Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown, New Zealand

The adventure capital of New Zealand is unarguably Queenstown located on Lake Wakatipu and with enormous views of The Outstanding mountain range, this town is suggestive of Park City, Utah. Adrenaline seekers visit Queenstown as the final hub for activities fluctuating from skiing, jet boating, whitewater rafting, bungee jumping, sky diving, and parasailing to the more relaxed hiking, mountain biking, and fly fishing. The town also provide lots of delightful restaurants and a plethora of stores.

Even though Queenstown is an adrenaline junkie’s dream destination, it is not necessarily a place you can visit and hope to take part in the extracurricular on your own. There are lots of outlets in Queenstown and the nearby range that will coordinate your activities for you. You can enjoy the Shotover jet boat ride through the rocky canyons of the Shotover River. The jet boat ride would be about 10 to 15 minutes and can enjoy this ride $129 NZ cost per person. It would be a fun ride and takes you on a trip to an animal farm of some category, but is also such a symbol on the town.

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"Lake Wakatipu"

If you haven't been, and if you love skiing, that's an imaginary destination for ski resorts are nearby which gives you many choices re skiing, with various degrees of difficulty. But Queenstown itself, on the edge of Lake Wakatipu, is an eye-catching town, and will keep you busy even if you don't go to the snow (or if the weather is too rough to ski that day). There are numerous things to do, such as cruises on the lake, driving around the lake, so many charming routes to view, visiting nearby towns, plus Arrowtown, Wanaka. You can also enjoy a long drive here to view the magnificent sights of Queenstown, New Zealand.

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Glow Worm Cave, New Zealand

Glow Worm Cave, New Zealand

Arachnocampa Luminosa- A Species Unique To New Zealand:
Waitomo is world legendary for the Waitomo Glowworm Caves and more prominently the New Zealand glowworm. But what actually are these creature insects and why do they shine?

What Is A Glowworm?

A glowworm is the bug’s stage in the lifecycle of a two-winged creature. It grows as long as a matchstick and seems a bit like a maggot (larva). There are several unique and unusual kinds of glowworm. The one we find in New Zealand is arachnocampa luminosa. 'Arachno' means spider-like, which denotes to the way glowworms catch flying creature like spiders do. 'Campa' means larva and 'luminosa' means light- generating.

Why And How They Glow:

A glowworm show its glow to magnetize food and to burn off its waste. Its tail sparks because of bioluminescence, which is a response between the chemicals given off by the glowworm and the oxygen in the air. This chemical reaction creates light, which the glowworm can control by dropping the oxygen to the light organ. Flies and other flying creature attract towards the light and get trapped in the sticky lines that the glowworm hangs down to catch food. Glowworms also show their glow to put other creatures off eating them.

Why They Are Found In Caves:

Glowworms can stay alive only in very wet, dark places where their light can be seen. They need a roof that is fairly much horizontal from which they can dangle their sticky feeding lines, and a sheltered place where wind does not dry them out or knot their lines. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves provide a perfect atmosphere with an abundance of insects brought into the cave from the river.

Glowworm Lifecycle:

​​Waitomo is world renowned for the Waitomo Glowworm Caves and more prominently the New Zealand glowworm. But what actually are these unusual creatures and why do they shine?