4 Private Cave Tours in New Zealand to Get Booked Early

1.Private Waitomo Glowworm Cave Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 47 reviews Our pick

Join Down to Earth Eco Cave Tours for a private three-hour adventure through Maungarongapu Cave near Waitomo. Guide Ash adapts the route to your group, helping you through narrow passages, steps, and water. Gear, clothing, tea, snacks, and a post-tour shower are included. You need your own transport and moderate fitness.

“Great little family business. Ash was a very experienced guide, we had an amazing time and enjoyed the tour a lot. Thanks a lot!”

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2.3-Hour Private Photography Tour in Waitomo Caves

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews

Spend three hours with a private photographer-guide in the Maungarongapu Cave system near Waitomo. Ash or Heath can help you work through camera settings while you move through water, duck under rock, and photograph glow worms at your own pace. Gear, warm clothing, snacks, and showers are included.

“Most important to my husband in choosing which glow worm tour to take was his allowance to bring in all of his camera gear. So, we took the photography tour and we couldn’t be happier that we did. Heath ,our guide, knows every nook and Read more”

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3.Private tour from Auckland – Waitomo Glowworm Caves, Zealong Tea & Kiwi Bird

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · from $619

Travel privately from Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, or Tauranga to Waitomo Glowworm Caves, Otorohanga Kiwi House, and Zealong Tea Estate. Your professional driver-guide handles transport, tickets, lunch, snacks, and tea tasting. Warren is one guide named in guest feedback. Expect a long but varied 10-hour day.

“We had an amazing private tour from Auckland that included the Waitomo Glowworm Caves, the Kiwi Bird experience, and high tea at Zealong Tea Estate — and every part of it was incredible! Our driver and guide, Warren, truly made the daRead more”

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4.Waitomo Glowworm Caves In a Private Small Group Tour-Auckland.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · from $520Best value

Travel privately from Auckland to Waitomo, where a guide explains New Zealand’s unique Arachnocampa luminosa before you walk through the cave and take a 45-minute boat ride beneath thousands of glowing worms. Guides such as Kris, Kruse, Kapil, and Cup of T have provided friendly local insight, with optional flexibility for stops such as Hamilton Gardens.

“It was a great trip. We enjoyed seeing the glow worms and our driver Kris was amazing. Not only was he a good driver, but he also very nice and easy to talk to. When we headed back to Auckland he gave us suggestions of things to do basRead more”

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