On the narrow path below the former sanatorium for the mentally ill, thousands of fireflies cavort and light up their wages. An incredibly romantic place. An imitation is in Christchurch in the Canterbury Museum

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Bumble-Bee

November 4, 2019

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Probably the most impressive nature highlight in the region - also due to its absolute simplicity. The glow worm Dell is a narrow path to the end of a small well. At dark the plants around are covered by hundreds of glow worms just sitting there with their lights on - purely amazing 🙂

Bumble-Bee

November 4, 2019

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(and sorry for the photo quality, these are really hard to get in decent quality)

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