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Waitomo Glowworm Caves. These are stalagtites coming from the ceiling of the cave.

Although we were not able to take pictures in the actual Glowworm Caves, this was a secondary cave, which was founded by accident when a dog was chasing a pig and the owner of the dog was chasing the dog.

The New Zealanders have come up with clever names for some of the formations within the cave walls such as

This picture is taken of an area which we were not allowed to explore further as it was too dangerous.

Sometimes when the water level is too high, they need to close the cave. The most recent time was in February, 2004.

Though we were unable to take pictures of the glowworms, they are worth mentioning. They are tiny bugs that give off a blue light. When many of them are together, they look like a sky of bright blue stars. Many times, glowworms stick to the inner walls of caves. We took a small boat to go see them in the dark.