Te Anau Glowworm Caves
Real Journeys
Reviews
Dominik
Ranking: 9/10
Amazing!!
Dan Coates
Ranking: 9/10
$81 per person, booked through the tourist office. Great activity no matter the weather as you enjoy those little glowworms in the dark, very nice scenic boat trip to get to the caves.
Dorothy and Graham Glen
Ranking: 9/10
Boat trip across Lake Te Anau, interesting though noisy (from the water!), cave tour and pitch black drifting under the glowworms. Tour was efficient, only negative was that the information presentation afterwards was rushed to meet timings.
Holloway
Ranking: 10/10
Very well done.
Manu Liberta
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful sky of green stars! Amazing!
Barbara Knops
Ranking: 9/10
It was a guided tour to the glowworm cave with a lot of interesting information concerning the life cycle of glowworms, staff were very friendly.
Christina
Ranking: 6/10
Too expensive. Less time, busy at the cave, then back again.
Sophia Satter
Ranking: 8/10
Was really good and worth the money.
Kirsty Smith
Ranking: 10/10
The whole experience and the caves was wonderful - the boat ride over Lake Te Anau was beautiful, arriving at the caves with the sound of gushing water was exciting: the final part in the dark with the glowworms twinkling above was surreal and magical. Our guide was knowledgeable and informative. Fantastic!!
Bruno
Ranking: 9/10
Impressive and really worth it even if expensive. Cruise and cave tour. It was a magical experience. Very nice staff. Good for kids.
Afiya Levy
Ranking: 10/10
This tour is slightly expensive but well worth it. A boat takes you to the cave where you walk through the forest, into the cave, enter a small chain/pulley controlled boat and then deep into the glowworm grotto - it is like the night sky - amazing!! And you learn all about their life cycle.
Benoit Leclerc
Ranking: 7/10
A very nice place, incredibly nice when the darkness reveals the glowing worms in silence. Maybe a little too short and too expensive.
Riviere
Ranking: 8/10
Starts with a cruise on Lake Te Anau. We have seen a lot of worms in a small boat in the dark. Nice staff.
Alexander Mattea
Ranking: 5/10
OK, but not a highlight.
Johannes Eisel
Ranking: 6/10
Nice cave, but the tour was a little bit too short and it was a little bit too hectic. Lots of visitors.
Dani
Ranking: 8/10
Awesome boat trip and great staff. Many glowworms in the cave and it is fun to walk in there and ride another smaller boat.
Anna Stoehr
Ranking: 10/10
It was awesome. The cave is dark, so you can see the Glowworms really well. And the staff were really friendly.
Kai Krchmar
Ranking: 6/10
Very expensive and unfortunately very less glowworms. However, the boat transfer to the caves is nice.
Timea Bagosi
Ranking: 9/10
Got a cheaper price together with the Milford sound trip. (±150)
Go in the early or late afternoon hours so the price is cheaper.
Staff on boats very friendly and funny, explaining everything along the way.
Kristina Farkas
Ranking: 5/10
Nice, but way too overpriced.
Rachel S
Ranking: 10/10
AMAZING experience that was great for the whole family. Beautiful boat ride across Lake Te Anau, informative talk, small tour groups through the actual caves, tea and coffee. A very tightly run operation!
Laura and Marie
Ranking: 7/10
Good explanation, amazing trip on the boat, too short a time in the cave to see the glowworms, free coffee and tea.
Sophia Kadel
Ranking: 10/10
Nice tour, sad that there are no photos of the cave.
Hubertus Thost
Ranking: 7/10
Nice tour, but you can see glowworms for free at other places!
Joris Giullemot
Ranking: 8/10
Cruise in the Te Anau Lake to the glowworm caves. Really nice, good guide. A bit expensive and quite a short time in the caves.
Maya Bakker-deDreu
Ranking: 8/10
Good performance and well organised (very) expensive. Good information during the three trips.
Amanda
Ranking: 4/10
Too much money for the 5 minutes boat ride inside the cave with the glow worms. Most of the trip is getting across the lake.
