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    Apiti Limestone Caves & Glow Worms

    Apiti Limestone Caves & Glow Worms

    Tourist AttractionsManawatu, Manawatu-Whanganui New Zealand 🇳🇿

    Apiti Limestone Caves & Glow Worms

    Tourist AttractionsManawatu, Manawatu-Whanganui New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Anonymous
    Apr 18, 2021
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    The cave is about 10 kilometres further down the track than marked here. From Table Flat Road continue down Limestone ? Road (signed Sixtus Lodge). It’s narrow, steep and winding 5 Km on gravel, but we were OK in a small campervan.

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    Anonymous
    Feb 22, 2019
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    The way to the "cave" is bad. The street is without asphalt and not big enough for 2 cars. Be careful! It's nice. The path to the "cave" looks like a jungle! If you go downstairs take the right way and you can see a little waterfall, a lot of trees and a creek. You definitely need good shoes and a rain jacket! The way is wet and slippery and your shoes and pans will be wet. The "cave" is not really a cave. It's more a tunnel with limestones. It's not dark and we haven't seen a glow worm. Time: ca. 30 minutes

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    Anonymous
    Feb 22, 2019
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    Is not worth the trip! The cave is actually quite beautiful and very abenterlich, BUT: you are knee-deep in the water there were no fireflies AND MOST CLOSE: you drive 20 kilometers of dirt road, with a camper hardly to create (one way) and it takes about an hour.

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