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Waitomo Glowworm Caves
The best known cave in Waitomo, with limestone chambers, the Cathedral’s acoustics, and a silent boat ride beneath a ceiling covered in glowworms.
Waikato · New Zealand
Waitomo Caves
In the destination Hobbiton and Waitomo.
In the photo: Mangapohue Natural Bridge
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Waitomo Caves.
Waitomo is a small village on limestone terrain full of caves and underground rivers, about 75 km south of Hamilton. The Waitomo Cave, with the boat ride under the glowworms, is the best known. The Ruakuri Cave, with its spiral entrance, and the Aranui Cave, with delicate formations, complete the visits, and to the west lies the Mangapohue Natural Bridge, a limestone arch.
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The local experience
What to see in Waitomo Caves
Grotto
Ruakuri Cave
The longest cave among those visited in Waitomo, with an entrance via a spiral ramp, walkways over underground rivers, limestone formations and glowworms.
Grotto
Aranui Cave
A dry cave near Waitomo, without a river or glowworms, known for delicate limestone formations in shades of white, pink and brown.
Natural formation
Mangapohue Natural Bridge
Double limestone arch about 17 meters over a stream, remnant of a collapsed cave, roughly 26 km from Waitomo, with a short trail, boardwalks and oyster fossils in the rocks.