# Waitomo Glowworm Cave

- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Access:** public, via paid guided tours
- **Geology:** Limestone
- **Website:** https://www.waitomo.com/glowworms-and-caves/waitomo-glowworm-caves
- **Location:** Waitomo, New Zealand
- **Visitors:** 500,000 annually
- **Discovery:** 1887, by Tane Tinorau and Fred Mace
- **Show Cave:** 1889
- **Other Name:** Waitomo Cave
- **Photo Width:** 250
- **Photo Caption:** Tourists gliding through the Glowworm Grotto on a boat, circa 1970.
- **Entrance Count:** 2

A pou (traditional carved pole) at the entrance to the building was carved by local people. It depicts Tāne Mahuta (god of the forest), a kawau bird, glowworms, an eel and other symbols special to the Waitomo area and people.

![Photo of Waitomo Glowworm Cave](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Glowworm_Grotto%2C_Waitomo_Glowworm_Cave.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitomo_Glowworm_Cave (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)