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Waitangi: Kawiti Glow Worm Cave & Opua Kauri Forest Walk
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Waitangi: Kawiti Glow Worm Cave & Opua Kauri Forest Walk

By Mullarkeys Tours
9.2 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$163 per adult
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Overview
  • Explore the Kawiti Glowworm Cave
  • See thousands of glowworms close up, hear about their life cycle
  • Enjoy breathtaking stalagmites and stalactites
  • Walk through a natural corridor of karst rock formations and pristine rainforest
  • Learn more about Maori culture and local history

Activity location

    • Paihia
    • Paihia, Northland, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Waitangi 0293, New Zealand | Please walk to the end of the jetty where you get off the tender, your guide will meet you there.
    • Waitangi, Northland, New Zealand

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Waitangi: Kawiti Glow Worm Cave & Opua Kauri Forest Walk
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 11:30 am
Price details
AU$163.08 x 2 AdultsAU$326.16

Total
Price is AU$326.16
Kawiti Glow Worm Cave Tour & Opua Kauri Forest Walk
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

For customers not on a Cruise Ship, we will pick you up from the Paihia I-site.

Language options: English
Starting time: 11:30 am
Price details
AU$203.85 x 2 AdultsAU$407.70

Total
Price is AU$407.70

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport
  • What's includedWhat's included Guide
  • What's includedWhat's included Entry to the caves
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood or drinks

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Your tour will start at either the Waitangi Wharf (pickup and drop off point) on Cruise Ship days or the Paihia I-site on other days. Here your friendly local guide will transport you to the caves in a 12-seater dual air-conditioned minibus, around a 15-minute journey.

Our first destination is the Kawiti Glowworm Caves where a local Maori guide will lead you through underground caverns to see the glow worms and tell you how the caves came to be found.

Your 30 minute guided tour will follow a wooden boardwalk (with handrails) through a 200 metre limestone cave system. Once inside, you will see thousands of glow worms spread across the ceiling surrounded by breath taking stalactites and stalagmites.

Then, a short drive to Kawakawa, location of the world famous “Hundertwasser Toilets” one of the few public toilets seen as an international work of art, designed by the expatriate Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, features the use of recycled materials from the local community.

You will also visit the recently opened Hundertwasser Cultural Centre. Opened in 2020, the centre offers an opportunity to enjoy the best of both Hundertwasser’s work and local Maori Arts & Crafts.

The final destination is the Opua Forest home to Kauri trees which are over 1000 years old.. From here we go back to the Wharf via the Waitangi lookout, where there are great photo opportunities particularly of your ship moored in the Bay.

Location

Activity location

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    • Paihia
    • Paihia, Northland, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Waitangi 0293, New Zealand | Please walk to the end of the jetty where you get off the tender, your guide will meet you there.
    • Waitangi, Northland, New Zealand
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    • 69 Marsden Road, Paihia 0200, New Zealand | We will meet you at the Paihia I-site.
    • Paihia, Northland, New Zealand