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Waitomo Caves & Rotorua including Te Puia

Name: Waitomo Caves & Rotorua including Te Puia
Brand: Cheeky Kiwi Travel
Price: 419 NZD
Availability: InStock

From NZD$419

4.8

(684 reviews)

Departs from: Auckland

Duration: 13 hours

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Discover the best of nature, culture, and adventure on this small group, fully guided day trip from Auckland to Waitomo and Rotorua. Explore the magical underground world of the Waitomo Glowworm Caves and experience the geothermal wonders and rich Māori culture of Te Puia. With knowledgeable guides, comfortable transport, and incredible scenery throughout, this is the ultimate North Island experience.

Why you’ll love this

Explore the famous Waitomo Glowworm Caves on a guided tour and boat ride

Visit Te Puia Geothermal Park and see the powerful Pōhutu Geyser in action

Discover Māori traditions, carving and weaving at the National Māori Arts School

Enjoy a guided Rotorua city highlights tour, including Government Gardens and Lake Rotorua

Travel in comfort with an expert local guide and a small group

Itinerary

What’s included

Fully guided small group tour from Auckland

Entry tickets to Waitomo Glowworm Caves and Te Puia

Complimentary water and snacks

Modern, comfortable minibus with air conditioning

Live commentary from your expert local guide

Please note

Please be aware that while lunch is not provided on this tour, there will be several opportunities for you to purchase food along the way.

Why choose us

Famously passionate tour guides

Our guides share stories, laughs, and Kiwi charm on every journey.

Travel in comfort

Small groups, big comfort. Relax in our modern Mercedes minibuses with style and space.

Award-winning tours

Thousands of five-star reviews and top travel awards - experiences loved worldwide.

Kiwi owned. Kiwi operated

Proudly local and passionate about sharing authentic New Zealand with every traveller.

Stories worth sharing

2/1/2026

Awesome caves and geyzires

Awsome glownworms and geyzires! The guide/driver Tenis was very kind, patient and ready to help with all our requests.

Krunoslav P

1/30/2026

Simon was wonderful!

Simon was a very nice, friendly, professional and informative tour guide. Would definitely recommend him. It was a long day, but we covered many different areas outside of Auckland.

Pamela N

1/27/2026

Great tour

Great small group tour. Our tour guide, Jeoff, could not have been better — his commentary throughout the day was very informative and he was extremely organised. He gave clear instructions so everyone always knew where to be and when. Jeoff was also incredibly helpful with recommendations on where to go and eat outside of the tour. We would have liked a little more free time at Te Puia outside of the guided tour, but it’s a long day overall, so it’s understandable that fitting everything in is difficult.

David T

1/26/2026

This Experience is a MUST if You’re Visiting New Zealand !

We had the pleasure of going to visit the Waitomo Caves and Rotorua with our wonderful driver, Vicky, who made our entire experience extremely pleasant with her caring, lovely personality, and the fun facts about every area we were passing by on our way there and back. As a family of five, we truly enjoyed every moment we spent in each of these places and everything we learned about glow worms, the Waitomo caves, and the beautiful culture of the Māori tribes of Rotorua. We had incredible tour guides for each activity and thanks to Vicky, all the people on our tour bus got to know each other and create connections with each other. I got the amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sing in the Cathedral of the Waitomo Caves and as a lifelong singer, that was probably my most memorable moment of this beautiful adventure.

Explorer26223706074

1/26/2026

A whole day tour

I totally enjoyed the tour. Vicky was on time, very accommodating and very informative. She explained everything in detail. The tour was planned well, it was exactly the way it was described, I would recommend Cheeky Kiwi travel to my friends. Thank you for such a lovely day.

Seniz Y

1/26/2026

Amazing guide

Amazing experience with extraordinary guide. Unfortunately, we have forgot his name but it was a guy from Chile and he had trainee with him. Definitely recommend since amount of guides passion for his job and knowledge definitely took experience to another level.

Viktorija A

1/24/2026

This was an amazing tour!

Trent, our tour guide, was so wonderful!! This was an all day tour and he made sure to point out all of the sights on the way to Roturua and answer any questions we had. He provided snacks and drinks and made sure we were comfortable during our tour. Seeing the Glow Worms was amazing! And so were the geysers at Te Puia!!! We highly reciting this tour!

BackPacker770264

1/23/2026

Fantastic tour with Alfredo and Sam to Waitomo Cave, Rotorua,TePuia. We were a small group in a luxury van .

Alfredo really knew the area we traveled to with clever antidotes and made it very interesting. He was a great driver with a fantastic play list . Plenty of breaks on the drive and kept us on schedule. Never felt rushed. I highly recommend traveling with this group.

Nikki C

1/20/2026

Great trip

This is an unmissable trip, Liam was a great guide - he gave us plenty of interesting information enroute. The thermal springs & geysers were spectacular.

busylady1954

1/20/2026

ROTORUA AND WAITAMO CAVES DAY TOUR

Excellent 1 day tour which showcased the essence of Rotorua and the Waitomo Caves. A great experience for those with limited time seeking to see more than Auckland. Very comfortable vehicle, good tour size and great guides Liam and Ben.

Nic W

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