WAIPU CAVING ADVENTURES

Explore the mysteries of the underworld.  A range of grades to match your thirst for adventure.  From wide open entrances to abseiling descents, underground waterfall descents, wet caves, squeezes...... you choose!!

* Some of New Zealand's most beautiful formations
- Straws
- "Cauliflower wall"
- Flow stone
- Over 18km of caves
 
 

We provide:

Hard hats
Head torches
Harnesses
Ropes and abseil gear
Dry bags
Full Training
First aid equipment
 
 

You need:

Change of clothes, towel, shoes/boots with good tread, long pants, long sleeves, nothing too loose, overalls and good.  Lunch.
 
 

Optional activities

• Sleep over in cabin or tent
• Cook over outdoor fire
• Barbecue
• Abseiling training
• Abseil 45m into cave
• Clay bird Shooting
• Archery
• Rock climbing
• SRT training
• Team building activities
• Adventure based learning
• Taylor make you own adventure

Tour A (Easy Ages 6-76)

"The Tourist Cave", huge entrance (drive a bus in) or go via the wet entrance on inflated tubes.
Fun passages, upper levels, stream walk out.

"Tourist Cave"
Abseil 45m into the cave, scare yourself with your own shadow!
Get a little wet!
Crawl a bit, squeeze only a little
Extend yourself!!

"TWO TONE" is a fun cave, with small waterfalls to descend, some crawly bits, narrow passages to walk along, possibly a short "duck" to get out.

Short bush walk
Abseil down 30m, climb out
Huge caverns inside
Glowworms galore
Mud slid climbs up to amazing straw formations and pretties

Waipu caving adventures

The Waipu caves are approx. 2 hours driving north of Auckland.

Caving at Waipu is fun if done with a guide, potentially dangerous without.
 
 

What they said:

"Didn't think I had the guts to do this!", Sheryl of Orewa aged 40

"Best day I have had in New Zealand!", Herman Reigel, tourist from Germany

"The 45m cave abseil was more challenging than the 110m abseil at the Waitakere Dam."
Hanlet, 25, Civil Engineer from Hong Kong