Waitomo

Our journey to stop number 2 didn't go as smooth as we hoped, we had a 7.30am start ( no one likes to see that!) and broke down 4 times and eventually had to roll to a garage to get the coach fixed....

....it was a slow morning/afternoon.

But eventually we arrived at waitomo ready to do our cave activities.

 

Our second stop in the bus was waitomo, made famous by the waitomo caves, there are over 400! However public are only allowed in a few, there were many activities offered here but they came at a lot of money :( luckily we had no interest in doing the expensive ones! Climbing tiny caves in the dark for 200 bucks.....each!.....not our cup of tea! We opted for the 2 hour walk through one which was just as interesting! If not a bit chilly inside! It was great to see the inside of the cave and learn all about it and learn all about the glow worms,

After our trip we went back to the hostel to settle in, we had a private double room which was defo slumming it, but it was comfy :) we were staying two nights here. The group were staying 1. 

We spent our second day chilling out in the sun, and putting together the rest of this New Zealand trip, booking accomodation etc and taking in the stunning views that surrounded us....

.....it was a really nice couple of days for us, just to chill and check out what we were doing for the next couple of days :) we enjoyed it :) whilst we were here we enjoyed a lovely pizza from the hostel it was absolutely huge and we also ordered wedges thinking it would be a small portion and it wasn't it was huge! It was safe to say we were well fed that night! We also made our own meal one night :) to save the penny's :) 

All in all we really enjoyed waitomo and the relaxing atmosphere that surrounded us :)