21-day New Zealand tours
visiting the North, South, and Stewart Islands
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| 2008 | 12
November to 2 December 2008 - still space (reverse trip, starting in Christchurch,
ending in Auckland, with more of a PELAGIC theme, contact
us for an itinerary) |
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| 2009 | 12
January to 1 February 2009 - still space 12 October to 1 November
2009 - still space (reverse trip, starting in Christchurch,
ending in Auckland) |
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| 2010 | 11
January to 31 January 2010 - still space |
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| Where: | Start in Auckland, travel through
North, South and Stewart Islands visiting all the birding and scenic highlights
New Zealand has to offer. Finish in Christchurch. |
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| Number of participants: |
Limited to 8 people ( unless specifically
requested). |
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| Description: | This guided tour, leaving from Auckland and ending in Christchurch, will visit some of New Zealand’s premier birding hotspots. During the 21-day trip, we aim to visit such places as Tiritiri Matangi, Miranda, the Central Plateau and Pureora Forest, Manawatu Estuary, Kaikoura, the South Island West Coast and Glaciers, Milford Sound, Central Otago, and Stewart Island. New Zealand is simply a stunning country, with so many unique species of birds. We will be aiming to see members of the three New Zealand endemic families - kiwi, NZ wattlebirds, and the NZ wrens. However, this is the tip of the avian iceberg, with so many other unique species. How about wrybill - our name sake - the only species in the World to have a laterally curved beak, the New Zealand pigeon - the World's largest, or the New Zealand storm-petrel - thought to be extinct until we rediscovered it during a pelagic in January 2003! Birding in New Zealand is an amazing experience, and seeing it with us will make it even more special. Although birds are our passion, New Zealand has a lot to offer in the way of scenery, history, and other wildlife (such as marine mammals). We will be sharing as much of this with you as well. As well as visiting many of the premier land-based birding spots, we will undertake several pelagic birding trips at various ports around the country - Hauraki Gulf, Napier, Kaikoura, and Stewart Island. What can you expect to see? The following stats give an idea of our success rates over the past 2 years for finding the important (mostly endemic) species. 100% Success : Less than 100% success: A detailed itinerary is available upon request, please email us to express your interest. Or perhaps you like the look of this tour but would like to change dates or make adjustments to the schedule, we are more than happy to make such changes, where possible, upon request. |
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| Cost: | Please email
us for pricing on this trip |
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| Yellowhead, Mohoua ochrocephala, photographed during a Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ tour around New Zealand in January 2005. After a bit of searching we were lucky enough to get stunning views of a small group of these absolutely glorious birds. |
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