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Close encounters with penguins
Elm Wildlife Tours

Photo © Shaun Templeton

"Judged -NEW ZEALAND'S BEST LEISURE ACTIVITY"

Our daily Otago Peninsula tours present exciting, memorable wildlife encounters. Find out why overseas visitors have described our wildlife experience as the "highlight of their visit to New Zealand". Absolutely unrivalled, up close viewing of Royal albatross, Yellow-eyed and Blue Penguins, NZ Sealions and NZ fur seals and many other waders and many seabirds.  Some of the species listed below as always seen are seasonal but are always seen during their seasonal stay.  Some of the penguin species occaisionally seen occur during the moult time (February - April)

‘Peninsula encounters’ tours depart from Dunedin City in the afternoon and return around six hours later in the evening. Tours include lagoon and coastal birdlife and a visit to the royal albatross colony. The remainder of the tour is conducted solely within our private wildlife conservation area in a beautiful beach location. Multi-day personalised small group expeditions of the southern coastline can be arranged on request.

Freephone:     0800 356563

Winner of six New Zealand tourism awards
Winner of New Zealand conservation award
Catagory winner "Trip advisor" 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013
Qualmark green (gold level)


Elm Wildlife Tours Contact Details

Address

Elm Wildlife Tours
Pickup point - Dunedin i-site
1 The Octagon Dunedin
Otago

Postal

20 Fryatt Street
Central Dunedin
Dunedin 9016

Phone

Phone : 64  03 477 4276
Freephone : 0800 356563

Affiliations
  • Qualmark GOLD Sustainable Tourism Business Award
  • 8 NZ Tourism Awards
  • Tripadvisor - Certificate of Excellence

email: elm@wildlife.co.nz
website: http://www.elmwildlifetours.co.nz


Birds always seen

about:Yellow Eyed Penguin Yellow Eyed Penguin

Yellow-eyed Penguins are one of the rarest of the world's 18 species of penguin. There are only 5,000 - 6,000 Yellow-eyed Penguins in the wild and they only live in New Zealand.

Red billed gull portrait
about:Red-billed Gull Red-billed Gull

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

Variable Oystercatchers
about:Variable Oystercatcher Variable Oystercatcher

NZ Paradise Shelduck
about:Paradise Shelduck Paradise Shelduck

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

about:Spotted Shag Spotted Shag

about:Stewart Island Shag, Bronze Shag Stewart Island Shag, Bronze 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

Harrier hawk
about:Australasian Harrier Australasian Harrier

Birds very likely seen

about:Southern Buller's Albatross Southern Buller's Albatross

White capped (Shy) Albatross
about:White-capped Albatross White-capped Albatross

about:Goldfinch Goldfinch

about:Greenfinch Greenfinch

about:Redpoll Redpoll

about:Yellowhammer Yellowhammer

about:Cape Pigeon (petrel) Cape Pigeon (petrel)

about:Skylark Skylark

about:New Zealand Kingfisher New Zealand Kingfisher

Pukeko
about:Pukeko Pukeko

about:Little Penguin (Blue) Little Penguin (Blue)

Royal Albatross
about:Northern Royal Albatross Northern Royal Albatross

about:Pied Oystercatcher Pied Oystercatcher

about:Australasian Pied Stilt Australasian Pied Stilt

about:Australian Magpie Australian Magpie

about:Mallard Mallard

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

about:Little Owl Little Owl

about:Dunnock (hedge Sparrow) Dunnock (hedge Sparrow)

Birds seasonally seen

about:Australasian Shoveler Australasian Shoveler

about:Australasian Gannet Australasian Gannet

about:Sooty Shearwater , Sooty Shearwater ,

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

about:

Royal Spoonbills
about:Royal Spoonbill Royal Spoonbill

about:Northern Giant Petrel Northern Giant Petrel

about:Southern Giant Petrel Southern Giant Petrel

Welcome Swallow
about:Welcome Swallow Welcome Swallow


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Elm Wildlife Tours
Photo Gallery

 
 
 
Pukeko 
Variable Oyster Catcher - Chick 
Little Penguins 
Spur winged Plovers 
Nesting Spotted Shags 
Variable Oystercatchers 
Yellow eyed Penguins 
Pied Oystercatcher 
White fronted Tern 
NZ Kingfisher 
Spur winged Plover 
White faced Heron 
Yellow eyed Penguin 
Welcome Swallow 
NZ Paradise Shelduck 
Kingfisher 
White capped Albatross (Mollymawk) 
Yellow eyed Penguin 
Black backed Gull 
Bar tailed godwits 
Little Shag 
Snares crested penguin 
Cape Petrel 
Royal Albatross 
Red billed gull portrait 
Yellow eyed penguins 
White capped (Shy) Albatross 
Yellow eyed Penguins 
Red billed Gull 
Royal Spoonbill - Papanui inlet 
Royal Albatross - Taiaroa head 
 
 
 
 
Spotted Shags 
Variable Oystercatcher 
Black billed Gulls 
New Zealand Falcon 
Harrier hawk 
White faced Heron 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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