| Hamilton is the region’s main centre and is also the country’s fourth largest city located on the banks of the Waikato River, New Zealand’s longest. The town is famous for its themed gardens, and the local zoo, which has the largest free flight aviary in the Southern Hemisphere - an excellent chance to find out about New Zealand's distinctive native birds. The southern end of Hamilton's main street offers an excellent choice of restaurants, cafés and bars.
To the south of Hamilton, the small and pleasant town of Waitomo is the focal point of the region’s subterranean wonders. A popular tourist stopover, the caves are easy to explore on a boat trip like no other, revealing a hidden world of glow-worms and wondrous limestone formations. This being New Zealand, there are of course the adventure options when it comes to exploring the caves, in the form of black water rafting– its fun, its fast and its wet and abseiling. Above ground, the area around Waitomo is also popular for horse riding and bush walking.
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