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Okarito Kayaks

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Okarito Kayaks

Situated within the South Westland World Heritage area, Okarito Lagoon contains over 5000 hectares of shallow waterways and wetlands. It is New Zealand’s largest unmodified estuary and the primary feeding ground for Kotuku (Great White Egret). Over seventy-two bird species have been recorded here including Royal Spoonbills, Fernbird, Bittern, Little Shags, migratory waders and the Okarito Brown Kiwi. A magnificent landscape of pristine rainforest and the Southern Alps, including Mounts Cook and Tasman make this a nature photographer’s dream. You can see Kotuku all year round at Okarito. We offer rental and guided kayak tours on the lagoon. Previous kayaking experience is not necessary and we have half day, full day and overnight options.


Okarito Kayaks Contact Details

Address


Okarito
South Westland
South Island West Coast

Postal

PO Box 89
Franz Josef

Phone

Phone : 64 3 753 4014

email: kayaks@okarito.co.nz
website: http://www.okarito.co.nz


Birds always seen

about:Great White Heron Great White Heron

White faced Heron
about:White-faced Heron White-faced Heron

Bar Tailed godwit
about:Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit

about:Caspian Tern Caspian Tern

Pied Oystercatcher
about:South Island Pied Oystercatcher South Island Pied Oystercatcher

Variable Oystercatchers
about:Variable Oystercatcher Variable Oystercatcher

about:Banded Dotterel Banded Dotterel

about:Spotted Shag Spotted Shag

about:Pied Shag Pied Shag

Little Shag
about:Little Shag Little Shag

about:Little Black Shag Little Black Shag

about:Black Swan Black Swan

Black backed Gull
about:Southern Black-backed Gull Southern Black-backed Gull

Black billed Gulls
about:Black-billed Gull Black-billed Gull

Pukeko
about:Pukeko Pukeko

about:New Zealand Scaup New Zealand Scaup

NZ Paradise Shelduck
about:Paradise Shelduck Paradise Shelduck

Tui
about:Tui Tui

Bell Bird
about:Bellbird Bellbird

about:South Island Fantail South Island Fantail

about:South Island Tomtit South Island Tomtit

about:Silvereye Silvereye

about:New Zealand Pigeon New Zealand Pigeon

about:Grey Warbler Grey Warbler

Harrier hawk
about:Australasian Harrier Australasian Harrier

Spur winged Plover
about:Spur-winged Plover Spur-winged Plover

Birds very likely seen

White fronted Tern
about:White-fronted Tern White-fronted Tern

about:Australasian Pied Stilt Australasian Pied Stilt

Royal Spoonbills
about:Royal Spoonbill Royal Spoonbill

about:South Island Fernbird South Island Fernbird

Find the Bittern.
about:Australasian Bittern Australasian Bittern

about:Brown Creeper Brown Creeper

about:Shining Cuckoo Shining Cuckoo

about:New Zealand Kingfisher New Zealand Kingfisher

about:South Island Robin South Island Robin

about:New Zealand Falcon New Zealand Falcon

about:Kea Kea


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