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Rainbow Springs Nature Park
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Bring your family along to Rainbow Springs, to meet ours.
Set amongst the native trees and beautiful forests of Rotorua, Rainbow Springs Nature Park offers a fun-packed and educational experience for the whole family. Learn about New Zealand’s fascinating natural history and get up close and personal with the wonderful birds, bugs and beasts that call New Zealand home.
Make sure you take a ride on the Big Splash, and don't forget to head to the crowd-pleasing free-flight Bird Show. Also, each day our team of experts run special Encounters which allow you to get closer than ever to some of our favourite park residents including trout, reptiles and native birds.
For an unforgettable experience, upgrade to our Kiwi Encounter Behind the Scenes Tour to see exactly how we're helping kiwi at the biggest kiwi hatchery in the world. Every tour booked is a 100% donation to our kiwi conservation program.
Your day pass includes repeat entry for the day of purchase until closing, unlimited rides on the Big Splash, access to the free-flight Bird Show and daily Encounters, entry to the nocturnal kiwi enclosure and kiwi static display.
Adult Day Pass: $40
Child Day Pass: $20 (3-15 years old).
Infant: Free (0-2 years old)
Family Day Pass: $99 (2 adults and up to 3 children)
Kiwi Encounter Behind the Scenes Tour: $10pp
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North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Rotorua |
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Bird Watching
Zoos and Aquariums
Reviews
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5.0/5
This place had a wonderful selection of Kiwi wildlife, as well as a lot of information on other places to visit.
The young chap at the counter was so helpful and enthusiastic!
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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4.0/5
Great opportunity to see Kiwi.
All other attractions (animals, playground) are nice for a family with smaller kids.
Thanks for your kind review :)
Ashley Aitken
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5.0/5
Liked what they are doing for the kiwi.
Wish we could have taken pictures of the adult kiwi.
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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Thanks for your review :) glad to hear that you seen a baby kiwi!
Ashley Aitken
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Thanks for your review :) Glad you enjoyed seeing kiwi!
Ashley Aitken
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4.0/5
We wanted to see a kiwi and were rewarded with vies of a 2 hour old chick and another being fed, others weighed etc and we learned a lot about them!!
Need a greater variety of birds.
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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5.0/5
Meeting with a kiwi bird, awesome bird show, not so big area, typical NZ flora.
You need to pay for a Kiwi encounter, special costs.
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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Sorry to hear that you did not see a kiwi, did you visit the nocturnal kiwi house? Thanks for leaving a review.
Ashley Aitken
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1.0/5
We are an adult couple and was not interested in the children's games, rides and playground.
The park is set up for families with small children. We appreciate the efforts the park is doing for kiwi conservation and paid the high admission, but did not care to partake in the park activities other than the extra kiwi tour which we had to pay extra.
Expensive admission to the park, but we felt better knowing the money was going to kiwi conservation. We opted to pay extra for behind the scenes tour and enjoyed seeing the newly hatched kiwi. The tour guide shared lots of interesting kiwi information. Tour was short and we expected to see or hear more.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review :)
Ashley Aitken
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5.0/5
This place had a wonderful selection of Kiwi wildlife, as well as a lot of information on other places to visit.
The young chap at the counter was so helpful and enthusiastic!
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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4.0/5
Great opportunity to see Kiwi.
All other attractions (animals, playground) are nice for a family with smaller kids.
Thanks for your kind review :)
Ashley Aitken
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5.0/5
Meeting with a kiwi bird, awesome bird show, not so big area, typical NZ flora.
You need to pay for a Kiwi encounter, special costs.
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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1.0/5
We are an adult couple and was not interested in the children's games, rides and playground.
The park is set up for families with small children. We appreciate the efforts the park is doing for kiwi conservation and paid the high admission, but did not care to partake in the park activities other than the extra kiwi tour which we had to pay extra.
Expensive admission to the park, but we felt better knowing the money was going to kiwi conservation. We opted to pay extra for behind the scenes tour and enjoyed seeing the newly hatched kiwi. The tour guide shared lots of interesting kiwi information. Tour was short and we expected to see or hear more.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review :)
Ashley Aitken
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4.0/5
We wanted to see a kiwi and were rewarded with vies of a 2 hour old chick and another being fed, others weighed etc and we learned a lot about them!!