Laura Metz
Ranking: 7/10
Good tour but I was expecting to see more glowworms.
M K
Ranking: 10/10
Great experience!
S B
Ranking: 10/10
Glow worm caves Te Anau-great.
Hannah Lia-Isis Kubillus
Ranking: 9/10
Nice experience but too short.
Christin Woelk
Ranking: 9/10
Cruise Doubtful Sound and Milford Sound and Glowworm Caves in Te Anau - was good, but expensive.
Lydia Kleinkoenen
Ranking: 9/10
Glowworm caves are very cool, but you cannot take pictures.
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Maria Klister
Ranking: 7/10
Glowworm caves, Te Anau, very professional and informative. But no more glowworms than you could spot on a walk through the bush, interesting cave system though.
Jan Zimmerman
Ranking: 8/10
Well worth the time and money.
Margaret and Derek McNeil
Ranking: 10/10
Awesome experience walking through caves over river torrent, waterfalls and whirlpools. Lovely boat trip through glowworm cave. Excellent guide - knowledgable and friendly. Sail up the lake - beautiful views.
Frank and Suzanne
Ranking: 8/10
Good, nice boat trip, interesting cave.
RollingMoon
Ranking: 8/10
We thought this might be a cheesy bit of fun, but it was surprisingly great.
Friedrich Kaltner
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent!
Marcel & Kim Meichtry
Ranking: 7/10
Very nice caves, impressive gorge, but very expensive, guide okay.
Pete & Pat Etheridge
Ranking: 8/10
So impressed already so went for a short cruise to Te Anau Glowworm Caves to relax on the lake on a hot day. Very enjoyable and cave so dark and silent; well managed.
Baas
Ranking: 7/10
Wonderful and incredible.
Howell Davies
Ranking: 5/10
Decent value. As with all NZ things it is all really well done and very professional end to end. But the caves are merely interesting not sensational. $70PP.
Sig Schrattner
Ranking: 8/10
Franz and Fox Glaciers. Very interesting, drove to both glaciers walked, not worth it to take the bus.
Emily Wikston
Ranking: 9/10
Worth the money for sure. A very interactive and interesting tour.
Melanie Mathiak
Ranking: 10/10
Very nice boat trip at sunset! Smart guide at the cave, very nice walk through the cave and spooky little glowworms.
Mary Mitchell
Ranking: 10/10
Very well done, informative and impressive.
Tadej Ferjan
Ranking: 8/10
A nice journey with a good guide who gave us a lot of information. We also got free tea and coffee.
Gabriele Wendt
Ranking: 9/10
Good cruise across the lake; guided tour through cave on foot and by boat ok; enjoyed it - lots of interesting information; very impressive.
Andreas & Leonie Fehr
Ranking: 10/10
For $70 per person, no photos in the caves!!!
Horst Langstein
Ranking: 9/10
Very nice trip with friendly people on board and at the caves.
Marco Scheiber
Ranking: 9/10
Very impressive tour, nice boat trip, free coffee and tea.
Alfred & Henrike
Ranking: 8/10
Main part of experience was talk by guide.
Seth & Carla
Ranking: 7/10
Nice boat ride to get there on Lake Te Anau, beautiful experience to see glowworms for the first time. Take insect repellant.
Siegfried Richter
Ranking: 7/10
Pretty good but too short.
Rebecca Doehl
Ranking: 7/10
Professional, sometimes too professional, the caves themselves are impressive.
Nicole van Bergen
Ranking: 8/10
Very beautiful, you take the early or late events, there are less people!!
Thyg Lingdal
Ranking: 10/10
Well arranged and excellent service.
Frank & Julia
Ranking: 10/10
Nice boat trip, friendly staff, impressive cave.
Lyn Stainton
Ranking: 6/10
Overpriced - but again excellent customer service.
travelbunnyadventures
Ranking: 8/10
Everything was well organized. Very informative and attentive guides. It was a pity that when we were there, there was a recent flood and there weren't as much glowworms. Otherwise it was a great experience, though I wished they would not compel us to take a photo even when we indicated we did not want to.
