Te Anau Glow Worm Caves: Mysterious Underground Adventure Beneath Shimmering Glowworms

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Explore the Te Anau Glow Worm Caves and experience a mysterious underground adventure beneath shimmering glowworms. Book your tour now and be amazed!

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Te Anau Glowworm Caves - View glittering glowworms in an underground cave system.
Lake Te Anau - Take a scenic cruise across beautiful Lake Te Anau on the luxury catamaran Luminosa to Cavern House on the lake’s western shores.

What's Included

Complimentary Tea & Coffee
Lake cruise on Lake Te Anau

What's Not Included

Food and drinks, unless specified
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Additional Information

The intriguing Te Anau caves situated on the west coast of Lake Te Anau present a captivating subterranean expedition that enchants tourists of all ages. This journey takes you to a enigmatic underground realm of gushing water, followed by a calm drift in absolute darkness under the twinkling radiance of countless glowworms.
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Location

Te Anau Glowworm Caves - RealNZ

Lakefront Drive

Please arrive at the RealNZ Visitor Centre, 85 Lakefront Drive, Te Anau at least 20 minutes before your scheduled departure.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Cassandrak327

Dec 23, 2024

Excellent experience - Amazing! The guide was so friendly and knowledgeable. The glow worms were amazing and the cave was a cool experience too. Definitely recommend.

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X7157kwmarkn

Dec 23, 2024

Day time starry night - A must see!!! What a great way to spend the afternoon and to see something so special and unique that you will not see anywhere else in the world. Highly recommend it. The staff were wonderful and the tour was just incredible. Some pro tips, bring a jacket for the ride across the lake (it can get chilly if you are outside), you’ll probably want a coat anyway to hide from the sand flies (bring insect repellent). Highly recommend this tour.

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983jenc

Dec 22, 2024

Do it if you can!!! - Boat ride was lovely, caves were super cool. A few spots where you need to bend down, but easily accessible. The boat in the cave was the best part for seeing Glow worms. My kids age 5 and 8 loved it. Guides were awesome as well, thank you!

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Ljhbrook

Dec 20, 2024

Glowworms - This was pretty cool and my very first Glowworm experience. Boat over was nice, guide did a good job of explaining the glowworms, and the cave and punt ride were great.

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Anns920

Dec 18, 2024

Fantastic tour. - Very informative information about the “worms”. It was beautiful to see them aglow overhead as we floated through the cave. James W was a great guide.

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Alani

Dec 17, 2024

So glad we did this! - Had no idea what to expect- but we had such a wonderful time. The boat trip was wild yet fun- the 5 yr old had a blast. The trip inside the caves was exhilarating - some narrow spaces, rushing water, and many pitch black cavernous areas. Got the heart racing a little! Seeing and learning about the glow worms was fascinating. Our guide was excellent (tall young kiwi dude with dark hair), I wish I caught his name. We enjoyed this experience more than we thought we would!

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Vy_l

Dec 8, 2024

What a wonderful... - What a wonderful experience seeing waterfall in the cave and spots of luminous on the total darkness.

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Aravind_j

Dec 8, 2024

Breathtaking experience - The experience was one of a kind. RealNZ (who is the operator) ensured to start on time. The overall cave experience was something which I wasn’t ready for. The view of glow worms were brilliant. Highly recommend. The process of booking with Viator was smooth. Cheers.

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Gingeroates

Dec 10, 2024

Inaccurate and hardly spectular. - An interesting place, but there was no warning of the high noise level, the difficulty of finding ones way in the dark, etc. I was horrified to find a very inaccurate list of native orchids, with photographs of orchids that have never been found in New Zealand. When I emailed this information I was ignored. The guides were very young and ill equipped to deal with any emergency. The glow worms were hardly spectacular.

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Explore29373646196

Dec 9, 2024

Disappointing experience. Not to be repeated - Got eaten alive by sandflies. The cave was shallow and there were very little glowworm. The glowworm cave at Rotorua is much better. Not worth the 2 hour drive to Te Anau for this.

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