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Underworld Rafting Glowworm Tour

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Join us for an incredible adventure with one of the world's largest GlowWorm displays! With beautiful formations, inspired local guides and small groups, this is truly the trip of a lifetime.

$245
The spectacular Ananui resurgence - your portal back to the daylight!
The spectacular Ananui resurgence - your portal back to the daylight!
Fun journey down the Nile River - the perfect finish.
Fun journey down the Nile River - the perfect finish.
Formation in the upper levels of The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
Formation in the upper levels of The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
On your tubes and ready to raft through the Glowworm Caves in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
On your tubes and ready to raft through the Glowworm Caves in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
Emerging back into the sunlight.
Emerging back into the sunlight.
The spectacular Ananui resurgence - your portal back to the daylight!
The spectacular Ananui resurgence - your portal back to the daylight!
Fun journey down the Nile River - the perfect finish.
Fun journey down the Nile River - the perfect finish.
Formation in the upper levels of The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
Formation in the upper levels of The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
On your tubes and ready to raft through the Glowworm Caves in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
On your tubes and ready to raft through the Glowworm Caves in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
Fun on our way home from Underworld Rafting through The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
Fun on our way home from Underworld Rafting through The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
Magic night time glowworm display at the cave exit.
Magic night time glowworm display at the cave exit.
Floating out of the cave resurgence.
Floating out of the cave resurgence.
Underworld Adventures Group discovering the stunning formations in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
Underworld Adventures Group discovering the stunning formations in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
Fun on our way home from Underworld Rafting through The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
Fun on our way home from Underworld Rafting through The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
Emerging back into the sunlight.
Emerging back into the sunlight.
Magic night time glowworm display at the cave exit.
Magic night time glowworm display at the cave exit.
Floating out of the cave resurgence.
Floating out of the cave resurgence.
Underworld Adventures Group discovering the stunning formations in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
Underworld Adventures Group discovering the stunning formations in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
The spectacular Ananui resurgence - your portal back to the daylight!
The spectacular Ananui resurgence - your portal back to the daylight!
Fun journey down the Nile River - the perfect finish.
Fun journey down the Nile River - the perfect finish.
Formation in the upper levels of The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
Formation in the upper levels of The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
On your tubes and ready to raft through the Glowworm Caves in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
On your tubes and ready to raft through the Glowworm Caves in the Metro Cave near Charleston on the West Coast.
Fun on our way home from Underworld Rafting through The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
Fun on our way home from Underworld Rafting through The Nile River GlowWorm Caves.
Emerging back into the sunlight.
Emerging back into the sunlight.
Magic night time glowworm display at the cave exit.
Magic night time glowworm display at the cave exit.
Floating out of the cave resurgence.
Floating out of the cave resurgence.

About

Underworld Rafting is a superb 4 hour award winning black water rafting adventure in the Paparoa National Park. At our Base in Charleston you are fully equipped with wet suits & helmet to travel by The Nile River Rainforest Train through primeval rainforest & the towering cliffs of the Nile River Canyon to the Cave. A short climb enables you to enter the enormous unmodified cave system. In the upper levels you meander through a calcitic paradise of stalactites & stalagmites while in the lower levels you float through awe inspiring glow worm grottos using only the amazing glowworm lights as your navigational aid. You emerge in a lost world of forest before leaving the tranquility for tubing the rushing waters of the Nile River.

Location

7368 Camp Street, State Highway 6, Charleston, Charleston, New Zealand
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