WAITOMO GLOWWORM CAVES NEW ZEALAND 🇳🇿

The Waitomo Glowworm Caves attraction is a cave at Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand. It is known for its population of Arachnocampa luminosa, a glowworm species found exclusively in New Zealand.

The most common animals in the caves are insects. This includes albino cave ants and giant crickets, but the most renowned is the glowworm Arachnocampa luminosa.

The adults are around the size of an average mosquito. However, there are several small underground lakes that were created by freshwater creeks or brooks which are home to New Zealand longfin eels.

The walls of the caves are covered with a variety of fungi including the cave flower (a distant relation to the genus Pleurotus) that is actually a mushroom-like fungus.

You can take a tour of the cave. The tour includes a boat ride through the Glowworm Grotto. The boat takes the visitor into the underground Waitomo River where the only light comes from the tiny glowworms creating a sky of living lights!

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