A panorama taken at the entrance to Waipu Caves. These caves contain glow worms, but to get to them you have to wade through a shallow stream and over very slippery mud banks in the dark.

Waipu Cave Entrance - Waipu visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Waipu Cave Entrance' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Northland.

Waipu Caves are a glow worm caves near to in the Northland of New Zealand. The cave entrance is at the far end of a field down a narrow track. Glow worm caves are popular tourist attractions in New Zealand, and a lot of money can be made from them. It is not uncommon for people with such caves on their land to charge entrance fees. The Waipu caves were, in 2008, free. They were unguided caves with no marked paths or lit route, but inside the 3rd chamber are numerous gloworms.

Waipu Caves are about 15km northwest of down a long, windy, dirt track. From Waipu take Shoemaker road over Highway 1. After about 6km turn left onto Mountfield Rd and then left again onto Waipu Caves Road.