The Waitomo Glowworm Caves are highly placed in the New Zealand vacation wish list. Thousands of tiny glowworms radiate their unmistakable luminescent light from the roof of the Waitomo Caves. You will travel through Rural New Zealand from Rotorua to the Waitomo Caves (approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes) in a mini bus with a maximum group size of 15. Upon arrival, you will join a guided tour of the caves, conducted by a local guide – the highlight of which is the boat ride along the Waitomo River where you have the opportunity to see the myriad of glow worm lights that make up the Glowworm Grotto. Travel in the afternoon from Rotorua. The tour departs at 1:45pm. After your tour, you will travel back to Auckland and be taken to your hotel in central city area by 8 pm.
Guaranteed departure - We do not cancel on the rare occasions we have low numbers. We will travel for one person Leave Rotorua at 2pm - Hotel pickups from 1:15 pm and travel via Waitomo Caves back to Auckland
Posted By : Shirani_R
Excellent transport. First driver was new to company but was competent and personable. At the caves, it was a simple handover where I joined a group coming from Auckland and met other solo travellers. The cave tour itself is quite short but still enjoyable. From there, we didn't have much of a break and had the long drive to Auckland. The driver was a fantastic driver and entertainer, though at times I could've done with a little more quiet time. He made sure we were all dropped off where we needed to go.
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Posted On : 2024-06-05 06:33:31 
Posted By : Stephanie_A
What a great way to get around the North Island. The drivers, Dallas and Edson were friendly and provided a lot of insight and knowledge during the ride, and the Glow Worm Caves were phenomenal… no photos allowed, so we couldn’t share any. Stunning limestone caves and the experience of the glow worms was awe inspiring. FlexiTours NZ was great!
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Posted On : 2024-03-29 16:31:12
Posted By : Alton_M
Love the transfer options and the choices. This worked well… a little rushed drive to Auckland afterwards.
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Posted On : 2024-03-27 15:00:59
Posted By : Wei_L
Great opportunity to visit Waitomo Glow Worms cave while transferring to Auckland hotel， So much convenient！
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Posted On : 2024-03-10 11:37:44
Posted By : Lori_P
Our guide at the caves was excellent. It was amazing. Wish it was a longer tour. Our guide for transport made us feel a little rushed and drove fast. However he was very accommodating for drop off.
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Posted On : 2024-01-22 13:29:15
Posted By : Gilberto_A
We needed to get to Auckland from Rotorua for our flight back to the USA. The Glow Worm Cave Tour was a nice visit on our way north. We were distracted a bit by some rude loud guests inside the cave. Our bus driver, Edson (correct spelling?) was excellent. He made sure to make our ride as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. We were not interested in seeing Hobbiton as that would have made the trip north much longer. If you are not into LOTR, this is a good way to get to Auckland from Rotorua.
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Posted On : 2023-11-19 17:37:54
Posted By : Karen_O
I would have given this a 5 star except for the fact that the pick up and drop off were not ideal. The pick up was a van that took us to a van which was a bit inconvenient but not terrible. However the drop off was terrible. We were supposed to get back at 7:30 and I didn't get back until 8:15. We had a 15 minute comfort break and two women stayed in the rest stop for over 30 minutes until the driver finally went in to check on them. Since we were late in getting back, the driver was on the phone with his "office" looking for instructions. Getting back into Auckland we drove by my hotel at the Grand (it was 2 blocks away) and all the way to the Wharf where we got out of the van (with my luggage) and had to get into another van to go back into the central part of the city. I was the last one off the new van as he drove other people not from my original van into the central area. When I asked why the first driver didn't drop me off since we were basically at my hotel he said he was just following his "office's orders". Otherwise the transfer and trip to the glow worm cave was enjoyable.
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Posted On : 2023-11-08 10:46:47
Posted By : Erin_W
This was basically a transfer from rotorua to Auckland with a stop off at the glow worm caves. The caves were beautiful though!
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Posted On : 2020-03-07 09:58:59
Posted By : YuenMei_L
The trip was great because there was a van to pick us up from my hotel in Rotorua and the driver was excellent as he introduced all the famous spots along the way. Besides, he brought us to the hotel in Auckland so we did not need to worry about how to be to the hotel.
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