Are you visiting the Waitomo Glowworm Caves?  Are you wondering if there are any side trips worth taking in the area?  If so Natural Bridges and Marokopa Falls are two spots worth checking out.  It’s a half hour drive from the famous Waitomo Glowworm Caves.

 What You Can Expect to See

So what are the Natural Bridges?  Natural Bridges is actually a single arch.  Actually, it’s a 17m high natural arch that was formed when an ancient cave system collapsed.  Did you know that the area is littered with underground cave systems and that you can even go inner-tubing in some of them?

Getting there is a short 5 minute walk through a fern grotto along a slow moving stream to the base of the Natural Bridge.  You even get to walk across a tiny suspension bridge, and if you’re feeling a little mischievous you could bounce a little on the bridge to scare your significant other (Just to note I’m the one who is usually being scared).  It’s a lot fun and really romantic if you get there early in the morning before the crowds.

I would suggest that you opt to take the 20 minute loop.  You’ll encounter ferns, stalactite-like formations, roaming livestock, and 25 million-year-old fossilized oysters–Say Whaaat!
Natural Bridge 2
Natural Bridge 3
Natural Bridge Entry
Natural Bridge 1
Marokopa Falls is another 5 minutes down the road.  It’s another short walk to the falls. I gotta say that the buggah is beeg (real big). I Thought was going be one-nuddah small falls on the side of da road, but was beeg.  So go check ‘um out aftah you pau (finish) spocking (checking) out the Waitomo Glowworm Caves.

And remember to Keep Traveling Aloha!

Marakopa Falls
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