Best places: Bird watching areas in Howick, New Zealand

Adventure course featuring zip lines, swing bridges & treetop platforms in an ancient forest.

Seaside retreat featuring a coastline with black-sand beaches & a gannet breeding ground.

This unique destination provides historical artifacts, kiwis & geckos, plus 19th-century buildings.

👍👍 Shaw's Bird Park is a 7ha area that is home to well over 500 native trees and multiple varieties of birds. Murray and Margaret Shaw bought this property when it was a gully full of blackberry and gorse. It is now a wonderful breeding ground for birds. They breed Mandarin, Carolina and NZ Grey Teal...

👍👍 It’s a beautiful place & would love to revisit. When we went there, there were not many birds as we didn’t go during a high tide & also we just went for only a short walk. It will be a good time to go when there is high tide and the 30 mins walk is something would like to try. The place is beautiful...

👍👍 Knowledgeable birds of prey lovers giving you valuable information about the rarest raptor in NZ, what's not to love? Heard an interview on RNZ with Noel from WBOP which inspired me to head to Rotorua for this brilliant experience learning all about and seeing up close 3 karearea and a barn owl. Gor...

👍👍 An absolutely amazing place. Great walking tracks, pristine beaches to swim in and so much native wildlife. Got to see baby kiwi before their release onto the island. Took the kids who also enjoyed it.

Refined apartments & a cosy room in a rural guesthouse featuring a pool, a sauna & a hot tub.

👍👍 If you want an adventure of discovery, try the different walking tracks, and parking at St James Drive or other areas that give you access to the gully walks. We were fortunate to say hello the tame eel in the stream.