties, and The Ghost Passage.

Tours depart every day (except Christmas Day) at 9.00am, 10.00am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm. Photography is permitted in Ruakuri Cave. Ruakuri Cave is wheelchair accessible. .

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • Local guide
  • Entry/Admission - Ruakuri Cave

Exclusions
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • All you will need are comfortable shoes and a warm jacket.
  • You must check in 30 minutes before the tour departs .
  • Due to high demand and limited capacity if you are late or miss your scheduled tour time your ticket(s) are forfeited and non refundable. New bookings will incur the full tour cost and are subject to availability
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability

Departure Point

Departure Point

1: Waitomo Village Road, Waitomo Caves 3977, New Zealand
2: Ruakuri Cave Tours, 204 Tumutumu Road, Waitomo Caves 3985, New Zealand


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Duration & Voucher Info

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

1 hour 30 minutes

Cancellation Policy

User's Reviews

BarryLizmore

24 Apr, 2024

The tour was quite good made better by an excellent tour guide. The boat part of the tour was a unique experience. It was pricey at $75 NZD though as I believe that they have experienced high demand with limited capacity. What really annoyed me and why I have marked them down is misleading pricing by one of their agents, La Vacanza Travel. I did some research and noticed that they had the lowest price. It is only when you go through the booking and about to pay that they disclose the price is USD. Yes, I could have stopped at that stage but could not be bothered starting the process with another agent but could not be bothered. Ended up costing $78NZD. The tour company should not be using such dodgy agents.

Marianne_B

13 Apr, 2024

Out of three glow worm experiences (cave kayak in Rotorua, Waitomo tour) this was my favorite. Our guide, Nathan, kept the tour entertaining and informative with impeccable pacing. Very, very cool and varied cave formations, cave creek, and tour layout. Plus, of course, the glowworms! We were able to see them very close up and capture some amazing photos. Great mix of accessibility and conservation. Plus, farrrrrr less crowded than the Waitomo tours down the street on the day we did both.

Sunjoy_I

02 Apr, 2024

It was really an amazing tour. The guide was quite knowledgeable and provided lots of deep insights on history around glow worm caves.

Julie_J

28 Mar, 2024

This was such an amazing tour. Significantly better but yet different than the Glow Worm cave tour down the street. I booked this thinking my party was going to get bored after the Glow Worm Cave tour but this was so amazing, different and fascinating.

catherinerJ6810KO

23 Mar, 2024

Fabulous tour and well worth the money. Our guide (Wi ) was excellent , very knowledgeable and it was clear he was an experienced caver. He interacted in a way which interested people of all ages, he had a lovely sense of humour and was very accommodating to the range of fitness levels within the group. We had a great day and my friend from the UK was most impressed too. We will definitely recommend this tour to family , friends and overseas guests.

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Ruakuri Cave

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Worth a visit 👍!

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ENJOYABLE, INFORMATIVE HIKE

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Twice as good as Waitomo glow-worm caves!

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Awesome experience

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Amazing tour

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Wonderful experience - put photos aside.

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