Te Anau Glow Worm Caves Te Anau
Glow Worm Cave Tours in Te Anau
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Good service delivery for all staff. Impressive tour. You will feel like u are gazing the stars.
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Great service . Helpful with information. All with a smile .
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Caves were awesome , the little glow worms put on quite a show . The guide Hamish was very informative as was the guide explaining there life span after the tour . Who knew that they are a form of maggot
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Excellent service and the glow worm cave experience totally worth the money.
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Knowledgeable guides and well presented.
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The glow worms were so beautiful and the guide doing the presentation giving us facts was amazing. Our boat guide was clearly bored with the whole thing. Not very personable or knowledgeable. Boat crew and building staff were very helpful and professional
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Good value for money. Would recommend.
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The way it is written suggests that you get a discount from the total price when booking 2 trips. You need to be more specific on how the multi saver works and that the discount is only on the lowest price product. Made me feel a little suspicious of the sort of company I was dealing with and honestly I would have looked at bookme for a better deal.
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The staff were friendly, our guide was so knowledgeable and engaging. Good clean place and loved the video and talk. Cruise over was awesome. Then to top everything off we had the best steak ever at the Ranch in Te Anau.
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Easy planning. Very good.
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The glow worms were amazing. Didn't expected. The tourguides tried to tell everything they knew.
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Easy, fast, simple. Only issue I had was having to print the pass and take that to the guest center so they can exchange that for your ticket. Everything these days is done off your phone because it is much faster and convenient. I suppose this isn't up to Everything New Zealand and is more of a issue to do with the tour company.
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Do it, go see these worms (maggots). its just such a beautifully eerie experience going through a pitch black cave in a boat
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The service given by Everything New Zealand was good but the one of its partnership Go Orange was not as good. We were supposed to go kayaking on Doubtful sound but because of the weather it was replaced by a boat cruise. Yet, having seen the severe weather alert on met service I had call the day before the tour but Go Orange maintained the kayak tour will be possible. On the D day, they make us cruising the lake Manapouri while the weather was so bad that they should have known that it would not be suitable for kayak. It's only after this first cruise that they told us that the kayak has to be cancelled and that we can be refund or go on the cruise. It sounds like a cheat to force people to take the cruise. We really didn't appreciate it. Moreover, the weather was so bad that it was hard to see something from the boat and that the cruise was shorten from 3 hours to only 2 hours...
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Everything was good : the cruise, the visit of the cave and the small boat tour to see the glow worms. This last part should however be a bit longer. On the whole we really enjoyed it !
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Brilliant trip all round! Not to be missed.
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Magische ervaring
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The on-line booking service was efficient. All staff are helpful, friendly and efficient.
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The trip was very well organised, magical site and intersting experience, pleasant trip on the boat
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Exchange by email was very efficient, but webside itself was confusing,. It was showing awailable times as 10am and 7pm only, but in fact 7pm was completely booked.
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What a wonderful experience thank you so much the day was delightful the guides where great and told you all about the history of the caves and glow worms the boat ride was beautiful had a great time i highly recommend this to everone
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The tour guides were friendly and helpful. They were knowledgeable about the glow worms and seem to love what they do.
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Such a beautiful sight. I thoroughly enjoyed the boat ride to the island and the trip into the caves.
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Easy booking process. Booked for my paragliding and glowworm cave tour in advance and it made things so much easier on the day.
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Friendly and informative staff. Complementary tea and coffee are always nice. Stunning experience.
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The company is professional and really well organized!
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It was a well organized day and our bus driver was amazing!
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Helpful support to answer my enquiry, and I have made some changes of my booking with very quick response and action.
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Value for money, with cruise time, seeing the caves, a tea break followed with a presentation. A very fruitful tour!
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Thank you for efficient service.
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The trip from Te Anau to the Glow Worm Caves was very enjoyable. The accompanying staff were helpful and knowledgeable. Thank you for the perfect weather too!
