Waitomo caves and glow worms

Spent a lot of the morning on a bus between Auckland and Hamilton and panicking as had booked a black water rafting Cave tour with no way of getting to Waitomo Caves!!! 🤦‍♀️ managed to hire a last minute car for 2 days so that's me sorted now!
Made it to the caves and had a brilliant time :-) we were all wet suited up and given tubes to float in (or mostly carry!) We had to jump off waterfalls in the Cave (a lot less scary than I initially thought!) And turn our head torches off completely to see the full glowing of the worms...
Also learnt that the glow worms aren't actually worms but are essentially maggots! And the glow comes from a chemical reaction from digesting their food... the guide so eloquently put it 'marvel at the shiney shit!' 🤣
It was brilliant!!!! Really loved the day! Recommend to anyone going to New Zealand for sure!Læs mere