Zealandia Eco-Sanctuary
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Zealandia Eco-SanctuaryCommercial organisation |
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North Island ▷ Wellington Region ▷ Karori |
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Bird Watching
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Reviews
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Guided night walk.
Waitson -
One of the top places we visited.
Kirsty -
A beautiful walk through a bird sanctuary.
Sarah Kovacs -
Great guided tour (this cost extra).
Karyn -
Beautiful conservation effort.
Christoph Herrmann
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Sanctuary was nice but not much to see, wouldn’t suggest going to the cafe- staff are rude when confronted about food still not coming out after 40 minutes they just gave money back no apology.
Definitely would not recommend..
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Cool paid activity to do in Wellington but not that excited when travelled a lot already.
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A bit crowded on the main tracks but pleasant on the bush walks.
Saw lots of bird life. An interesting initiative.
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Beautiful conservation effort.
Worth every penny because you get to go two days in a row and help finance a worth while operation. You can watch heaps of native birds and get to know them very well. Lots of stunning walks, free tours and feeding shows.
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Beautiful native bush and birds in the best possible setting.
Guides make bird identification much easier. You can see how many people love the park by the sheer number of volunteers we encountered.
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We appreciated the free shuttle bus and lovely inside exhibition.
Walk outside was nice, but were were not really very lucky to see many birds. Maybe another time.
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A beautiful walk through a bird sanctuary.
It was pretty difficult to spot the birds as they are flying around, but would probably be better with a guide. But it was a great way to learn about New Zealand bird life.
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Beautiful nature reserve just 20 minutes from central Wellington, protected precious birds and reptiles, beautiful fauna and trees!
Must do.
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Cost a little money but you can see lots of New Zealand birds.
When you want to see Kiwis it is best to go at night!
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A beautiful insight into how New Zealand once was and exemplifies the hardwork put into recreating the natural space.
A must see.
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This was one of the highlights of our 2 week trip in New Zealand - south and north islands.
Definitely take a guided tour. Our guide helped us understand the hard work being done to restore the biodiversity plus pointed out wildlife that we would have missed. This is not a zoo, it is an urban reserve.
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It's a beautiful place but the evening kiwi tour it's very touristic with people doing a lot of noise, this way it's very difficult see a kiwi
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Lovely park, but the evening tour was very pricy for the 2 hours.
This tour was recommended to us by friends as THE place to see Kiwi. Unfortunately, the Kiwi spotting was only a sideline of the tour, led by enthusiastic volunteers. Also, the voluneer leaders didn't stress to participants that they needed to walk quietly and be quiet during the tour to optimize the chance of seeing Kiwi.
I would recommend that the Sanctuary offer a bird-only evening tour focusing on Kiwi.
This is not an easy place to get to on your own in Wellington, so I would think twice before venturing up there.
Our sanctuary is home to over 100 little spotted kiwi, however we do not guarantee any sightings as we are not a zoo. Regarding transport, we have a shuttle available from the CBD for $15pp return. This can be pre-booked when booking your tour.
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Sanctuary was nice but not much to see, wouldn’t suggest going to the cafe- staff are rude when confronted about food still not coming out after 40 minutes they just gave money back no apology.
Definitely would not recommend..
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Cool paid activity to do in Wellington but not that excited when travelled a lot already.
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A bit crowded on the main tracks but pleasant on the bush walks.
Saw lots of bird life. An interesting initiative.
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Beautiful native bush and birds in the best possible setting.
Guides make bird identification much easier. You can see how many people love the park by the sheer number of volunteers we encountered.
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A beautiful walk through a bird sanctuary.
It was pretty difficult to spot the birds as they are flying around, but would probably be better with a guide. But it was a great way to learn about New Zealand bird life.
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We appreciated the free shuttle bus and lovely inside exhibition.
Walk outside was nice, but were were not really very lucky to see many birds. Maybe another time.
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Beautiful conservation effort.
Worth every penny because you get to go two days in a row and help finance a worth while operation. You can watch heaps of native birds and get to know them very well. Lots of stunning walks, free tours and feeding shows.
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Beautiful nature reserve just 20 minutes from central Wellington, protected precious birds and reptiles, beautiful fauna and trees!
Must do.
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Cost a little money but you can see lots of New Zealand birds.
When you want to see Kiwis it is best to go at night!
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This was one of the highlights of our 2 week trip in New Zealand - south and north islands.
Definitely take a guided tour. Our guide helped us understand the hard work being done to restore the biodiversity plus pointed out wildlife that we would have missed. This is not a zoo, it is an urban reserve.