Off the Beaten Track Glowworm Cave Tour - Down to Earth Waitomo

Excellent, and highly recommended - Small group tour (maximum is 6-8) with Ash, an experienced guide who is very friendly and helpful. All the needed equipment is provided, including cave exploration outfit, boots, and helmet with flashlight. Seeing the underground cave system was both humbling and awe-inspiring; the glow-worms looked like constellations on the cave ceiling.

love love love the adventure! Ash was very informative and very aware of our safety during the tour. The group only consists of 7 people with a max of 8, so that the guide could personally look after us. The hike is relatively easy, even for my family and I who don’t usually hike. It was definitely an interesting tour because we had to go through the cave, duck, squat to go through the crevises, etc. We could also drink the spring water on our way too. Most importantly, we could take pictures (of course without flash) of the area and even the glowworm. Would definitely recommend this experience to anyone! 👍🏻

Highly recommend experiencing this small group tour of 5 to a maximum of 8 people! Our guide was Ash, an experienced guide who was very friendly, humorous, and helpful. He led us through the caves, explaining the cave structure, observing the creatures in the stream, crouching through crevices, and even tasting spring water along the way. Most importantly, we were able to take pictures of the area and even the glowworms (without flash, of course). The glowworm "starry sky" was also impressive because once our eyes adjusted to the darkness, the glowworms looked like thousands of stars on the cave ceiling, making us feel like we were on a wonderful cave adventure.

the journey is very very exciting and little bit challenging as we climb through the rocks to reach the gloworms habitats, and it’s totally worth it! The guide is super funny and helpful as well!

It was such an impressive experience that all of us enjoyed it so much and we found it was the most amazing activity we had been in this six days trip. The cave, the glow worms, the rocks and the astonishing sight that made me feel so wonderful!

You can hike into the cave to watch fireflies, which is a very interesting experience. I highly recommend everyone to participate in this activity!

110% recommend this tour if you’re looking for a unique experience and love being active. This is a family-run business and we love how passionate Ash and Michelle are about it. Ash is a fantastic guide - super witty, knowledgeable, plus he takes great photos of the glowworms with his Huawei!

This was a great tour and Ash is a funny and informative guide. I really appreciated the "stylish" 🤣 clothes they provide as they are much appreciated for scrambling and squeezing around and over rocks and splashing through the creek. The small group size made it easy to talk with Ash and share his humor. The cave features were great (stalagmites and stalactites, cave bacon, popcorn - other terms I've learned in other caves) and the glow worms were quite impressive as our eyes got used to the dark and their glow - they looked like thousands of stars on the cave ceiling. Kudos to this family run operation for a wonderful trip.

such a lovely experience to do tracking & able to watch the gloworm in the beautiful caves. a big thk u to our guide Ash & Michelle who help us in the photo taking. great hospitality too. Highly recommended to ages above 12

Fantastic cave tour. The guide is friendly and knowledgeable. Very entertaining even though is a test of courage and strength to over come the darkness and small space. Tour size is small group of 5-6. So guide has plenty of time to take pictures and explain the background of the whole tour.