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Spellbound Tours

Enjoy the full glowworm cave experience on the Esstential Tour.  We include our famous boat ride (approx 20 minutes). With just one cave to visit this is our shorter tour OR take the Explorer Tour add a stroll through the Cave of the Spirit.

Waitomo Glowworm Cave

A gentle walk & boat ride through the original glowworm grotto to marvel at glowworms.

Footwhistle Glowworm Cave tour with Caveworld

Explore stunning glowworms & cave formations on a private tour.

Ruakuri Cave Tour

See Glowworms right up close in this magical cave. Journey down through the spectacular spiral entrance, marvel at the limestone formations and crystal tapestries in this uniquely sustainable experience (this is a solar powered cave!).

Glowworm Tours

Lost World - 4 hour tour

NZ’s biggest underground adventure.

Includes a 100m abseil - then exploring this cave’s amazing river passages.

Waitomo Caves Ziplines

Take a guided trip over 1 kilometre with ten exhilarating ziplines and great views of the stunning Waitomo landscape.

Haggis Honking Holes

Concentrated action – ”feel like Indiana Jones in a washing machine".  Exciting fast moving adventure that crams a lot into only 4 hours.

The Waitomo Experience

Discover thousands of glowworms, unique limestone formations and float on tubes through a fresh, underground spring.

Troll Cave

Take an underground quest through the lair of the cave troll. Not for the faint-hearted or easily scared.

Waitomo Caves Museum

Add richness to your visit to Waitomo with a deeper understanding of our landscape and history.

Otorohanga Kiwi House

View live kiwi, tuatara and New Zealand's largest bird aviary, just 15 minutes north of Waitomo in Otorohanga.

The Black Labyrinth

Float down an underground river, slip into fast waters, jump off waterfalls and take in the magic of the glow worm studded Ruakuri Cave. Allow 3 hours for this adventure.

The Black Abyss

Allow 5-hour's for this adventure; you’ll abseil to the depths of the earth, zip line through a glow worm studded cave, climb underground waterfalls and tube through fast-flowing waters.

Lost World - epic all day adventure

NZ’s biggest underground adventure.

Includes a 100m abseil - then exploring this cave’s amazing river passages.

For Bookings and Queries

Contact us by email or come & see us at the Waitomo Caves Visitor Information Centre

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