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Yet I rarely mention any of that when I talk about staying with her. The room was clean, the showers were hot, and she even made us a little hand-drawn map to help us get around. To visit the glowworm caves, we stayed in a single lady’s house in the nearby town of Otorohango, about a 15 minute drive from the entrance to the caves. It’s astonishing how much the quality of your stay can make or break your trip.

We stayed in Airbnbs throughout the trip. Is that not a spectacular sight? Photo cred: These creatures live inside the Waitomo caves of New Zealand – and nowhere else on earth. We struggled into wetsuits and plunged into freezing cold subterranean water in order to see the famous glowworms.

One of the more interesting things we visited on our trip was the Waitomo glowworm caves, a breathtaking display of natural beauty hidden away under the earth. A few years ago, my husband and I went “down under” to see some of the sights that Australia and New Zealand have to offer.Īlthough we only had time to see the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, we drove all over the northern island of New Zealand and were able to see a huge amount of its shocking natural beauty and diversity.