It takes just minutes for the earth to swallow me whole as I abseil into the cave’s mouth. My feet bounce off rock until suddenly the wall slopes away into a yawning cavern and I’m kicking out at open ...
Middle-earth, aka Hobbiton, isn’t the only place in New Zealand where you can feel like you’ve stepped into another realm. The Waitomo Caves are on New Zealand’s North Island, about 220 km (137 miles) ...