So there we were.... having breakfast considering the next part of the trip which would take us to Te Anau. On the shores of the Lake of the same name, Te Anau. It was only a 90 min journey and therefore made a relaxed departure from Kingston.
We arrived after stopping at Mossburn (capital of deer country) and got into Kingsgate Hotel on the shores of the Lake before the hotel room service had prepared our room. We were given some guide notes as to where and have a picnic and do some sight seeing before getting back to the hotel.
Earlier in the day I had booked places with the local company to see the Glo Worm caves, which involved a boat trip across the lake and walk deep into a cave and observe the illuminated phenomenon. So, we had a pizza, went to the cinema which showed an amazing 30min film of the fiordland and headed to thw wharf for the 8.15 trip to see the glo worms. The climax of the trip was sitting in a 12 seater boat in total silence and in total darkness being disorientated for around 15mins. This was to be the most underwhelming experience of the trip. The undrground rock formation and the rush of water through the caves were amazing, but were disppapointed at the few dozen glo worms that sprinkled the roof of the cave didn't live up to either of our expectations.
So... the day was finished as we rode back on the boat in the darkness and prepared ourselves for a better trip to Milford Sound the following day.
Sorry you were disappointed by the lack of g'worms matey. When we went we saw thousands of the little critters - or at least what we assumed were the little critters - could have been LEDs I guess ! Highlight here for us was watching a particularly persistent German photographer get her SLR camera confiscated and then also being almost frisked until she also handed over her hidden point-and-shoot back-up ! Jed.
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