Again Ellis basin congrtulations!
“Cavers have discovered what is believed to be New Zealand’s first cave system more than 1km deep in a mountain west of Nelson.
The team of three cavers, Kieran McKay, Aaron Gillespie and Troy Watson, made the connection between two known caves in the Ellis Basin, on Mt Arthur in Kahurangi [...]
Here you can read about an expedition of ten cavers to the deepest cave in New Zealand, the Ellis Basin Cave system, Mt Arthur, Kahurangi National Park. The Expedition started on January 9th and [...]
On espeleo you can read about the unique glow worm caves of New Zealand. These caves are illuminated by Arachnocampa luminosa glowworm.
Exploration at Bulmer Cavern lasted 10 days from December 28, with 20 cavers from Whangarei to Dunedin camping at Bulmer Lake and making the long day trips into the cave to find and explore the new passages. This was the 20th consecutive “New Year” expedition to the cave. The result is 2km of new passages, [...]