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Very good & replied my email & queries fast
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Driver (Carl) was excellent, talked throughout coach journey and seemed very knowledgable
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Booking online was reasonably easy, any questions I had did take slightly longer than I thought especially as they were asked during working hours. Would recommend your travel group to friends and family.
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Something I had never seen before so was fascinated by the glow worms.
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Everything was planned well.
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Great tour and a good guide
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I booked the activity only 15 mins before the start time. Even though the shirt time frame they were able to get me on it. They responded to the emails very fast.
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The dart stables horse riding was brilliant however the guide didn't talk about The Lord of the rings filming locations and that's why we did the ride
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Excellent however the 5 hours hanging around in Te Anu was too long as there was nothing to do
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Very professional and helpful
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Very well organised, as are most things in New Zealand. Only thing I didnt like, which I knew I wouldnt, was when you were thrust into total blackness!!! But wanted to go on the trip so that my husband could.
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All staff were very helpful and friendly and punctual. We were running late for our activities in Q'Town, but they were very flexible and accommodated our schedule nicely. Thanks
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The company were very quick their response and issuing of the vouchers. We had not problems with any of the activities that we had vouchers for. Overall, a perfect holiday was planned for us! Thank you!
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Great seeing the glow worms however the communication with regards to the coach pickup going back to Queenstown was not clear enough and we had some trouble getting information from Real Journeys in regards to this.
Latest Questions about Te Anau Glow Worm Caves (Te Anau)
Does this Glowworm tour depart from Queenstown or Te Anau?
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Hi can activity go ahead on rainy day ?
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The Te Anau Glowworm tour will go ahead in all weather. The only time the trip may get cancelled is due to high river levels inside the caves.
Hi how fit do yo need to be for Te Anau Glowworm Tour. Is there a lot of walking and is it easy to get in and out boat. I am a big build so that's why I am asking. thanks
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You don't need to be particularly fit for Te Anau Glow Worm Caves- it's a sightseeing trip so the group moves at a glacial pace and it's not a particularly long walk. There is some uneven terrain and stairs so as long as you were comfortable with that, you'd be absolutely perfect for this tour.
Do we need to know how to swim?
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No, you do not need to be able to swim for the Te Anau Glow Worm Caves, you do not enter the water. You go on a small boat for part of the tour, which is the water is very calm and still.
Is Te Anau Glow Worm Caves accessible for someone who uses a wheelchair because of limited mobility but can walk very short distances with help.
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Te Anau Gowworm Caves is not really wheelchair accessible, there are ramps most of the way in the caves but they may be hard to manoeuvre. There are steps towards the end of the tour and you also climb into a little boat in the dark which is tricky at the best of times.
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When starting & ending Te Anau tour from Queenstown, where is our pick up & drop of location. Is it from our hotel?
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Heya, No for the Te Anau Glowworm tour you will meet at the Real Journeys Visitor centre, 72 Lakefront Drive. It is right by the main street of Te Anau. Easy walking distance from most Air bnb's and hotels.
Hi we will have a 4 1/2 year old. In the description it says that under 4's aren't permitted in the te anau glowworm caves but pricing is from 5-14 year year olds. Just wondering if he will be able to go?
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Heya, It is not advisable to bring children under 5 but they will allow a child who is 4.5 into the caves as long as they can be quiet. The majority of the tour requires silence and it is pitch black mostly. They will ask you to leave with the child if there is too much disruption. So it is down to you as to whether you wish to bring your 4.5 year old along (they will be free as under 5) if you feel that your child will be okay with the tour :)
Hi , is the te anau glowworm caves possible for child whose ages under 5? thank you!
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Children under the age of 5 travel for free on the Glow Worms tour from Queenstown, however they are not permitted in the actual glow worm caves. There is a cafe on the other side of the lake after the boat ride where you can wait with your infant while your partner visits the caves & you can then swap as the cave tour is always split into two groups.
I was just wondering. Can you visit the glowworm caves if your pregnant?
