The Waitomo Caves are located in Waitomo. This is on the North Island of New Zealand. The name comes from the Maori people, with wai meaning water and tomo meaning hole or shaft. Depending on how you ...

It takes just minutes for the earth to swallow me whole as I abseil into the cave’s mouth. My feet bounce off rock until suddenly the wall slopes away into a yawning cavern and I’m kicking out at open ...

The glowworm is the larval stage of a fungus gnat found only in New Zealand. Through a chemical reaction between luciferin and the enzyme luciferase, it produces cold blue-green light. This ...

The ancient caves in the village of Waitomo were first explored more than a century ago, by a Maori chief and a surveyor. Today, visitors can take a boat tour of the caverns’ lower level. Many of the ...

Among the most enchanting wonders in the natural world, the Waitomo Glowworm Caves are hidden beneath the rolling hills of the Waikato region in New Zealand. These subterranean chambers, carved over ...