The Ruakuri walkway is a short 45 minute walk following the Waitomo river.
I returned with my husband to do the walk a second time, just before New Zealand went into lockdown.
Walk: South Waikato 28
Walk 22, First walk here, 14 Dec 2019
My son, daughter, son-in-law, sister and brother-in-law came with me on this walk. The Ruakuri walkway is a short 45 minute walk following the Waitomo river.
The walk goes through outcrops, caves and a large natural tunnel that looks down at the Ruakuri stream as it does a U-turn through the tunnel.
This walk is an old Maori trail that they used to travel inland from the coast. Ruakuri means den of dogs.
Walk: South Waikato 28
Links
The history: TALES OF THE CAVE COUNTRY
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