waitomo glowworm caves

Black Water....应该是我在纽西兰参加过最美好的回忆的活动。当你垂降在六层楼高的洞穴峡谷中，仿佛进入到失落的世界一般。当你躺在即使过了人类所谓的适光性的时间却依旧伸手不见五指，抬了头却看到满天星斗般的洞穴里。还有漂流在洞穴里的河流上，一路仰头看着那萤光虫满是光亮.....这些景象远比照片拍出来的不知道令人震撼几百倍。

一开始没有很仔细查资料，以为是会飞的萤光虫。去到那后才发现是不一样。 导游人也不错，很会讲故事和说笑话。 这个洞是不能拍照的，而且挺暗的。 主要是为了保护洞里的环境。

这辈子见过最美的萤光虫洞，数不清的萤火虫如点点繁星，美到屏息，不知这辈子再也看不到怎么办。前天参加完哈比人历险后开着Jucy露营车飙车到Waitomo赶上五点最后一场洞穴探险，只剩我们三人，变成VIP特别参访，因为要收工还赚到搭了两次深谷洞穴游舟深不见底的钟乳石洞内一丝光线也没有，只有无尽的点点蓝光，萤火虫的秘密巢穴里有着自己千万年来不被发掘的作息。一百年才能成长一公分的钟乳石，竟有数十公尺高绵延不绝。出洞穴时天色已暗，外头亦是毫无光害，抬头又是无垠星空，银河清晰可见。我这一生不知从此要有多少次回想起这个黄昏。

传说中的漫天星辰，我们进来后，导游同样在介绍了一下钟乳石的成因，比之前好的是说的比较生动。而这边有特别的灯光和位置给你看glowworm，到最后就是一段关键的坐船游，坐着小船，导游拉着绳子带着我们划过了一片一片漫天glowworm的地方，就是太密集了，有点点可怕，而且散布的不是很分散，基本都是一堆堆的。但总体而言还是很赞的，很值得一来观赏。最后这儿是完全不允许拍摄的，只能追忆了，呵呵。

The caves are OK, then we were herded into a small boat to "traverse" the glow worm cave which entailed about 50 feet of water- so they just pushed the boat back and forth for a while. definitely no worth the money or time.

Good short cave tour - guide was filled with knowledge on the cave that was useful. Would be good for families.

This cave tour was just average and it was difficult to hear the guide when they talked about the formations, and they used a flashlight instead of a laser pointer to show us the formations, so the area was pointed out gernerally. However, once you got to the boat ride, and saw the wonders of the glow worms first hand, it more than made up for the rest of the routine. They even did a photo on a green screen at the begining. Just a bit too comercial for me. However when you stop at the I-spot just before the cave, take time to visit the museum and learn abou the caves, the area and the glow worms first, it really enhanced our visit. Also ask them about a couple of hikes in the area, well worth the time to see the area.

one thing is fact, you have the see this caves. This is incredible! the glowworms or whatever they are at the end are like stars in the sky. Thousands and thousands. I chose the classic tour with the tubing. Definitely much better than a normal walk through the caves. But sometimes it was still a bit boring. Well, could be just in my opinion. I'm used to have big adventures. But I can imagine that the other tours with abseiling and climbing is probably a bit better. But I didn't this tour. Anyway, I can recommend this tour because you will never find a place like this at an another place of earth. So 4 of 5 points. Because I just think the guys can improve it a tiny bit. :)

This is the big attraction in Waitomo. It's very interesting and the boat ride in the silent darkness looking at the glow worms is very cool. Our guide Mark was very professional. Very touristy though and just lacks the X factor. We did the Black Labyrinth Tour earlier in the day which we enjoyed much more.

I'm so glad we toured this cave on our recent NZ trip. The guide was great and the cave was so beautiful and amazing. We went on the 4:30pm tour during the week and I'd recommend doing a late tour mid-week. The tour guide commented on how the cave was the most quiet it had been all day...which was definitely a good thing.

Amazing experience for me and it will also be a amazing experience for other people especially foreign people that have not seen a glow worm visit soon

You need to be alright with tight spaces and be able to put aside the fact that you are going to be 18 stories under ground....if you can let go of that, which the guides easily allow you to. THIS IS AMAZING! We did the long tour and it was just long enough, plus you climb 2 waterfalls to get back out!! After to repel and bounce like 007 into the cave, what an entrance! Great guides, great experience! Nothing like it!

My partner and I have lived here all our lives and never took the time to enjoy how beautiful our country really is. The Waitomo glowworm cave was an experience we shall never forget. We enjoyed our guide (Alfie - my apologies for the spelling) sharing the history of the cave-her knowledge shone thru as well as her humour. We were lost in our own wonderful thoughts while Alfie manoeuvred our boat around the cave. Thank you.I would like to mention to a tourist (you know who you are) - it is considered rude and even offensive to make a negative comment when a guide is sharing a little history about the caves. Something to consider when you are next visiting our country.

The classic glow-worm cave, very well done and with some impressive caves, even if the formations are rather poor by comparison. A must-see.

It is a marvelous cave, our guide was entertaining and great, the boat tour is just impressive - however no photos are allowed which is really sad and lowered my experience significantly. There could have been so many awesome shots! I know it is part of their business however 49 $ is already not cheap and you would expect a bit more value for money.