Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park
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Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird ParkCommercial organisation |
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North Island ▷ Waikato ▷ Otorohanga |
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Zoos and Aquariums
Bird Watching
Reviews
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Definiitely not wirth the money at $26per adult.
The aviary only had ducks. Very run down and hardly any birds
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Very interesting visit, great to hear about the various breeding programmes they have here to help rescue native NZ birds.
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Excellent views of Kiwi being fed, very active, also hand feeding of parrots.
A must if you want to see Kiwi, Very good for children.
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Great to see real kiwi birds, there is a nice park to see birds, but not so spectacular.
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Very friendly staff, changed our booking two times for us, kiwi feeding was quite cool, fair price, areas and cages are quite small.
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We have seen only one Kiwi but it was our first Kiwi!
The rest of the park was not very interesting.
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The staff really knew their birds and reptiles.
They also know their animal's personalities very well and were very informative. It was obvious that the staff really care about animals in their care. I love that it is also a non profit organisation.
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If you want to see a Kiwi up-close, then this has got to be one of the best experinces in NZ!
Firstly, I can completly recommend the Kiwi-watch that run's some evenings ($30). It's run by a volunteer and involves after-hours entry into a Northern Brown Kiwi enclosure (more like a park, it's pretty big). You then sit in a specially designed hide (no glass) that's level with a feeding area for the kiwi.
Obviously it's luck as to wether you see one of the pair that lives in this enclosure, but we were lucky enough to have 4 sightings of a male Northern Brown...... eating just 2 meters from my face....with no glass panneling inbetween us - pretty special! I was also lucky enough to have the very knowledgeable Paul, the park manager, volunteering that evening - who really knew his stuff...and brought us some tea :)
We also got to see a Great Spotted female - Tasman, who was incredibly friendly!
Onto the Park - if you go during the day I'd reccomend going at half 1 in the afternoon, as you get to see 2 kiwi's being fed then a further 2 kiwi's (as the nocturnal displays are swapped over in the afternoon).
The park's fantastic and provides a great oppertunity to see birds native to NZ up close. It's well designed and you get to see many species and a lot of interesting information for your money. There is also a large walk-through avairy, with kiki, parakeets, tui among many other native wildfowl.
A definate must-see!
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Great place to spot a brown kiwi.
Larger than expected and it's really worth protecting them (like nearly everything!)
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Interesting exhibition, nicely maintained.
It was great to see two kiwi. The entrance fee of $20pp seemed too high though.
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Good place to see live kiwi up close.
Have a Great Spotted and Brown kiwi on display. Also lots of other interesting birds to see.
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Great kiwis!
Park is getting old, sad birds, getting used to people, wanted to get out of enclosure. They should update.
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They do not have many kiwis.
Probably 5-6 bit you see one, two or three at a time. I was a little disappointed because it was the main reason of my visit. Otherwise they have many bird species.
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Definiitely not wirth the money at $26per adult.
The aviary only had ducks. Very run down and hardly any birds
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Very interesting visit, great to hear about the various breeding programmes they have here to help rescue native NZ birds.
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Excellent views of Kiwi being fed, very active, also hand feeding of parrots.
A must if you want to see Kiwi, Very good for children.
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Very friendly staff, changed our booking two times for us, kiwi feeding was quite cool, fair price, areas and cages are quite small.
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Great to see real kiwi birds, there is a nice park to see birds, but not so spectacular.
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We have seen only one Kiwi but it was our first Kiwi!
The rest of the park was not very interesting.
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The staff really knew their birds and reptiles.
They also know their animal's personalities very well and were very informative. It was obvious that the staff really care about animals in their care. I love that it is also a non profit organisation.
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They do not have many kiwis.
Probably 5-6 bit you see one, two or three at a time. I was a little disappointed because it was the main reason of my visit. Otherwise they have many bird species.
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