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Rotorua & Taupo Explore New Zealand, Australia & Fiji!tune
This dry caving adventure while surprisingly gentle is an elating experience not to be missed! Just ask Tom Cruise - he's done it 4 times!
Highlights
- Explore New Zealand’s largest and arguably most breathtaking commercial cave
- As featured in Mr Beast's "7 Days Stranded in a Cave"
- The unforgettable 100m abseil – the world’s highest commercial abseil into a cave
- Beautiful glow worm display
- 30m ladder climb out of the cave system
- Small tour numbers, max 8 persons 1:4 guide to client ratio
- Free personalised photos
Your journey to another world begins with an abseil 100m below the earth's surface secured by your guide who descends alongside you.
Slowly you lower into the void, turning on the rope like a spider as the world transforms around you. The light filtering through the mist gives unearthly qualities to the unusual plant life and formations of the cave.
The cavern you have abseiled (rappelled) into is over twice the height of any other cave in Waitomo and it's beauty and grandeur are unsurpassed.
From here you embark on a subterranean adventure back to the surface through another giant cavern. You'll see glow worms, huge limestone formations and conquer a 30-metre long ladder climb.
Waitomo Adventures are a consistent Certificate of Excellence Winner with Trip Advisor and are ranked the number 1 attraction in the area with a 5-star rating - Come and see for yourself why this is a must-do attraction in an experience that will remain with you forever.
Photography: Personalised photos are provided to clients via the internet at no extra charge. No client photography equipment is permitted. Please inquire if you require a private photography tour.
Location: 1227 Waitomo Valley Road, Waitomo
Fitness Test:If the guide(s) on the day have any doubt about a client’s fitness they may ask them to prove it by completing a fitness-test. One quick and simple test we may use is “to step up and down a 20 cm (8 inches) step not less than 45 times in 60 seconds”. We strongly recommend clients complete this test before they book their activity and before they travel to Waitomo. Clients may also be requested to submit to breath-testing for alcohol or other drugs. Where appropriate, guides may at their sole discretion cancel a departure or remove an unsuitable client from a departing trip for any safety-related reason.
Pregnancy: We do not recommend abseiling (rappelling) during the 1st and 3rd trimester due to the need to wear a tight-fitting harness across your waist during the abseil.
All pregnant clients wishing to participate in one of our adventure options must provide a medical certificate from their General Medical Practitioner confirming that they are fit for abseiling (rappelling) and caving.
This policy is required for us to comply with the NZ Adventure Safety Regulations.
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Authenticated Reviews & Photos All of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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From Waitomo Adventures - Lost World Tour - 4 hrs
Translate: Breathtaking Tour The tour was simply fantastic from beginning to end. The cave system and the glowworms are absolutely breathtaking – a magical sight that you won't soon forget. I was also incredibly lucky to have the entire tour to myself. This made the atmosphere even more peaceful, intense, and exclusive. Thank you for that! Hi Nils Thank you so much for your wonderful review :) We're so glad that you could come and enjoy this special part of New Zealand with us. Wishing you many happy adventures ! Hallo Nils, vielen Dank für deine tolle Bewertung! :) Wir freuen uns sehr, dass du diesen besonderen Teil Neuseelands mit uns genießen konntest. Wir wünschen dir viele schöne Abenteuer!
Julia Kronberger from Germany wrote on 24 December 2025
Abtauchen in eine Lost World
Ich habe in einem Reiseführer von dieser Tour gelesen und war sofort neugierig. Gestern war es dann so weit und was soll ich sagen? Eine der spektakulärsten Touren, die ich je gemacht habe, so professionell und gut angeleitet durchgeführt, dass ich auch als absoluter Neuling keine Sekunde an meiner Sicherheit gezweifelt habe. Danke an unsere Guides Luke und Scott für ein einmaliges Erlebnis, das ich nur allen empfehlen kann! Ein bisschen fit muss man aber sein ;)
From Waitomo Adventures - Lost World Tour - 4 hrs
Thank You Julia ! It was a pleasure to have you visit :)
Jasmin Pieper from Austria wrote on 22 October 2024
Abseilen in die eine andere Zeit
Die lost world tour war eine unglaubliche Erfahrung und definitiv eines der besten Erlebnisse unserer Reise durch Neuseeland. Wir haben uns von Anfang an super aufgehoben gefühlt bei waitomo adventures. Die Mitarbeiter vor Ort waren freundlich und kompetent. Die gesamte benötigte Ausrüstung erhält man vor Ort. Fotos werden während der gesamten Tour vom Guide gemacht. Und werden kostenlos nach der Tour per Email zugeschickt. Wir hatten die Fotos 20 min. Nach Tourende. Unser guide Scott war unglaublich kompetent, hilfsbereit und freundlich. Er konnte jede Frage die wir im gestellt haben beantworten und hat uns eine Menge über Wissen über die Höhle und seine tierischen und pflanzlichen Bewohner erklären können. Wir waren eine kleine Gruppe von 4 Personen, was die Ganze Tour zu einem richtig guten Erlebnisse machte. Das Abseilen in die Höhle war ein unglaublich tolles Erlebnis welches man nie wieder vergisst! Wir können Waitomo advenutres nur jedem empfehlen! Tolles Team, tolle Tour!
From Waitomo Adventures - Lost World Tour - 4 hrs
Thanks so much Jasmin.! We really appreciate your comprehensive review and of course that you chose us in the first place. You were great co-adventurers with us in The Lost World cave and we feel very lucky to have had the chance to show you our underground playground! Wishing you all the best and happy adventures.
bjoerna from Germany wrote on 15 October 2024
Einfach super!
Organisation, Personal, Sicherheit, Erlebnis…einfach alles ist top und stimmt hier. Absolut empfehlenswert!
From Waitomo Adventures - Lost World Tour - 4 hrs
Thanks very much Bjoern ! We very much appreciate your review. :) You were a wonderful client and we enjoyed being able to show you this special place. Happy Adventuring!
Katharina Blank from Germany wrote on 14 November 2020
Wunderschön
Die Lost World tour ist einfach wunderschön. Das abseilen ist ein echtes Abenteuer.
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Nils Raum from Germany wrote on 20 August 2026
Atemberaubende Tour
Die Tour war von Anfang bis Ende einfach fantastisch. Die Höhlenwelt und die leuchtenden Glühwürmchen sind schlichtweg atemberaubend schön – ein magischer Anblick, den man so schnell nicht vergisst. Ich hatte zudem das riesige Glück, die Tour komplett alleine genießen zu dürfen. Dadurch wirkte die Atmosphäre noch friedlicher, intensiver und exklusiver. Danke dafür