Left: Judy pauses before going into the second cave on our trip; this cave

did not require helmet lighting. Below: our guide offered coffee, tea

and cookies as he answered questions about caving, New Zealand, and much more. He seemed to enjoy his job a lot—and was a good guide.

The second cave, though it had a few Glow Worms, was really shown to us

for the stalactites and stalagmites that have been formed over the

years.

Taking a natural photo, with only the light from underground lighting,

nice limestone formations can be seen.

The guide’s flashlight illuminates a nice stalactite.

Small pockets were found, the deeper we

got into the cave.

Small pockets were found, the deeper we

got into the cave.

In the second cave, the guide showed us another skeleton, this

time of a goat who, again, wandered into the cave, got lost, and died.

Left: A nice narrow corridor in the cave. Below: A bubbly limestone stalactite

hangs from the roof of the cave.

Nicely formed limestone formations—the brown ones are newer and still forming.

Below these limestone hangings a pool of water has formed—not a river, but not stagnant, either.