Waitomo

Our next stop was at Waitomo where the limestone and other soft rocks have been eroded to produce bizarre surface structures and many underground caves.


We came to see the glow-worm cave, or more specifically the glow-worms. We were not allowed to take photos in the caves but it was definitely too good to miss. In the dark wet caves, millions of these tiny worms glow in order to attract their next meal. They continue to catch insects and eat for about nine months until they have enough body weight to survive their metamorphosis into an adult fly. The adult stage survives for a few days, just long enough to mate and lay eggs.

A little way down the valley you can see lovely bunnies having a hair cut to produce the fibres needed for Angora wool.