About
Float under a galaxy of glowworms in this subterranean wonderland.
Why go
- Feels like an out of this world experience
- A surreal experience
- Feels like a fairy tale
Must try
- Black water rafting
- Boat ride under a canopy of twinkling glowworms
- Abseiling into the lost world cave
- Kayak through bioluminescent glowworm caves
- Explore the magical glowworm caves
Pro tips
- Book the early morning tour or the late afternoon to avoid crowds
- Photography isn't allowed to protect the worms
- Day trips to Waitomo Glowworm Caves from Hamilton
- Bring your own car or campervan, public transport is limited
- Tours available day and night
Save places like this with mio
mio turns the TikTok and Instagram travel videos you save into a map of places to go. Share a video and mio pulls out every spot in it, tips included.
The tips on this page came from travel videos people saved to mio.