Waitomo Caves
Waitomo, officially Waitomo Caves, is a rural community in the King Country region of New Zealand's North Island. There are several solutional cave systems in the area around the village, which are popular tourist attractions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Николай Максимович, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Waitomo Caves Hotel and Ruakuri Cave.
Waitomo Caves Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Teacher Traveler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waitomo Caves Hotel is a historic hotel built in 1909 that is located in Waitomo District, King Country above Waitomo Caves in New Zealand. The hotel initially had only six bedrooms, and was later expanded in 1927–1928 with the addition of 24 more rooms, along with a new kitchen and dining room.
Ruakuri Cave
Cave
Ruakuri Cave is one of the longer caves in the Waitomo area of New Zealand. It was first discovered by local Māori between 400 and 500 years ago. The name Te Ruakuri, or "The Den of Dogs" was given to the surrounding area when wild dogs were discovered living in the entrance of the cave. Ruakuri Cave is situated 3 km west of Waitomo Caves.
Gardner’s Gut
Cave
Gardner's Gut is an extensive cave system in the Waitomo area of New Zealand. It is located in the Ruakuri Caves & Bush Scenic Reserve, an area that also contains a number of other natural features of note. Gardner’s Gut is situated 3½ km west of Waitomo Caves.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Te Kuiti.
Te Kuiti
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Te Kuiti is a small town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is known as the "Sheep Shearing Capital of the World" and hosts the famous Great New Zealand Muster and Running of the Sheep in April each year.
Waitomo Caves
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Waikato, New Zealand
- Categories: locality, cave, and tourist attraction
- Location: Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.26109° or 38° 15′ 40″ southLongitude
175.11032° or 175° 6′ 37″ eastElevation
60 metres (197 feet)Open location code
4VHQP4Q6+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 293889084OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Waitomo Caves” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Waitomo Caves”
- Chinese: “怀托摩萤火虫洞”
- Chinese: “懷托摩洞穴”
- Chinese: “懷托摩螢火蟲洞”
- Dutch: “Waitomo Caves”
- French: “Grottes de Waitomo”
- French: “Waitomo Caves”
- German: “Aranui Cave”
- German: “Ruakuri Cave”
- German: “Waitomo Cave”
- German: “Waitomo Caves”
- Italian: “Grotte di Waitomo”
- Italian: “Waitomo Caves”
- Japanese: “ワイトモ洞窟”
- Korean: “와이토모 동굴”
- Malayalam: “വൈതോമോ ഗുഹകൾ”
- Maori: “Waitomo Caves”
- Portuguese: “Cavernas de Waitomo”
- Spanish: “Cuevas de Waitomo”
- Turkish: “Waitomo Caves”
- Ukrainian: “Вайтомо”
- Vietnamese: “Các hang động Waitomo”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Waitomo Caves”. Photo: Николай Максимович, CC BY 3.0.