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 ...

The Legendary Black Water Rafting Co., Waitomo Caves, has been named one of the world’s best by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site. Rated 9th on the list by the site’s travellers and editors ...

Black-water rafting is popular and, although it sounds more ominous than its whitewater cousin, is relatively tranquil, as you float down underground streams in the dark. Above ground, there is plenty ...

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 ...

Did the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge miss out on one of New Zealand's great adventures? Ben Hazell reports on a subterranean adrenaline rush in Waitomo on the North Island ...

Angus Stubbs, manager of the Legendary Black Water Rafting Company, says visitors to Waitomo rarely make a weekend of it, preferring to tick off the caves in a few hours.