Gertz
Ranking: 10/10
It was amazing!!
Ken Talan
Ranking: 10/10
Very interesting - staff well informed, whole thing really well organised.
AJ van Pelt
Ranking: 8/10
Good explanation, nice boat trip over the lake and into the cave.
Monique
Ranking: 8/10
Well guided tour.
Jon_and_Family
Ranking: 9/10
A very good trip.
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Rebecca Johnston
Ranking: 9/10
Great trip, got to see lake and bush etc on the 1/2 hour boat ride there and back.
Maureen Hardy
Ranking: 8/10
Excellent, very informative.
Gordon Agent
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful boat, excellent guide, great tour narrative, friendly and courteous staff. Complimentary drinks.
Mark Franklin
Ranking: 6/10
Guide was excellent - enthusiastic. After price of tour, photo costs of $35 too expensive. If it was $20 lots of people would buy including me.
Linda Kremer
Ranking: 9/10
Was amazing, my kids loved it. Would definitely go again!
Paul Nickson
Ranking: 8/10
Not as touristy as I expected. The boat trip was great too.
Bruce & Elaine Chote
Ranking: 10/10
Great trip, informative, helpful staff.
Alex Stil
Ranking: 9/10
Great experience, beautiful cave, fun for our 4 year old son.
Katarina Bokor
Ranking: 8/10
Great experience. $35 for photo pack is extreme. Excellent tour guide.
Sayaka
Ranking: 7/10
On the ferry, they told us about landscape. Walking in the cave felt film calls 'Indiana Jones'. I wish I could stay longer on the small boat for watching glowworms.
Richard Dudfield
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent value for money. Great professionalism and safety. Brilliant commentaries, felt they went the extra mile. Unlimited free hot drinks!
Urs and Isabella
Ranking: 7/10
Too fast through the cave. The price is very high.
David Mellard
Ranking: 10/10
Couldn't fault their organisation - very helpful booking service too.
Elise van Haastert
Ranking: 8/10
Nice boat (stable), great experience!!
Pein van Nosrt
Ranking: 7/10
Glowworm cave really nice. Tour nothing special, no extras, therefore slightly overpriced.
Beat & Connie
Ranking: 10/10
Perfect organisation, super vessel.
Winskowsky
Ranking: 9/10
Glowworm Caves and Milford Sound trip by boat.
Carolin Ranner
Ranking: 6/10
OK, but its better to go into one of the 'free' caves. The tour is good for older people, but not for the young one's:)
Claudia
Ranking: 10/10
A really special tour, very exciting, not cheap but worth it!
Patrick Hugener
Ranking: 9/10
Its worth it, its good what you see for the spent money.
Hvid
Ranking: 9/10
We did a glow worm cave visit. Excellent ship and friendly and knowing staff.
Ruben and Jetske
Ranking: 7/10
A bit touristy, the cave is magical.
Ruua Reyrink
Ranking: 7/10
Fascinating and beautiful - Te Anau: no pictures allowed, great waterfalls in the caves.
Tom Hill
Ranking: 10/10
Good value for money. Very informative - great way to spend an afternoon.
Roy Seymour
Ranking: 9/10
Good value for money and a useful way to get out of the rain. Staff cheerful and helpful - Glow Worms brilliant!
JohnHaestad
Ranking: 4/10
Not that great. All the guides were very nice and worked hard, but the glow worms could have just as easily been fiber optic dots on the ceiling. It was cool to go into a dark cave, but thats about it. Very touristy. Loads of people.
dollimyxture
Ranking: 10/10
Great experience for all ages. Lovely cruise across the lake. I enjoyed getting down into the cave and seeing what that was like. Tasting the water dripping from the ceiling was fun. The glow worm grotto was great even if i was squished into a tiny boat with some rather large people.
Overall very informative and well organised.
aggiemary04
Ranking: 10/10
Everything went smoothly! Great experience... it was bizarre being in the pitch black with only the glow worms lighting up the cave.
