++ a silence i can't ignore ++: ++North New Zealand | Day 04

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

++North New Zealand | Day 04 | WAITOMO

DAY04 Waitomo

we are from Hamilton city holiday park
waitomo (76km from hamilton)(price included in hobbiton tour package)
ruakuri cave
waitomo glowworm caves
waitomo orchard gifts & homewares
overnite in matamata opal hot springs family park (132km from waitomo)(inside motorhome)

F&B DAY04

breakfast: bread with choc spread & cheese
lunch: WAITOMO ORCHARD GIFTS & HOMEWARES
dinner: by WR & CP - sambal sardin + telur dadar + salad

-pilot: MMTK
-copilot: MN
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waitomo glowworm caves, a 76km drive from our lastnite's accommodation at hamilton.
as mentioned in costing, the waitomo glowworm caves tour was included in the hobbiton movie set tour that MMTK bought online for NZD294 (read: the package: hobbitton movie settour + glowworm caves & also te puia maori village tour & halal buffet dinner).

the package includes ruakuri cave tour (we can take pictures in this cave) & also Waitomo Glowworm Caves (45min tour). the glowworms in waitomo cave are actually lebih banyak than the ones in ruakuri cave, but we cannot take picture at all inside waitomo cave. at the end of the tour, we were given a ride on a boat below the glowworms hole towards the end of the tour. that one was quite fascinating.

The Waitomo Glowworm Caves attraction is a cave at Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand, known for its population of glowworms, The species' life cycle starts with an egg, which hatches into a larva and then pupates into an adult fly. It spends most of its life in its larval form. At the end of the larva stage it becomes a pupa, hanging down from the roof of the cave on a short, silken thread. The pupa stage lasts about 1 or 2 weeks and it glows intermittently.
The larva spins a nest out of silk on the ceiling of the cave and then hangs down as many as 70 threads of silk (called snares) from around the nest, each up to 3 or 4 cm long and holding droplets of mucus.

i dunno why we didnt take lunch that day, but after both caves, we stopped by at an orchard (waitomo orchard gifts & homewares)

and afterwards, we went straight to our campsite at Matamata Opal Hot springs Family Park
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pictures:
i cant stand the pasir2 sampah on the staircase (or inside) our motorhome.

todays pilot: MMTK & co-pilot MON:

the original ticket price for the glowworm caves tour.

waiting for bus to the caves..

before the caves..

the ruakuri cave

inside ruakuri cave

the thing like threads are the silk thread (called snares) nesting from above, holding mucus and pulpa that then turns into fly.. these pulpa are the glowworms that glow in the dark.

us inside ruakuri cave

outside the waitomo glowworm caves pulak..

outside the waitomo glowworm cave

the boat bringing us to the end of the tour.

chose rum icecream :D

NZ's famous feijoas. rupa dia mcm buah kedondong, so aku bajet dia masam masam kelat camtu, rupa2nya jauh sekali, rase dia mcm jambu air yg besar tu... bukan yg kecik masam tu, yg besar manis kelat tu.