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Sav's tour continues to go well with his group. They had an incredible 'extravaganza' with long-tailed cuckoos in Pureora Forest Park with maybe 10 birds calling and flying about, with some excellent close views! Also lots of yellow-crowned parakeets, kaka, and a...

Well Sav is off to a great start on his 21-day tour. The weather has been kind so far and a great group got off to an excellent start with four beaut North Island brown kiwi on the first evening! Excellent views and a lot of calling activity also. Next day had nice...

Well Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone had a chance to relax a little and spend time with family and friends over the festive season.  We all managed a chance to relax a bit after the late-2018 tours, and now we are about to kick off with our first early-2019...

Booking with us on a 21-day tour will entitle you to a copy of Birds of New Zealand: A Photographic Guide by Paul Scofield and our very own Brent Stephenson! You will receive a copy of the book - one per couple, one per single - as part of the tour price.  We love the...

Sav and his group finished in Christchurch yesterday and writes... After the wholly wonderful Okarito Kiwi experience, we set off further down the West Coast, stopping first to walk through (another) lovely forest to look for Fiordland Crested Penguin. No joy!! Maybe...

Matt had an incredible sighting of a daytime Southern brown kiwi on Ulva Island yesterday whilst with a couple of clients.  He took this short video - hope you enjoy it!   Your Website Title

After the excitement of the Kaikoura pelagic : with giant albatrosses at arm’s length, the next few days can seem a little mundane…. That is if carnivorous alpine parrots, and kiwi at about 1m range don’t excite you!!!! Sure, the number of new birds each day is...

We had some bad weather earlier, and then an amazing run of great weather on Stewart Island.  A great couple of visits to Ulva Island - with a daytime KIWI yesterday!  Absolutely amazing to see these birds out during the day, and a very special experience! The group...

This in from Sav who is having a great time with his group.   Pureora in the rain, but lovely views of several key species : yellow-crowned parakeet, both cuckoos, tomtit and lots of kakas. Then to blue ducks in the drizzle. Brilliant bitterns and fernbird before...

Matt has just been leading a tour with a couple around the Auckland area and writes the following after a very successful three days. DAY 1 We left downtown Auckland, and headed to a nearby park, and with very heavy rain we used the car as hide and great views of...