Top Things to do in Waitomo District
Top 7 Free Things to do in Waitomo District, North Island
Discover the best top things to do in Waitomo District, New Zealand including Ruakuri Walk, Marakopa Falls, Mangapohue Natural Bridge Walk, Te Kuiti i-SITE Visitor Information Centre, Statue of shearer, Sir Colin Meads Statue, Piripiri Cave Walk.
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1. Ruakuri Walk
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5.0 based on 374 reviews
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Reviewed By Lula444 - London, United Kingdom
Lovey short walk through beautiful forest with a couple of viewing decks - very well maintained paths, lots of steps
2. Marakopa Falls
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4.5 based on 513 reviews
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Reviewed By PippinStubbs - Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
Absolutely beautiful! fun track downhill to the waterfall and viewing platform in the winter months or after heavy rainfall you definitely can get hit by the mist, even in summer with a small breeze you can feel the waterfall coming down. If you are driving here make sure you have petrol as there isn't any place to fuel up and no reception. I also highly recommend visiting the Mangapohue Natural Bridge as its about 40 mins from Waitomo but well worth the trip
3. Mangapohue Natural Bridge Walk
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4.5 based on 345 reviews
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Reviewed By 6-world-travelers
If you're in the Waitomo area, this is a 35 minute drive from Waitomo village, and 5 minutes from the spectacular Marakopa waterfall. Coming from the village, parking is on the right hand side of the road; be careful turning in as it's on a curve and there might be traffic to cross. Easy walk through a gorge to the main attraction; crosses a bridge where you'll have to hold onto your kids' hands (lest they fall over the edge) and you're under the limestone arch in about 5-10 minutes. It's 57ft of wow, and hard to capture on camera. If you carry on through, you'll climb a couple of stiles, go through farmland (watch the cow pats) and up and around. Loop takes maybe 20 minutes, tops.
4. Te Kuiti i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
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4.5 based on 30 reviews
Reviewed By Sallyrossjackson - Wellington, New Zealand
The exhibition was really well put together, was the right amount of information and provided authentic insights into all aspects of the Meads’ life. A genuine insight into a different but relatively recent time in Aotearoa New Zealand sporting history. Well worth a visit.
5. Statue of shearer
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4.5 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By MadelineP752 - Whakatane, New Zealand
This statue is on the corner of the road going to Rotorua and New Plymouth. It is a great iconic feature for Te Kuiti. This shearer is the famous Godfrey Bowen. Te kuiti is the capital of world shearer. It is free to visit the stature
6. Sir Colin Meads Statue
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4.5 based on 34 reviews
Sir Colin Meads Bronze Statue All Black legend & New Zealand’s Player of the 20th Century Come see him immortalised in bronze in Te Kuiti’s main street. Te Kuiti – in the heart of the North King Country on SH3 – 15 minutes from the Waitomo Caves, 1 hour from Hamilton, 2.5 hours from Auckland
Reviewed By 740mareer - Christchurch, New Zealand
A very nice and large statue of Colin Meads with an informative billboard close by. Its just in front of the railway station - on the sidewalk.
7. Piripiri Cave Walk
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3.5 based on 55 reviews
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Reviewed By barefootlouise - Napier, New Zealand
A quick 5-10min walk to get there. Take a torch to shine inside the cave to see better. Another gorgeous free activity in this beautiful country
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