Need a greater variety of birds.
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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5.0/5
Liked what they are doing for the kiwi.
Wish we could have taken pictures of the adult kiwi.
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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Thanks for your review :) Glad you enjoyed seeing kiwi!
Ashley Aitken
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Thanks for your review :) glad to hear that you seen a baby kiwi!
Ashley Aitken
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5.0/5
The Kiwi exhibition and the view behind the scenes was fantastic!
The whole park and its attractions was worth the money we spent. Ideal for families - also with young children. Lots of information and you can pat the fishes.
Thanks for your great review :)
Ashley Aitken
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4.5/5
Great staff.
We saw a newly hatched kiwi. And took the extra tour to see it. Was disappointed that were unable to take pictures of the adult kiwi.
Thanks for your review :) That's fantastic that you seen a newly hatched kiwi!
Ashley Aitken
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Thanks for your review :) I hope you came back to see kiwi at night!
Ashley Aitken
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4.5/5
I had heard that Kiwis were very rare and almost never seen so this was a pleasant surprise to be able to get up close with kiwis.
The staff were very good and made it a wonderful experience.
Thanks for a lovely review :)
Ashley Aitken
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5.0/5
Go in the evening and back the next day on the same ticket to see kiwis at night and in the kiwi house during the day.
You can get very close to the kiwis and staff are very knowledgeable.
The kiwis are beyond cute.
Best stocked and best value gift shop we discovered over three weeks travelling. We bought most of our gifts there.
Go in the evening and back the next day on the same ticket to see kiwis at night and in the kiwi house during the day. You can get very close to the kiwis and staff are very knowledgeable. The kiwis are beyond cute. Best stocked and best value gift shop we discovered over three weeks travelling. We bought most of our gifts there.
Thanks for a great review! That's great that you came to see kiwi at night, its a fantastic experience!
Ashley Aitken
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4.0/5
This place is worth a visit if you are interested in wildlife.
They prepare baby kiwi birds for life in the wild and you can get up close to the birds. An interesting place
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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5.0/5
Interesting to view Kiwi breeding program.
Knowledgeable guide and beautiful interesting garden with Rainbow Trout.
Thanks for your kind review :)
Ashley Aitken
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Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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4.5/5
Book the Kiwi tour!!
Interesting information about the lil' bird. Good feeling to help them survive. The newborns are sooo cute, park is nice as well.
Thanks for your fantastic review :)
Ashley Aitken
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4.5/5
Great and beautiful park with NZ bird and animal life!
Pay $2 more and you have a 24 hour pass and the kiwi bird habitat with baby kiwi and the kiwi bird at night when it walks just behind a knee high fence (downside no pictures).
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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Sorry to hear that you did not see a kiwi, did you visit the nocturnal kiwi house? Thanks for leaving a review.
Ashley Aitken
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5.0/5
Expensive, but unbelievable for persons who are fans of birds; you get close to the birds.
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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4.5/5
Your ticket price helps the program and you do get to see various kiwis.
We were lucky enough to see a new hatched kiwi and a couple of the young ones. They also have a few adult Kiwis to see, they give you a nice amount of time with them.
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5.0/5
You see kiwis up close and get really good info on their life and plight.
You see what one group is doing to help protect the kiwis.
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4.5/5
Good afternoon out which would appeal to all ages.
Very informative for foreign tourists to New Zealand on Kiwi Flora + Fauna. The guide in Kiwi Encounter was v friendly + knowledgable.
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
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2.5/5
We expected too much of this.
It was TOO commercial, and TOO expensive. You'd see the place where the eggs are brought in, one baby kiwi and 3 adult kiwi's. Not really worth $24!
Thanks for your visit. A shame you thought $24 was too expensive - were you told by your tour guide that 100% of your ticket price goes into our kiwi raise and release program? Thanks for your contribution. Great you got to see a kiwi chick too - we're the only place where you can see kiwi eggs being incubated and chicks hatching in incubators.
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4.5/5
Beautiful park.
The kiwihouse is great. You can see the 4 kiwis up close, no glass in between. Tip: go to the kiwihouse in the evening. Less people and the Kiwi is more active.
Thanks for your review :)
Ashley Aitken
