Black Water Rafting

A couple of days after going through the glow-worm caves, we decided to return to do some 'black water rafting'. This involved going into some different caves with an inner-tube, walking through some pretty tight spaces, floating along an underground river, and jumping backwards off waterfalls. It was great fun, made all the better by the constant view of glow-worms above us; the water was quite cold but the wetsuits kept us warm enough for a couple of hours

On the 21st of January we left Derek and Hamilton and headed across to Rotorua for a few days. That night we went to Tamaki Village for another Maori cultural experience, this time including a traditional Maori Hangi, which is a meal cooked by steam in a large hole in the ground. Before the meal I got roped into a couple of things, including learning the Haka, much to Holly's amusement; 
the meal was also really good
 accompanied by traditional 
Maori songs and performances.