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Te Anu West Side View ----------------------East Side From Glow Worm Cave
Queenstown to Te Anu, NZ 11/3/08
Again we were treated to stunning views as we passed over the road to Te Anu. The grassy plains were so green and lush. In Te Anu, Wayne found a Lakeside Motel with stunning views of the lake and mountains.
We took the catamaran across the lake to the Glow Worm caves. The water was choppy with strong winds. We got off at the dock and walked through a rain forest and up to the caves. There was a stream coming from the entrance to the cave. Our guide told us to prepare to bend over since the entrance was very low. Also we were advised not to talk in the Glow Worm cave since they would shut off their lights. The glow worms hang strings to catch bugs. They shine their lights to attract the bugs.
I had to bend in half to enter the cave. Only the guide had a “torch”. We walked along aluminum walkways built above the stream. The water was rushing through with rapids and loud noise. We passed tunnels that went up and out of the cave. The ceiling height was either low or cathedral height. We came to a very large waterfall. We were advised that we would get into a boat and our guide would pull our boat through the glow worm cave.
We climbed into the boat- reminded me of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. We moved into the glow worm area and it was so dark that I could not see my hand in front of my face. The glow worms were all over the top of the cave. It looked like tiny pinheads of light. We moved a distance and I realized that we were back to the spot that we had first entered the boat. I didn’t know that we had turned but Wayne did by the movement of the lights on the ceiling. It’s a great activity to do once but I don’t think I would be excited to do it again.
Later, I walked through the town of Te Anu and window shopped. I passed a vehicle parked by the side of the road as the driver ran into the Chemist store “pharmacy”. He left his vehicle in park with the motor running. The vehicle was a large farm tractor.
Again we were treated to stunning views as we passed over the road to Te Anu. The grassy plains were so green and lush. In Te Anu, Wayne found a Lakeside Motel with stunning views of the lake and mountains.
We took the catamaran across the lake to the Glow Worm caves. The water was choppy with strong winds. We got off at the dock and walked through a rain forest and up to the caves. There was a stream coming from the entrance to the cave. Our guide told us to prepare to bend over since the entrance was very low. Also we were advised not to talk in the Glow Worm cave since they would shut off their lights. The glow worms hang strings to catch bugs. They shine their lights to attract the bugs.
I had to bend in half to enter the cave. Only the guide had a “torch”. We walked along aluminum walkways built above the stream. The water was rushing through with rapids and loud noise. We passed tunnels that went up and out of the cave. The ceiling height was either low or cathedral height. We came to a very large waterfall. We were advised that we would get into a boat and our guide would pull our boat through the glow worm cave.
We climbed into the boat- reminded me of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. We moved into the glow worm area and it was so dark that I could not see my hand in front of my face. The glow worms were all over the top of the cave. It looked like tiny pinheads of light. We moved a distance and I realized that we were back to the spot that we had first entered the boat. I didn’t know that we had turned but Wayne did by the movement of the lights on the ceiling. It’s a great activity to do once but I don’t think I would be excited to do it again.
Later, I walked through the town of Te Anu and window shopped. I passed a vehicle parked by the side of the road as the driver ran into the Chemist store “pharmacy”. He left his vehicle in park with the motor running. The vehicle was a large farm tractor.
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