📍 99 Tari Road, Pukeatua
📍 Address: 99 Tari Road, Pukeatua 3880, New Zealand
📞 Phone: +64 7 870 5180
🌐 Website: sanctuarymountain.co.nz
Wonderful to walk around the sanctuary in the shade of the ancient forest on a hot day. Well maintained easy walking paths. Beautiful birdsong. Spotted some grey warbler, hihi, NI robin, tui, saddleback, fantail, chaffinch, and even a kaka! The observation tower was pretty cool too.
What an asset for New Zealand. The noise from native bird life is incredible. If you find a quiet place to sit and watch, listen you will be rewarded with seeing some of New Zealand's rare birds. Numerous paths to follow. Paths well formed but not suitable for wheelchairs or small wheeled baby strollers. There are a couple of steep sections. Pro tip: give them a call and ask them if they have any groups booked. If so try a different day/time. Great place to spend time in some real NZ bush as it was hundreds of years ago.
This ecological preserve and trust is absolutely breathtaking and that applies to both its size and what can be seen within. The people who run the visitor center are incredibly knowledgeable and friendly, and can answer any question you could possibly have and them some. The land is surrounded by 26 miles of predator proof fence, so the wildlife inside is protected and thriving. We saw so many birds enjoying the space, even some endangered ones- a surprising and hopeful sight. Highly recommend. Donate on top of the admission fee, if possible.
This is an incredibly gorgeous and serene place to visit! We had a very knowledgeable tour guide and learned so much. There was a lot of birds to spot and different walking trails you could follow. The night tours are best for people interested in nocturnal creatures like arachnids and insects. You will definitely need comfortabke shoes and a reasonable amount of fitness if you're wanting to keep up with a tour - the walk is all uphill.
Amazing place! The team here is so passionate about protecting NZ’s native wildlife, and the guided walks are first class. A must-visit if you want to see the beauty of our forests and learn how we can help protect them. I will be back in late spring for sure.
What a place of paradise, no joggers, no gym workouts or crowds. We were greeted by staff who wanted us to be there. This is a heavenly place set apart for the welfare of our native flying friends. At times the birds come to you so you can take photos, there are plenty of loop tracks and attractions such as a tower to climb and averies. I will definetely be going again to do the mountain trek.
Excellent experience. One of the world's largest pest free enclosures with 47km of maintained pest proof fencing. The walks are amazing - listen to the bird life as it was 100 years ago, amongst beautiful established native bush. There's a walk for everyone regardless of fitness level. You may even get a glimpse of the snowy mountains in the distance, from the car park. Bring warm clothing if visiting in winter!
One of the most gorgous places in nature ever !! Plenty of walking tracks -short and long. Without noticing we spent 2 hours there.
We arrived at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari in the afternoon. We could see predator deterrent fences along the bushline when parking in the car park. First impressions were "Wow, look at the massive nature reserve". The lady on duty this afternoon was awesume and very informative. We watched the video on how to use the double doors etc and loved the Huia in the foyer. We took our swipe cards and set off to enter the Southern End Enclosure. We went thru the shoe cleaning apparatus and quietly entered. We were in Sanctuary Mountain from just after 3pm til dusk just after 6pm. We managed to do the Rata, Rimu, Nika and Ponga Tracks, but not the Wairere Track. We heard lots of bird song but not alot of birds. We saw fantail/piwakawaka, the saddle back/tieke, a few weta's in the veiwing boxes attached to some trees, also some koura in the creek. We would loved to have had a visit from a Kākā up the Tower that gives you a birds eye perspective, but as you are not allowed to feed the Kākā's we had nothing to entice a photo opportunity. So we didn't see any of these beautiful parrots.
Really impressive walk through the bush. Liz, our volunteer tour guide was very knowledgeable. It was a bit like jurassic park with the fence around the perimeter. The Flora and Fauna was just amazing. To sit and listen to all the, strange to me bird song was amazing. Highly recommend taking the accompanied tour. An excellent experience.
Sanctuary Mountain - Maungatautari is located at 99 Tari Road, Pukeatua 3880, New Zealand
You can contact Sanctuary Mountain - Maungatautari at +64 7 870 5180
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