Castles of the Underworld
A spectacular look at the strange and wonderful world of New Zealand’s limestone areas. Crafted over thousands of years the rocks and caves hold a bewildering variety of decorations, wildlife and information that link the world below to the one above.
In this spectacular look at the strange and wonderful world of New Zealand’s limestone caves we examine how extraordinary creatures have adapted to live in total darkness.
The bewildering variety of these fantastic landforms is the result of a special chemistry between the limestone and water. The process that forms and shapes the stone over thousands of years also records a wealth of information which science is now able to decipher.
