Waitomo is a rural community in the King Country region of New Zealand's North Island.

The limestone landscape of the Waitomo District area has been the centre of increasingly popular commercial caving tourism since before 1900.

[5] A 1915 guide said, "It is reached by railway to Hangatiki, thence 6 miles by coach along a good road".

[9] Te Araroa, a national long distance walkway, passes through Waitomo.

The section from Mt Pirongia joins the Waitomo Walkway to enter the village.

[10] The 17.5 km (10.9 mi) section to Te Kuiti goes over Mangapu River suspension bridge and through Pehitawa kahikatea forest.