Tamborine Mountain Glow Worm Caves

Tamborine Mountain Glow Worm Caves

Tamborine Mountain Glow Worm Caves
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Nature & Wildlife AreasCaverns & Caves
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Welcome to the Tamborine Mountain Glow Worm Tours! During our tours you will experience the results of our ground-breaking conservation project, as we guide you through our spectacular purpose-built cave, filled with thousands of glowing Glow Worms! We offer the only opportunity in Queensland to see Glow Worms during the day, and over the course of 30 minutes, you’ll meet a Glow Worm up close and learn all about their life cycle and behaviour. Our cave features a colony of native Mt. Tamborine Glow Worms, and is part of a long-term breeding program, so your admission helps support and ensure the survival of the species in South East Queensland for future generations!
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  • Lou
    Te Kuiti, New Zealand3 contributions
    Good information on glow worms, man made tunnel.
    It’s marketed as Glow Worm Caves. I did expect a natural cave; however it’s man made. As a caver that was a disappointment. If you want to learn about glow worms then it’s a good tour. More informative on that front than tours at Waitimo. Depends what you want out of it. Too short to bother with if you like caving, the tunnel must be 30m long?!
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled solo
    Written 27 December 2022
  • yazitravels
    Bordeaux, France415 contributions
    A unique experience
    Arrived at 9am for a tour at 9:30. On the door written open from 10. Got a little worried that we fell in a tourist trap online but not at all. Different hours for holiday season. The comments read before are right, friendly staff, very informative. A little expensive for 30 mins (15 dollars would be better) but at least we spend a few minutes in the cave to see the glow worms. I highly recommend as you cannot find them elsewhere in the world! (Except Tasmania). You feel like you are looking at stars in the night sky.
    Visited January 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 8 January 2023
  • AJ Pato
    Kempsey, Australia659 contributions
    Amazing creatures and venue
    Wow found this place by accident. I’d say it’s a must see. Our kids have grown up but they would have loved seeing these amazing creatures. Make some time to enjoy the tour and the wine tasting after it.
    Visited January 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 31 January 2023
  • rh0des
    52 contributions
    If you are in the area why not? What's not to love about glow worms!
    Enjoyed this experience. Felt the guide was a bit lack lustre..maybe having done the job too many times and no passion but was interesting. It is a quick tour which is ok but would not have minded maybe a few more minutes in the cave as these little creatures are just fascinating. I think it is worth while doing. Who does not like seeing glow worms? :)
    Visited November 2022
    Written 6 March 2023
  • Caz G
    Adelaide, Australia235 contributions
    Worth the detour and then some. Excellent.
    A unique and wonderful experience. Beautiful setting. Wonderful knowledgeable guide, Kane, was very engaging and interesting. The paths are smooth and easy to walk on. The worms were pretty...as pretty as worms can be.
    Visited June 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 12 August 2023
  • Atlasmoth
    Ipswich, United Kingdom51 contributions
    Glowworms
    We arrived early for our tour of the caves and spent an interesting 20 minutes talking to Cain (our tour guide) who was cleaning out the stick insects in the gift shop. Cain then lead us into the caves, where we watched a video about the glowworms. Afterwards we followed Cain into the main cave, which was very dark but twinkling with lights from the glowworms. It was a surreal experience and Cain gave us a very informative talk. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and would like to thank him for making the tour so special.
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 14 November 2023
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Claire R
4 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Friends
Excellent visit. Really informative and amazing to see the Glow Worms. We spent a little over an hour there, beautiful location.
Great for all the family.
Wine tasting available
Written 27 November 2023
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Atlasmoth
Ipswich, UK51 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Couples
We arrived early for our tour of the caves and spent an interesting 20 minutes talking to Cain (our tour guide) who was cleaning out the stick insects in the gift shop. Cain then lead us into the caves, where we watched a video about the glowworms. Afterwards we followed Cain into the main cave, which was very dark but twinkling with lights from the glowworms. It was a surreal experience and Cain gave us a very informative talk. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and would like to thank him for making the tour so special.
Written 14 November 2023
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Joanne D
Aylesford, UK45 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Friends
What an experience have never seen glow worms before so close and the work that they do here is second to none. You are unable to take photos or video as this can hurt them and stop them from glowing.
Check out the frog hollow too as they are super cute 🥰
Written 13 November 2023
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Debkrauss
Port Adelaide, Australia19 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Friends
Absolutely loved thus experience, highly recommended to do.
Learnt a lot, very well presented, out guide was very knowledgeable.
Written 22 October 2023
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TenaciousHobden
Eastbourne, UK704 contributions
Aug. 2023 • Friends
A quick, cheapish and easy way to see the famous glow worms in a more environmentally friendly way. It's a quick tour - probably less than 30 mins in total so pair with other activities on the mountain but certainly its a must do activity!
Written 28 August 2023
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Tim077
Zurich, Switzerland86 contributions
Aug. 2023
If you've seen a glow worm before, skip this place. We paid $23 which I can only regard as a "donation" to a possibly worthwhile conservation cause. The tour itself was very quick and the commentary was difficult to follow. Poor value for $23. Unimpressive cafe fare too!
Written 26 August 2023
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SCMEParsons
Chesterfield, UK45 contributions
Aug. 2023 • Family
A great family entertainment and a sight to see, very interesting and the talk is very informative. Would totally recommend a visit.
Written 14 August 2023
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Caz G
Adelaide, Australia235 contributions
Jun. 2023 • Family
A unique and wonderful experience. Beautiful setting. Wonderful knowledgeable guide, Kane, was very engaging and interesting. The paths are smooth and easy to walk on. The worms were pretty...as pretty as worms can be.
Written 12 August 2023
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marina c
8 contributions
Aug. 2023 • Family
The tour guide was very informative and knowledgeable and the experience was good. This was quite expensive for the amount of time we spent seeing the Glow worms.
Written 9 August 2023
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Katie D
2 contributions
Jul. 2023 • Family
Visited the glow worm caves for a family day out and my kids absolutely loved it. Tour guide was knowledgeable and funny. Highly recommend.
Written 8 August 2023
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