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Travel story: Glowing Underground November 12, 2004

The Waitomo Caves are famous for a species of glowworm. Well, actually, it's a fly, and the larvae secrete excrement that glows. These larvae attach themselves to the ceilings of underground caves. In spring, while the bugs mature, the cave ceilings look like starry nights due to this maggot shit. But "glowworms" sells better!



We booked ourselves into the Tumu Tumu Toobing Tour to see the caves. Several different companies offer caving trips that include... More

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