Glow Worm Caves and Waterfall Express Tour: Bay of Islands Highlight for Cruise Ship Passengers
4.4
20 Ratings
Paihia
An excellent tour tailored to showcase two major attractions without occupying your entire day. Ideal for Cruise Ship Passengers stopping by for the day. Take pleasure in viewing our magnificent town as we make our way to the two points of interest. Glow Worm Caves & Waterfalls
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Kawiti Glowworm Caves - After a bus tour to the caves, you will be greeted by one of the Waiomio Glow Worm Caves guides who will take you on a 40 minute tour through the caves. You will enjoy the luminous sights of the Glow Worms while you hear about the history of the caves discovery.
- Haruru Falls - Enjoy a visit to our locally famous Haruru Waterfalls. Well known for their unique horse shoe shape. A great opportunity for a photo with travel companions!
What's Included
- Private transportation
- All admission fees included
Additional Information
- Travel time is included in the total tour duration.
Location
Bay of Islands isite Visitor Information Centre
Marsden Road
Outside the I-Site Bay of Islands - please wait by the wooden dolphin.
If you are off a Cruise Ship - Take the free shuttle bus into town and the meeting point is right there.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(20 Ratings)
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Somnath_c
Apr 21, 2024
Natural wonders of the world - Outstanding experience must visit and yes it's family friendly. Toilet facilities are rudimentary though
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Melinda_h
Apr 15, 2024
Great no fuss tour. - Kawiti Glow Worm Caves were amazing, the Maori wahine tour guides were awesome. Phoenix sang a beautiful waiata, a very personal touch.
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Alfred_m
Apr 8, 2024
Great cruise ship stop tour - This was a great day off ship tour and I recommend this to everybody who has a full day off of a cruise ship
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Wendy_h
Mar 26, 2024
A great tour! - We enjoyed our tour to the caves and waterfall. We knew nothing about glow worms so it was interesting to learn about them. We also liked that it was a family business operating the cave. The Haruru waterfall was also beautiful. We liked that the tour was just a few hours because it gave us time to also walk through a farmers' market held that day in Paihia as well as walk through the shops there.
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Telahm
Mar 8, 2024
Great tour in Bay of Islands area - Great tour through Bay of Islands area. Guide was very informative. We stopped at Glow Worms, Kauri Forest some eclectic toilets, a chocolate factory.
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Annette_p
Mar 5, 2024
Good glow worm viewing - Very easy tour to see the glow worms. Waterfall was not spectacular but it was a nice setting. The glow worm cave had a boardwalk & a number of people carried lanterns. Can not take pictures.
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Ruth_r
Apr 16, 2024
A spiritual experience. - Most memorable was actually managing to get there in time for the excursion. Ship tendered and it was all very slow. Then we had to get a shuttle bus to the town. I made it with 3 minutes to spare. The glow worms' cave is a spiritual place and very interesting. Would have been better if the three young guides had taken a small group each. Overall a good day.
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Elisabeth_e
Mar 28, 2024
Beautiful but slow - We were on a bus full of people and there were other large groups at the glow worm caves which really was too many in the caves. It was quite slow getting through but it was a great display of glow worms. The driver was informative and polite.
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Alfred_c
Mar 27, 2024
The tour is not well organized - The overall tour was average as the tour guides weren’t giving clear instructions along the way. There weren’t enough light lanterns to show the way for customers making more difficult for elder people to follow and walk the path.
The best part was the driver who took good care of everyone during the tour.
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Sarah_p
Mar 28, 2024
Lots of hanging about - A disappointing tour. The glow worm caves were good but they made up about 40 mins of the 3+ hours of the trip. There was so much hanging around right from the beginning when we were waiting for our tour guide who was late to the end.
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