Jlorm attract Waitomo Caves is a cave in Waitomo on North Island of New Zealand, known for its population of glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa. It has been found on these types exclusively in New Zealand. They are about the size of a mosquito average. This cave is part of the Waitomo Caves system includes Ruakuri Cave and Aranui Cave.
Gravity has a modern visitor center at the entrance, largely designed in wood. There the organization, which includes a boat ride under the glowworms rounds.
The name "Waitomo" comes from the Maori words and Wi water and Tomo, a hole or shaft. Local Maori people known for its caves and was for some time before the local Maori chairman Tin Tinorau and English surveyor Fred Mace, has not conducted exploration and large-scale exploration in 1887 with the light of candles on the catamaran to go into the cave where the stream goes under the ground. That is now out of the cave. As they began their journey, they came across Gelowoorm Jeita and was amazed by the glare coming from the ceiling twinkling. As he traveled to more cave poling themselves about the bridge, and they were also astounded by the limestone formations. These formations surrounded them in all shapes and sizes.
Returned several times later discovered independently Tin president, upper level entrance to the cave, which is now the current entrance. Tin Tinorau and his wife Huti, 1889, opened the cave to visitors and were leading the groups for a small fee. Cave and taken by the management by the government in 1906 after there has been an escalation in vandalism. In 1910, it was built Waitomo Caves hotel to accommodate the many visitors.
In 1989, and returned to the earth and cave descendants President Tin Tinorau and Huti. They now receive a percentage of the proceeds from the cave and participate in the management and development of the cave. These descendants include many of the workers in the caves today.
Geological and volcanic activity has created about 300 limestone caves known in the region Waitomo during the past 30 million years.
The formation of limestone caves in Waitomo Gelowoorm occurred when the area was still under the ocean about 30 million years ago. It consists of limestone from fossilized corals, seashells, fish bone structures, many small marine organisms on the sea bed. Over millions of years, these classes have been fossilized rocks on each other, and the pressure to create the limestone in the region Waitomo limestone can be more than 200 meters thick.
Caves began to form when a movement of the earth and limestone is hard to bend and buckle under the ocean and rises above the sea floor. Rocks also hit in the air, and the separation and creating cracks and weaknesses that allowed the water to flow through limestone solution and over millions of years formed Caverns.
Grown stalactites, stalagmites and other cave formations of water dripping from the ceiling or flowing on the walls, leaving behind the limestone. Stalagmites form the top of the ground, when the form stalactites from the ceiling. When a connection these formations are called columns or columns If they twist around each other, they called helicti. These decorations cave take millions of years to form, given that the average stalactites grow one cubic centimeter every 100 years.
The most famous animal in the cave is Gelowoorm Arachnocampa luminosa. There are many small lakes under the earth, which was created by the freshwater streams or brooks, which is home to New Zealand snakes longfin.
And cover the walls of the caves with a variety of fungi, including the flower cave (a distant relative to the genus Oyster) which is actually a type of fungus such as mushrooms. The most common insects in caves animals. This includes the white giant cave crickets and ants, and of course glowworms.
That guarded glowworms of the Waitomo Caves Gelowoorm closely by the Scientific Advisory Group. Automated this group of equipment that continuously monitors air quality, especially carbon dioxide levels and the rocks and the air temperature and humidity. The data from this equipment carefully analyzed by specialized personnel. Advisory Group uses the information to create how it should be managed in the cave. They determine whether and when to change the air flow patterns and the number of people who are allowed to visit the caves each day.
Guided tours through the caves of Waitomo Gelowoorm brings the visitor through three different levels and start at the top level of the cave and the catacombs. And linked to levels that Tomo, a 16 m vertical shaft made of limestone. And it called on the second level and banquet room. This level where visitors stopped in the early to eat and there is no evidence of this in the smoke at the ceiling of the room. From here it may be possible to reach the top level to see the formation of the largest and called for the pipe organ, but in busy days, this area is closed to the public because the accumulation of carbon monoxide may be hazardous.
The third and final level goes down inside the cathedral, a demonstration platform and pier. The cathedral is a closed area with rough surfaces, the cradle of now, about 18 meters high, giving it a good acoustics. A number of famous singers and choirs have performed here including Ms. Kerry T Kanawa.
And conclude the tour with a boat ride through the Gelowoorm Jeita. Visiting the boat takes on Waitomo underground river where the only light comes from a small glowworms creating living sky lights.
Located Gelowoorm Waitomo Caves in the southern North Island of New Zealand Waikato District, 12 km from Te Kuiti northwest. This cave is about 2 hours south of Auckland, 1 hour south of Hamilton, and 2 hours west of Rotorua by car. Orientations aimed at caves are out of State Highway 3 at Waitomo Caves Road and continue on the road for about 8 km.
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