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Highlights
- Explore Auckland and Watch all this impressive natural display from a scenic viewpoint atop an overlooking cliff, where Red-billed Gulls and elegant White-fronted Terns attend their nests.
- Opportunity to visit Tiritiri Matangi Island
- Visit Kaikoura to Stewart Island via Christchurch
- Enjoy watching Ulva Island is a predator-free haven for a variety of birds
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- Free airport transfers within 3 days of beginning or end of tour;
- All meals from lunch on day 1 to breakfast on day 11;
- Bottled drinking water;
- All lodgings;
- All ground transportation;
- All national park entrance fees; and
- All guiding services (including tips for local guides and services.)
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This morning we will depart from Auckland and head straight to the delights of Muriwai Beach, where there is a spectacular Australasian Gannet colony surrounded by craggy rocks and pounding surf. Here we can marvel at this impressive natural display from a scenic view...
Today we will drive southwards, where we will make several birding stops at a series of wetlands. Possible species to keep our eyes open for include Little Black and Pied Cormorants, White-faced Heron, Masked Lapwing, Paradise Shelduck, Australasian Shoveler, Grey Tea...
Early this morning we depart for a pelagic seabird tour of the Hauraki Gulf. There is a wealth of breeding seabirds here including the endemic Buller’s and Fluttering Shearwaters, as well as Flesh-footed Shearwater. Endemic Cook’s and the localized Black Petrels are p...
We depart today by water taxi for the fabled Tiritiri Matangi Island. Several highly endangered endemic species can be seen here, including rare birds sadly extirpated from the mainland. One of the Jewels of the Hauraki Gulf, Tiri is an amazing example of habitat rest...
Early this morning we will drive southwards through the city of Auckland to Miranda. The mud flats and shell banks near the Miranda Trust Wildlife Centre are a fantastic place to find large flocks of shorebirds, and here we will diligently scan while searching especia...
This morning we catch a flight to Blenheim, heart of the wine country in the South Island, before driving the short distance to Picton for an overnight stay. This afternoon we will undertake an exciting boat trip from Picton to Motuara Island Bird Sanctuary. Here we h...
This morning we begin driving south to the lovely vseaside village of Kaikoura, along the way passing through Marlborough with its many vineyards and orchards. Kaikoura is located on a most extraordinary peninsula with offshore canyon systems creating an upwelling of ...
This morning we drive to Christchurch and catch a flight to Invercargill. We will then catch our ferry to Stewart Island, New Zealand’s third largest island and newest national park. Stewart Island is wild and rugged, with few roads and high numbers of birds, making it a very exciting place indeed!
A highlight on Stewart Island is the opportunity for a pelagic tour exploring nearby islands and the spectacular coastal scenery. Again, those who require motion sickness medication will want to plan ahead as our trip will take us around the south eastern side of the ...
This morning we will catch a water taxi to Ulva Island in Paterson Inlet, a forested jewel, which will put us into some of the best avian bush walking in New Zealand. Ulva Island is a predator-free haven for a variety of birds, including the Stewart Island form of Wek...
Today, after breakfast, we transfer to the airport at Invercargill where our tour of New Zealand concludes.
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- Single Supplement $510
- Domestic Flights (Approx cost) $295
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