A Cikin Kogon Waitomo
Karkashin koren tsaunukan WaitomoNew Zealand) ya ta'allaka ne da labyrinth na kogwanni, ramuka da kogunan karkashin kasa waɗanda za'a iya bincika su da ƙafa ko jirgin ruwa. Sun samo asali ne daga matsin lambar da igiyar ruwa ta karkashin kasa ke tukawa akan dutsen dutsen mai laushi tsawon dubunnan shekaru kuma sakamakon haka aka samar da kyawawan matattakala da kafaffu.
Idan kana son kasada, muna bada shawara cewa ka rayu da ƙwarewar jirgi tare da kogon jira ko zaka iya ratsa su ta ciki yana saukowa cikin duhu ta hanyar rappelling ko zip-lining. Kowace zaɓin da kuka zaɓa, tabbas suna da alama kamar abin mamakin yanayi.
Sunan yankin ya fito ne daga kalmomin Maori "wai" (ruwa) da "tomo" (rami). Kogon ya ƙunshi matakai daban-daban guda uku waɗanda Tomo ya haɗu, madaidaiciya madaidaiciya na tsawan mita 16. Mataki na biyu galibi ana rufe shi yayin da cunkoson baƙi ya kasance saboda taruwar iskar carbon monoxide, wanda ke da guba sosai.
Mataki na karshe, wanda ake kira "Cathedral", yanki ne rufaffen mai tsawon mita 18 tare da manyan acoustics inda ake yin hawan jirgin ruwa a kan rafin ƙasa.
Kofofin Waitomo sanannu ne sosai saboda cikin gida akwai arachnocampa luminosa ko Haske Haske, nau'in sauro na musamman a cikin New Zealand wanda ke haskakawa cikin duhu don jawo hankalin ganima. Dubunnan waɗannan ƙananan halittun suna haskakawa da kyalkyalin haskensu wanda ke baiwa wannan kogon wani yanayi mai kama da mafarki.
jira Karamin gari ne wanda yake da wasu shaguna da kuma masaukai da yawa. Wannan yankin yana da sauƙin isa ta hanya daga Auckland (awanni 3), Rotorua (awanni 2) ko Hamilton (awa 1).