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Glide Under a Canopy of Glowworms Tubing Through the Tunnels of Waitom New Zealand

Not yet published by Kristin Cowles, Editor-in-Chief

Country: New Zealand

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Waitomo King County - Destination Waitomo
No itinerary or map of New Zealand is complete without Waitomo and the Waitomo Caves.
Waitomo Caves - Wikipedia.org
The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti.

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How Green Was My Valet - Time.com (magazine)
To commune with nature without breaking a sweat, head Down Under where ecotourism has a softer side. When Clare McFarlane, managing director of Gold Coast-based Aries Tours, suggested that free-spending, luxury-loving Japanese tourists could be lured to visit a remote cave in Queensland that was infested with worms that glow in the dark, other tour agents snickered and jokingly dubbed her "the cavewoman."

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Hindi , Japanese are some of the languages spoken in New Zealand. If you know of a freely available phrase book or podcast for one of the missing languages, let us know!

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