Don & Geraldine
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent.
Matthias & Ceristiane
Ranking: 8/10
Great tour with sailing trip over Lake, friendly people.
Baumgarten
Ranking: 8/10
Very touristy, but impressive. Well organised, small groups, friendly and good background knowledge.
victoriauk
Ranking: 4/10
Very rushed. Have seen better glowworm caves elsewhere plus there was not enough time to look around and read information.
ccthornton100
Ranking: 10/10
Great boat ride into Lord of the R scenery! Amazing caves with beautiful rock formations and crystal clear water. The walkways are safe and make the 300 mtr walk underground relatively accessible. Low rock on entry makes you bend a bit! When deep inside mountain, a boat glides you silently under the hanging glowworms! Beautiful! they look likes tiny stars in the galaxy. Well worth the money.
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Lis & Rob Tate
Ranking: 9/10
Both the trips to Milford and Doubtful Sounds were well organised. Guides were knowledgeable especially trip to the Glow Worm caves.
Hilary and Chris Ayton
Ranking: 9/10
Thought this would be our only chance to see the real thing! Very informative but it would have been better to have video/talk before the tour.
E.M. Prideaux
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent organisation from beginning to end. Amazing experience - take mosquito repellant.
Stevens Frans
Ranking: 8/10
Very nice.
Elizabeth E
Ranking: 8/10
Wonderful cave system with very well laid out walkways. Kids should not be running around underfoot, nearly knocked a child through the railings around into the raging torrent.
Bob Kusesia
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent in every respect. The experience was beyond the publicity + tour guides were excellent.
Thomas K
Ranking: 9/10
Great trip, the cave is beautiful and glow worms absolutely dark and quiet are like stars. Nice.
Anna
Ranking: 6/10
The trip to and from the caves was fun, as was the cave tour. It is way overpriced for the actual amount of time spent in the caves/with the glowworms.
Janny Meerdinnk Veldboow
Ranking: 7/10
For 1 activity the price was too expensive.
Yssel de Schepper
Ranking: 7/10
Glow worms.
Wolfgang Engelke
Ranking: 10/10
Lake Manapouri tour to glowworm caves
Stephanie Steiner
Ranking: 8/10
Glow worm excursion -> friendly staff
Belinda Godhard
Ranking: 2/10
The caves and glow worms were amazing but for $63 it was not worth it. The tour is very short and there are other caves in NZ I'm sure would be better. Poor commentary.
Ian E
Ranking: 6/10
Short trip across lake to caves Reasonably impressive in cave.
Mattias Thorm
Ranking: 9/10
You should take the latest trip available. Not only the caves, also the cruise there and back are worth it.
Uwe Rieper
Ranking: 10/10
Great attraction, could be some more worms?!
Loleit
Ranking: 7/10
Fascinating experience. Photos to purchase for $30 - pretty expensive, poor DVD.
Nadine Schaee
Ranking: 9/10
Impressive
Vincente Garrido
Ranking: 4/10
You are not allowed to take pictures.
Heinrich Hax
Ranking: 9/10
Very interesting.
Sarah Smith
Ranking: 5/10
Spectacular but over priced.
Julia May
Ranking: 9/10
Trip was worth its money. Quite a long boat trip, lots of explanation, but not too much
tanh
Ranking: 7/10
It is a 2 1/2 hour journey. It is a nice tour but I found it a little long.
JimmyK
Ranking: 7/10
Massive tourist organisation, but a good trip though.
NatasjaV
Ranking: 7/10
Friendly people, big office but in small groups to the Glowworm Caves.
LucyPoland
Ranking: 9/10
We recomend this experience.
CarolF
Ranking: 7/10
Rather touristy. Big group, relatively expensive.
OliverG1
Ranking: 7/10
Glowworm caves (Te Anau Cave) Caves great. Noise of waterfalls, ment it was hard to hear the guide.
JetteG
Ranking: 10/10
Very exciting tour where we saw something never seen before.
BrzezinskaM
Ranking: 10/10
Glowworm caves.
