Our friends Mary & Andy treated us to a day out from Christchurch to go cave-river walking. 40km from Arthur’s Pass, this cave sits just off the road side. We had driven away from drizzle in Christchurch and after going over Porters Pass via a pie shop, we landed in glorious sunshine.
Having Evie with us (who we clearly could not take caving), we split into two and took turns.
The boys went first whilst the girls had a picnic and took in the view.
We then went to meet them coming out, and they had had a great time.
Before swapping over.
At 594m long, it took a good about 45 minutes to get through. A bit scrambley in places getting up small waterfalls inside the cave. For us the water was surprisingly warm which made it a ‘pleasant exciting’ rather than ‘cold exciting’. A good quality head torch is required, without one you wouldn’t get further than the first corner as you can’t see you hand in front of your face with the lights out.
Climbing a ladder to exit the cave Mary & me had a nice welcome party!
From here we whizzed to the top of Arthur’s Pass to make the most of the weather and amazing views before returning back to Christchurch.
Thanks Mary & Andy for a day with a difference and heaps of fun and showing us a place we will hopefully return to.
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