Black Labyrinth: Black Water Rafting – Private Tour from Auckland

Glide on a journey from Auckland to Waitomo in a private luxurious vehicle to explore the Ruakuri Cave on an exhilarating underground adventure that involves climbing, black water tubing, floating, and leaping over cascading underground waterfalls including a delicious BBQ buffet lunch and get close and personal to New Zealand’s iconic national bird at Kiwi house and native bird park.

We pickup travellers from most locations in the Auckland CBD location. If your pickup location is not available on the list, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our very best to accommodate your request.

The Bombay Hills are a range of hills to the south of Auckland, New Zealand. Though only a small and seemingly insignificant range of hills, they lie at the southern boundary of the Auckland region, and serve as a divide between Auckland and the Waikato region. directly named after the ship Bombay, The ship itself was named after the Indian city of Bombay (now Mumbai). Bombay Means: a breed of black short-haired medium-sized cat.

We stop to get some great coffee at your own expense and a comfort break before we continue our journey into the Waikato region.

Te Awamutu calls itself the ‘Rose Capital of New Zealand’. During the blooming season, November to April, the garden next to the visitor centre is a technicolour dream as 2000 rose bushes turn on the charm.

The Legendary Black Water Rafting Co’s original & most popular tour is the Black Labyrinth tour. This popular activity takes approximately three hours with one hour underground and involves a combination of walking and floating on an inner tube through a unique underground river system. Equipped with all the caving gear you need – wetsuit, helmet, footwear, and most important of all, meeting your friendly and passionate guides, it’s time to gear up and test out your tubing skills. Once you’re comfortable in your tube you’ll enter the cave through a hole in the rock & be straight into the underground waters. Spend the next 3 hours weaving around and climbing over rocks, jumping off not-too-high waterfalls, floating beneath a sky of glow worms, and most importantly, having the most fun you’ve ever had in the dark. Your guides will share stories of local Maori legends, how these limestone caves & their features have formed, as well as telling you the unusual life cycle of the glowworms.

After three magical hours you’ll emerge into native bush in the Waitomo Forest, refresh with a hot shower, then enjoy a delicious BBQ buffet lunch at the homestead of Waitomo.

Visit the Kiwi house native bird park to get close and personal to New Zealand’s iconic national bird. Best place in NZ to see a Kiwi, close viewing of our national bird in moonlit nocturnal enclosure. It’s a truly authentic New Zealand nature experience in the heart of the North Island.

After an exhilarating fun-filled adventure experience at Waitomo, it is now time to head back to Auckland to conclude your evening and drop-off at your hotel in Auckland.

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Minimum weight restriction of 45kg+ apply
• Guides at Waitomo reserve the right to refuse to take anyone into the cave that they consider to be unsuited for the tour (e.g. physically incapable or too small).
• Participants must be 12 years old or over (proof of age may be required)
• Good and moderate fitness level is required
• Just bring yourself, your swimwear, a towel, shower gel and a thirst for adventure.
• No caving experience is needed!
• The water temperature is 10-14C / 50-57F year-round so doing the activity in winter will feel almost the same as doing the activity in summer
• Photos are taken for you throughout the experience where you’ll get to view and purchase your photos at the end of the tour
• Cameras, including GoPros, can’t be taken on the tour
• Tours only run if it is safe, which is the vast majority of the time. However, prolonged heavy rain can result in rising water levels in the caves, in which case the tours would be cancelled.
• Each participant requested to complete a disclosure document and provide information relation to health, physicality, impairments, and water preparedness.

• Black Labyrinth: Black Water Rafting - Private Tour from Auckland
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• Fully guided private return transfers from Auckland
• Admission to BBQ buffet lunch at Waitomo Homestead
• Float down the underground river in rubber tubes while admiring the glowworm displays above
• Admission to Kiwi House Native Bird Park
• Marvel at the stalactites and stalagmites that decorate the cavern walls
• Complimentary pick up and drop off from Auckland
• Complimentary refreshments and water onboard
• Enjoy climbing, black water tubing, leaping, and floating through Ruakuri Cave

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• This Tour is Provided by ExperienceKart.
• Tour Timezone & Starts at Pacific/Auckland.
• Mobile or paper ticket accepted.
• All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
• This Tour is Rated 5 Stars based on 8 valid reviews on TRIPADVISOR.
• Minimum 1 Travelers is required to book.
• Maximum 15 Travelers is accepted for booking.