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There is no reason why you can't visit the glow worm caves in Te Anau if you are pregnant however if you travel from Queenstown and back it is quite a long day.
I am looking at traveling to New Zealand in December to visit family for Christmas. Before I see them, I wanted to see a bit of what NZ has to offer, in particular Queenstown. I am very interested in this tour but would be traveling on my own. Do you have a min amount of people to be able to do this tour especially departing & returning from Queenstown?
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There is a minimum number required to run the glow worm tour from Queenstown but it always confirms as the coach you get from Queenstown is actually the Milford Sound bus that takes customers to Milford for the nature cruise. You would be on this bus and dropped off in Te Anau for your glow worm tour. You will have several hours free time in Te Anau to look around before your glow worm tour. You will then be dropped back to Queenstown after the tour which is 2 hours from Te Anau.
Is your 5.45pm trip has more to see than the 7.00pm tour?
Our worry is 7.00pm trip may be too late and too dark and maybe too cold in early October 2014.
Appreciate your feedback.
Thanks.
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Hi Lee. The Te Anau Glow Worm caves are actually dark all day long so it doesn't matter what time you do the tour as it will be the same darkness in the caves. The darker the better when it comes to spotting glow worms!!
What goes on during the 12.5 hours if I depart from Queenstown? The journey should take 2 hours, and the tour should take 2.5 hours, in addition to another 2 hours for the return journey. What goes into the remaining 6 hours?
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Hi Bow. You're right, it does seem like a long time considering the length of the Te Anau glow worms tour. The simple answer is that the coach that takes you down to Te Anau from Queenstown and back again is actually the same coach that takes people to Milford Sound so you end up having about 3-4 hours of free time in Te Anau before the glow worms tour commences. After the tour you are brought straight back to Queenstown. If you would prefer not to have all that extra time in Te Anau then you can drive yourself to Te Anau (2 hours from Queenstown).
Are there any glow worm cave tours in the morning? We are 4 adults looking for a tour on Sunday morning, January 12th. We will already be in Te Anau from the night before, and we cannot stay and wait until the 2 pm tour.
Thanks!
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Hi Debbie. Unfortunately, the earliest Glow Worm cave tour in Te Anau is 2pm. However if you are in town the night before you might like to consider the 8.15pm tour that operates during the summer months.
Is the price $136 per person include the
return bus trip to Queenstown?
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Hi Anita. Yes that's correct, if you book the Te Anau Glow Worm Caves tour from Queenstown the cost is $136 per person including coach transfers from Queenstown (2 hours each way to Te Anau).
Do you operate on Christmas day?
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Hi Linda, yes the Te Anau Glow Worm Caves certainly will be operating on Christmas day. Simply make your booking online and we will send you back your e-ticket confirmation.
Is it possible to be picked up at Te Anau and then dropped off at queenstown and how much would this cost?
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Hi Jasmine yes, you certainly could get picked up in Te Anau and dropped back in Queenstown for the Glow Worms tour however you would need to pay the full Queenstown price as even though you wouldn't be coming from Queenstown in the morning they would still need to reserve your seat so you can get back in the afternoon. The price from Queenstown is $126 and you would just need to add in the "Additional Information" field that you are wanting to be collected in Te Anau but return to Queenstown.
Is this a viable activity if we have already gor accomodation in Queenstown for our entire visit?
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Hi Rebecca,
The Glow Worm Caves in Te-Anau are certainly an option as you can take a day trip down to Te-Anau. It will take around 2 and half hours to get to the Glow Worm Caves. You can hire a car and drive or take a bus to Te-Anau and then be picked up by the team at Glow Worm Caves. Te-Anau is the last township before the famous Milford Sound, it has a beautiful Lake/scenery and a nice place to visit if you have time in your schedule.
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This tour departs from Te Anau and unfortunately, transport from Queenstown is not available
Comment by: Everything NZ (Kiani) on 12th Mar 24 at 13:42