Glow-worm Caves Tamborine Mountain welcomes you

GLOW-WORM CAVES OPENED ON THE 1st OF MARCH 2005.

Welcome...

... to a sneak preview of the Tamborine Mountain Glow-worm Caves! Come underground with us on a journey through our spectacular caves!

The caves consist of two large chambers interlinked by tunnels. The first chamber is the "presentation cave", where you will be shown an audiovisual display on glow-worms and the construction of the caves. This chamber is complete with very realistic formations (speleothems), such as stalagmites and stalactites, water features and flow stone. From this stunning cave, you will be guided through the magical "glow-worm cave", filled with thousands of glowing glow-worms!

The experience is one you have to see to believe!

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How it all started...

The initial concept for the artificial glow-worm cave arose from concern over increased tourism to particular sections of Tamborine National Park at night. Cave construction took fourteen months finishing in mid 2004. We introduced our first 100 glow-worms, Arachnocampa flava, into the cave in February 2005. Once this colony established we opened our doors to the public on the 1st March, 2006.

Glow-worms require very specific environmental conditions and the cave has been fitted with equipment to maintain these conditions throughout the year, thereby providing the perfect environment for a healthy glow-worm colony year round. It is envisaged that the cave population will become self-sufficient. The prey items (small fly species) needed to sustain the glow-worms are currently breeding and developing in a mulch and pond system within the cave.