JasminA
Ranking: 5/10
If you want to meet Japanese, that is the place to go. Caves are really worth it, but very very touristic.
Philipp
Ranking: 5/10
Glowworm caves in Te Anua, boat ride was best. GCaves just mass tourism attraction.
JoseB
Ranking: 8/10
Caves of glowworms, it was very interesting.
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Byleveld
Ranking: 7/10
Visiting cave glowworms. Guides should talk better english than Kiwi english.
ChristinaV
Ranking: 8/10
Glow worm cave. Te Anau.
AstridVG
Ranking: 7/10
Glow worms caves in Te Anau. Good trip but expensive $60 for students. But guide and tour were good and interesting.
Stolz
Ranking: 7/10
Glow worm caves - $100 for 2 person. Quite nice, friendly staff but not so good than the other activities.
Linda
Ranking: 7/10
Nice trip. A lot of information. Would like to have a longer stay in the caves. Very good guide.
Susan
Ranking: 8/10
Excellent service. $60 for a trip across the lake to the caves + tour of caves with a total time of 2 hours 15 mins. Glowworm tour is about 30 mins? with the boat tour around 1 hour (approx)
Rachel
Ranking: 9/10
Went to glow worm caves - informative. Enjoyed walking through caves.
Claire
Ranking: 7/10
Interesting trip although guide kept leaving people trailing behind him in the caves.
Denise
Ranking: 8/10
Good explanation, nice staff.
Klalis
Ranking: 10/10
Good organised, beautiful to see, good information.
Thomas
Ranking: 4/10
Nice service, some small worms. Expensive.
Mike
Ranking: 5/10
Not many glowworms.
Debbie Mossman
Ranking: 9/10
A worthwhile trip suitable for all ages. This company is professional and well organised and with kids going free, it was great value!
Carina
Ranking: 10/10
Well worth it! Well informed guides, fast boat trip, free coffee etc... well appreciated.
Mat
Ranking: 8/10
Glow worm cave. Really enjoyed it more than I thought I would. A very magical place.
Anette
Ranking: 7/10
Nice, but not a must see. Seemed to expensive for a short trip.
midlands_missus
Ranking: 8/10
Very well organised. The caves are not huge but they are interesting. We visited in the evening after touring Milford Sound; it rounded the day off nicely. The passengers on the boat trip over seemed to be a glum bunch for some reason but I don't think the operators can be blamed for that!
David
Ranking: 7/10
Very pleasant experience.
Franz
Ranking: 10/10
Really nice. The whole organisation was great.
Jennifer Baulch
Ranking: 7/10
Not that impressed. Good information but not as many worms as I'd expected. The Fox Glacier glowworm walk was better.
George Jeffs
Ranking: 10/10
Very good. Professional.
Aharon
Ranking: 10/10
Very good. They organised things so well.
D.A. Mulder
Ranking: 8/10
Expected a little more of it, but it was nice.
Cole Penelope
Ranking: 8/10
Very interesting, though not spectacular.
Jody
Ranking: 7/10
Not what we were expecting. 25min boat ride there and back. Not much time looking at the glowworms. Didn't seem very well guided.
Anna
Ranking: 5/10
Overpriced. Patronising guide treated us like kids.
Dan Adamson
Ranking: 8/10
Great trip. Awesome glowworms. But young and uncomfortable guides. Still fun and interesting.
Madeleine Rowland
Ranking: 8/10
Fun, could have been a bit better value for money as there wasn't much time in the cave.
Free_ride
Ranking: 9/10
If you want some time to chill out and just hang with an awesome crew that wants you to enjoy what you see. *AL NATURAL EXPERIENCE* Then this is the way to go. Great for the whole family and a Romantic experince if your with that extra special somebody ^.^
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Michael
Ranking: 9/10
Interesting to see worms glowing.
Rudi
Ranking: 10/10
Must do
Rolf Kruger
Ranking: 10/10
Very good price / value. The cave was absolutely stunning.
Brian
Ranking: 10/10
Again, everyone was wanting us to enjoy our evening.