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birderdavid
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North Island ▷ Wellington Region ▷ Kapiti Island ▷
Kapiti Island Nature Tours
5.0/5
I spent two nights on the Kapiti Island at the Kapiti Island nature tours lodge and had a wonderful time.
I was well looked after, the food was great, and I can thoroughly recommend it. The birding around the lodge is excellent with many of the native New Zealand birds common and easily seen and at night we went out and saw Little Spotted Kiwis both nights. An excellent trip.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Okarito ▷
Okarito Kiwi Tours
5.0/5
I went out with Ian to look for Okarito Kiwi last night and had a great time.
We saw two different kiwis in the space of about two hours and had excellent views. Ian really knows his area and his birds extremely well and runs a great trip.
Trip Date - 26 Sept 2013
Thanks David for the review.
A small group made for a very exciting night. Well done on your patience.
We heard the kiwi snuffle and snore prior to them getting up, heard them move around in the bush and bugger off !
We then tracked into a different territory, we saw a Female ( Joeline ) on a bit of a mission on the track. She re-appeared again.
On the way home we stumbled ( pretty much ) on the pair we were looking for earlier on. Another great view.
Cheers....Ian