Te Anau Glowworm Caves
The Te Ana-au Caves, located on the western bank of Lake Te Anau in New Zealand's southwest, are a culturally and environmentally significant system of limestone caves. Lawson Burrows, after three years of hunting and following hints in old Mori stories, rediscovered them in 1948.
It later became a popular tourist attraction for the area because glow worms live in a section of the caves at the lake's edge. The national caving association's unofficial name is Aurora. Because the caverns are geologically young (thought to be 12,000 years old), only one little stalactite can be found.
In allusion to the river flowing through it, the Mori name Te Ana-au can be translated as "The Whirling Cave" Lake Orbell's outflow, Tunnel Burn, is the source of the water. Fiordland Travels was founded by Lawson Burrows and his business partner Wilson Campbell as a tourism company for their investment.
They sold their business in 1965 to Olive and Les Hutchins, who had worked in the tourism industry in Fiordland since 1954. The Hutchins took over the business, but renamed it Real Journeys in 2002. In 2022, the corporation rebranded.
Location: 85 Lakefront Drive, Te Anau, New Zealand.
Opening time: open 7 days - daily departures.
Prices: $35 - $99
