Monthly Archives: January 2011

Yesterday was largely a rest day following our exertions of the previous day. The morning was spent reading/blogging and generally resting. In the afternoon we drove to nearby Lake Rotopounama for the 5km circumferential walk. It was very pretty. Sam … Continue reading →

To give the summary up front – this was one hell of a hike. As Helen put it towards the end, it’s up there in our top 5 amongst hikes like the Grand Canyon, Half Dome in Yosemite and the … Continue reading →

Today was a travel day. We’d checked the weather yesterday and it looks like it is deteriorating towards the end of the week so we decided to leave Waitomo sooner rather than later so we could get a good chance … Continue reading →

This is certainly going to be a day to remember. We were booked on the 9am “The Black Abyss” tour hosted by the Black Water Rafting Co. Being the first night camping none of slept particularly well but we were … Continue reading →

Being Sunday morning the drive to Waitomo was fairly straight forward. Not a lot of traffic on the roads. Having left around 9:30am we made it to Otorohanga by midday. We took a look at a local campsite but thought … Continue reading →