After our Jet Boat ride, we drove to Te Anau. Te Anau is a small town on Lake Te Anau but is the stopping point/hub of Fiordland National Park and and a Glow worm cave. We boarded a boat to ride across Lake TeAnau and hike up to a cave where glow worms live. Once inside the cave we walked along a river until we got in little boats to see the glow worms. It must be pitch dark and we had to be silent while in the cave. It was very interesting, but we couldn't see the worms up close as we had seen on the Minnehaha trail. We were glad we had done both though, the trail and the cave.
Ava, Alyssa, and Savannah in front of the giant Kiwi Bird at the boat dock before boarding our cruise across the lake.
On our way to the trail
Back on the boat after our hike/boat ride in the cave and two presentations on the glow worms. Super interesting!! They are such a unique insect.
The picture below are the professional pictures that we bought of our tour. You can't take pics inside the cave because it is DARK and there is no way to see them up this close.
You can see the glowing dot on the above picture. The back end of worm glows to attract it's dinner.
The trail inside the cave before you board the boats.
A waterfall inside the cave.
You can see on the above map where Te Anau is in New Zealand.
And the above picture is just a picture of a picture but had to include it because thee girls LOVED the poem!! They recited it over and over the rest of the evening. Ha!!
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