A: Black water rafting, exploring subterranean rivers and caves on various flotation devices, has become an increasingly popular pastime in New Zealand. Waitomo, a Maori word meaning water hole or ...

New Zealand’s Black Water Rafting Company leads tours in the Raukuri cave, in the Waitomo district, which is best known for glowworm caves where Arachnocampa luminosa alight on limestone ...

One of New Zealand’s most iconic adventure tourism offerings - Black Water Rafting - celebrates 30 years this month. Pioneers within New Zealand’s adventure tourism industry, Waitomo’s ...

My biggest challenge wasn’t the cold water, narrow walls, low ceiling or fast-moving water in New Zealand’s Ruakuri Cave. It was the tendency of my glasses to keep fogging up, making it ...

The blackwater rafting adventure in Paparoa National Park was one of the many planned highlights of our four-week road trip exploring New Zealand. (The sport gets its name from the pitch-black ...

My biggest challenge wasn’t the cold water, narrow walls, low ceiling or fast-moving water in New Zealand’s Ruakuri Cave. It was the tendency of my glasses to keep fogging up, making it difficult to ...