Okarito Boat Tours & Guided Walks
Kotuku on Okarito Lagoon
Explore the Okarito Lagoon with us and see the incredible diversity of a landscape that sweeps from sea to mountains across New Zealand’s largest unmodified wetland area. It is the main feeding ground for the Kotuku – Great White Heron as well as many other species including the Royal Spoonbill, pied stilts, cormorants and shags, white-faced herons, Australasian bitterns and many forest birds including Tui’s, bellbirds, fernbirds, wood pigeon and tomtits. The rainforest waterways are a diverse mix of salt and fresh water plants and magnificent rimu and kahikatea trees. Different seasons offer the chance to see flowering rata, orchids, kamahi, manuka, flax, native jasmine and clematis.
Daily departures at 9:00 and 11:30 am for 2 Hour Nature Tours - $85/pp and for 1 Hour Sightseeing Tours at 2:30 and 4:00 PM - $45/pp
The Nature of Okarito - Guided Walks offer an inside look at the past, present and future of Okarito - it's people, historic buildings and flora and fauna. Learn what makes this area so unique and important to New Zealand, it's conservation for both rare and common species of plants and birds. Okarito is a remote coastal village of just 30 residents and your local guides, Paula and Swade will reveal Okarito's stories, weaving a path through the past and present of its people, buildings, beaches, wetlands, rainforest, native birds, flora and fauna.
All guided walks depart from and return to the Historic Donovan's Store in Okarito.
Okarito Village Discovery Walk - 1 Hour - $25/pp
Mountains to Sea Trig Track - 2 Hours - $40/pp
Coastal Rainforest Walk - 3.5-4 Hours - $65/pp
Daily departures dependent upon tides and weather - please call or email for more information or reservations.
