Thursday, June 23
Today was a drive to Waitomo to visit the Glow Worm Caves, and the later to see Hobbiton. Maddy was not feeling well, so decided it was a good day for her to opt out and get some rest. Not fun but definitely the best choice.
It had poured like crazy all night, we had woken up several times because of the rain on the roof. Our rental GPS always takes us the most bizarre, off the beaten track routes do we got to see a lot of flooding!
There are no photos allowed in the caves but I did take the one with the river as a back drop after we got off. The cave tour was short but interesting. It was a walk through a fairly developed cave and then down to a boat that was in a river that ran through the cave. The boat ride was about 10 minutes, but it was so amazing. We silently floated through the cave, hardly able to see anything, except what the thousands of glow worms' lights were illuminating. You should search Waitomo Glow Worm caves. Really interesting! We weren't able to do any other caves because those tours were full.
We ate lunch and headed over to Hobbiton. We were lucky enough to be between rain showers and it was stunningly gorgeous. Huge green hills, lots of sheep grazing.
The tour was really cool. I'm don't know a lot about the movies and while I did read the books, I don't remember a lot of details. Still, I appreciated the attention to detail and the gorgeous setting and I thought the tour was really well done.
It ended in the cozy Green Dragon pub with complimentary drinks all around- beers and ciders brewed just for Hobbiton. The kids got a ginger beer which was amazing. We got warm by the fire and headed back to Rotorua.
We tried a local chain, Burger Fuel, for dinner. It had good reviews and seemed to be friendly for people with dietary restrictions. Turned out to be a great choice. It. Was. Delicious.
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