Private Photography Tour: Capture New Zealand's Beautiful Waitomo Caves

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Capture the beauty of New Zealand’s Waitomo Caves on a private photography tour. Explore untouched cave systems and photograph stunning glow worms with an experienced guide.

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Down to Earth - Eco Cave Tours In Waitomo - Maungarongapu Cave system

What's Included

Expert local guide
Post-tour shower facilities
Complimentary tea, coffee, and snack
Full caving gear and warm clothing provided

What's Not Included

Pickup and drop-off
Photography equipment (bring your own camera equipment)

Additional Information

On our photography tours we provide beautiful natural New Zealand scenery both inside and outside of the glow worm caves, with an experienced guide.
These tours are “private”. That is, your group and your guide will be the only participants on the tour. On photography tours we take a minimum of two and a maximum of four people.
There are excellent photo…

Location

1199 Oparure Road

Oparure Road

Our office is 1199 Oparure Road, follow the signs.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Curiosity44104077152

Jun 5, 2025

Beyond our imagination! And Google pictures aswell - Incredible! It was beyond what I had imagined. Since the beggining you Can feel the family escense. Then you will have the chance to connect with nature, by seeing the sorriundings and after that entering the cave! The guidance was just amazing aswell!!! Highly recommended

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Yand416

Apr 22, 2025

Cave experience - The view was fabulous, the guide is fantastic and really nice to customers. An amazing experience that I will never forget.

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Michelel445

Feb 6, 2025

Superb outing - Wonderful. Private cave tour, 1 guide + 6 participants. Not suitable for those suffering from claustrophobia, the tour is a continuous climbing over stones, boulders and holes. It is still safe and no one is left behind. Before leaving we stopped at an "enlightened" spot. Clothes (including boots and socks) are given by them (does not apply to underwear)

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Mrkwswr

Jan 11, 2025

Amazing highlight of our trip! - This was an amazing experience! It was exciting to be able to make our way through a cave in its natural state. We appreciated being provided with clothing, boots, and helmet with light for our adventure climbing over the rocks and sloshing through the underground water. Ash is an awesome guide, and he led us through the cave with both knowledge and a good sense of humor, as well as with kindness and concern for everyone in the group. We loved too that he offered to take great photos of us as we went through the cave, and with the incredible glow worms above us. This experience is a highlight of our trip!

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Harsh07051995

Jan 5, 2025

Wonderful Experience!!! - Kudos to Ash! He was extremely knowledgeable, witty and ensured we had a great time. He paid utmost attention to safety and was vigilant. Highly recommended.

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45candacek

Nov 27, 2024

Best ever! - We had such a good time on this tour! Ash was wonderful - informative, funny, and kind. It will be one of the highlights of our trip!

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Ryan_n

Feb 28, 2024

Great experience! - Ash is a great guide, knowledgeable and the type of guy you’d grab a beer with. Photography tour is definitely worth the money!

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Bings433

Sep 29, 2022

Amazing cave adventure that highlights the family trip - Down to Earth is the most amazing adventure in our 3 weeks family trip to New Zealand. Tour guide Ash is extremely experienced, friendly and knowledgeable everything about local environment. Big thumb up and highly recommend.

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Brooklinheather

Mar 15, 2020

Amazing! - This tour is an absolute must do when in the area. We did the private tour so it was just our family of 4 along with the tour guide, Heath. Although it is a bit pricey compared to other tours, it is definitely worth the value. It truly was an amazing experience. The caves have been untouched and remain as nature created them. They provide all the clothing and footwear you need as you will get dirty crawling over the rocks and through the water. The attire adds to the experience. You must be relatively fit as you are crawling through crevices and there is a hike to get down to the caves and back up. The hot shower with drinks, snacks and conversation with the owners at the end was also a nice touch to complete the experience. A truly must do!

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Candace_h

Mar 12, 2020

I would choose this company again for a glow worm tour - Most important to my husband in choosing which glow worm tour to take was his allowance to bring in all of his camera gear. So, we took the photography tour and we couldn’t be happier that we did. Heath ,our guide, knows every nook and cranny of his caves and we very much benefited from his knowledge. He’s also very good company. We also got lucky because Heath took tons of very good photos of us and then allowed us to download them for free! Which was so refreshing after being on tours that would try to make extra money from taking your photo.

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From $662

(Per Group)

From $662 (Per Group)

up to 4 guests

1 - Traveler