Waitomo to Auckland

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Waking up in Waitomo, we quickly got ready and headed to the Blackwater Rafting company, our guides for the days adventure. Today, we put on wetsuits, rapelled 150 feet into a cave, and hopped on inner tubes for a ride down an underwater river! Amazing, and full of great experiences like riding a zip line through the dark without knowing where it would end, and jumping off a cliff into the river, landing on top of your inner tube. The highlight, though, would have to be the glow worms, tiny larvae that hang from the ceiling and emit a phosphorescent glow that looks like a starry night, amazing in the pitch black cave. We then spelunked it up and got back, exhausted and starving. What a great day, one we'd been looking forward to and dreading, if only because our trip ends tomorrow. Tonight, on to Auckland and Piha beach.