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Southland Explore New Zealand, Australia & Fiji!
Enjoy an evening cruise followed by a two hour guided walk through coastal forest and sandy beaches with a chance to see the Southern brown kiwi (Rakiura Tokoeka) - often searching for food.
Enjoy an evening cruise followed by a two hour guided walk through coastal forest and sandy beaches with a chance to see the Southern brown kiwi (Rakiura Tokoeka) - often searching for food.
Highlights
- Includes a scenic evening cruise across Paterson Inlet
- Experienced nature guide and guided walk (approx. 2 hours)
- Small group - 8 per guide, max 16 per night
At dusk depart from Stewart Island's Halfmoon Bay in our catamaran for a cruise across Paterson Inlet to Little Glory Cove. During the cruise pass Ulva Island (a predator-free sanctuary) and learn about Stewart Island's rich history. Once at Little Glory Cove, disembark onto a wharf at the southern part of the peninsula known as The Neck.
The walk, led by your nature guide, is on a well-formed track across the peninsula, through spectacular coastal forest to a secluded sandy beach.
As dusk sets in and daylight diminishes, venture by torchlight through the native forest with the stars and forest night sounds around you. The walk will take about 45 minutes one-way and the track emerges on to Ocean Beach. This wide sandy beach is where kiwi are often found feeding among the grasses and seaweed.
Here in the darkness you will get to see the Southern brown kiwi (Rakiura Tokoeka).
Afterwards retrace your steps through the forest to Little Glory Wharf for your catamaran ride back to Oban township on Stewart Island.
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Susanne Merkl from New Zealand wrote on 24 April 2025
Amazing experience
It was really amazing. The crew was really friendly. We did see seals, pinguins, sea lions, albatrosses and on top of that two kiwis during our walk through the forest. The kiwis were sometimes really close to us so we could see them perfectly. It was an amazing and unforgettable experience. Thank you
brigittem2 from Austria wrote on 06 February 2024
Awesome 👌
The kiwi experience was just AMAZING! Our guides Jan & Karen were awesome, they took really good care of us, gave us hot chocolate and cookies after the tour, and I really felt their energy and their knowdledge towards Kiwis. We saw, I think 5 Kiwis, the walking throught the woods was an awesome experience in the dark, we saw a lot of birds, seals and many more different kind of animals. Thank you for this amazing experience!!! <3 :)
Lukas Doerner from Germany wrote on 05 February 2024
Awesom experience
It was really a special and unique experience. We were lucky enough to see penguins, albatrosses, see lions and also Kiwis, even though the Kiwis were hard to spot und you had little time to fully lock at him longer due to the vast number of people in your group. The crew was incredible friendly and funny aswell, big thanks to Natasha and Karen, both were amazing and filled the trip with great background and Māori story telling. The experience would have even been better if all the people in the group followed the orders to be totally quiet and not flashing around their torches.
Sina Goetzfried from Netherlands wrote on 02 December 2023
Amazing tour
I went to the kiwi encounter and luckily we had perfect weather. The two ladies explained a lot about the wild life and were very happy to answer any questions. We were even allowed to look through the white light binocular. We sadly didnt see a Kiwi but the yellow pinguin and albatross. We even spotted the Aurora Borealis and one of the Lady was so kind to send us pictures because our cameras were not good enough! Amazing experience
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tobiask3 from New Zealand wrote on 29 April 2025
Awsome time with mum in stuart island rakiura
Great tour with little group amazing skipper and guide .. we have seen penguins..Seals sealions and kiwis