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Kiwi & Birdlife Park., Queenstown
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Side entrance of the Kiwi Birdlife Park. - Queenstown
Side entrance of the Kiwi Birdlife Park.
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Kiwi & Birdlife Park.
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  • The Kiwi & Birdlife Park has a large variety of native birds, including the allusive Kiwi which they guarantee you will see. Follow the paths through lush native bush leading to aviaries, where you can view the birdlife up close. The 8 acre park can easily be covered in an hour.There is also an Eco-friendly gift shop with many made in NZ products. This is a fun place to visit and it helps a great cause,saving endangered NZ birdlife !

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  • Phone: 64 3 442-8059
  • Directions: Located next to the Gondola entry.
  • Website: http://www.kiwibird.co.nz/

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  • This is a walk thru park, set in bush, with interesting things to discover along the way. At 11:00am and 3:00pm daily, there is a conservation show telling visitors about native birds in the park, including the kiwi, and also a chance to see close up one of our very special Tuatara reptiles. This was quite amazing, seeing him without glass between us! The whole experience is very informative and there are tours of the early Maori village, 10:00am & 2:00pm daily. Here we learn about saving the endangered Kiwi, Black Stilt, Brown Teal, Campbell Island Teal, Tuatara, NZ Pidgeon and Blue Duck. Kiwi are nocturnal, therefore photographing is virtually impossible. For the outdoors display and talk from the staff, they use a stuffed kiwi and egg. It's an easy walk around the park, and there is also a nice caf? for you to have refreshments after your walk.

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  • Phone: 64 3 442-8059
  • Directions: Located next to the Gondola entry.
  • Website: http://www.kiwibird.co.nz/

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  • The Kiwi & Birdlife Park was set up to display and protect endangered New Zealand Birdlife. All through the park ,signage tells the story of NZ's native birds. The must see place in the park is the "Kiwi House". As Kiwi's are nocturnal you are not likely to see them in the wild. The Kiwi is very shy and elusive so you have to wait about 5-10 minutes in the dark and silence before they begin to emerge from their hiding places in the ferns. There are also many aviaries throughout the bushland, which reflect each bird species natural habitat. The Kiwi & Birdlife Park is located near the Gondola terminal and from memory cost around $14.50.

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  • The endangered Sx Foot Tall Red Kiwi... - Queenstown
    The endangered Sx Foot Tall
    Red Kiwi...
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    Well the chances of seeing a Kiwi in the wild in NZ are probably about the same of seeing me without a Steinie in my hand. So, if you do want to see the national symbol of New Zealand, one must head to a Kiwi house... One such place in Queenstown is the Kiwi and Bird life park. Here they have a couple of nocturnal kiwi houses, along with a number of other native bird species. Unfortunately no photography is allowed inside, although there is a big red six foot tall kiwi outside tthe park that does makes for a decent picture... A fine place to kill a couple of otherwise unproductive hours...

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  • Directions: North west side of Queenstown, just next to the Skyline Gondola.

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  • The Kiwi & Birdlife Park is located beside the Skyline Gondola in the heart of Queenstown. Visitors are greeted by the big kiwi tunnel. You will see a lot of pictures especially the different kinds of kiwis are featured here. You are guranteed to see a live kiwi here else ask for a refund. The park also features Live Conservation Show, a restaurant, early Maori Hunting Village, a retail centre and a Native Garden Trail. There is a public free car park at the side entrance where we park our car.

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  • Phone: (03) 442-8059
  • Directions: Located next to the Gondola entry.
  • Website: http://www.kiwibird.co.nz/

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  • It's a bird world... Here you will have a look at the birds of New Zealand, including the very shy and quiet kiwi (you have to go to a dark room to observe them) and the keas, the only parrot specy that lives in the mountains and glaciers. You will walk in natural environment as much as possible and learn about the life of the strangest birds.Some of the specimenes there are on rehab waiting to be released again in the wild or in a breeding program to release the young ones in the wild.

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  • Phone: 64 3 442-8059
  • Directions: It's on the way to the gondola
  • Website: http://www.kiwibird.co.nz/index.html

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    Kiwi & Birdlife Park.: Watch Birds and Maori in a Dark Town Forest
    Side entrance of the Kiwi Birdlife Park. - Queenstown
    Side entrance of the Kiwi
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    Yes, you can see the kiwi in the Kiwi Birdlife Park in Queenstown. It is behind glass, and as the display is on elevated ground it is even easy to follow their steps, and you can watch in which funny way the birds hop around and poke their long beaks into the ground. However, I hugely prefer the Kiwi Nighthouse at the Willowbank in Christchurch, as there is no glass between you and the birds, and you can also hear the interesting sounds kiwis make, like blowing their noses after digging in the soil. But sure, as the display area is bigger there it can happen that you have difficulty to spot a kiwi. In Queenstown it is so small (in fact they have two small kiwi houses) that the birds have no option to escape your views. That is the point I criticise most about the Birdlife Park. The aviaries are rather small, and I felt most for the tuis flying like crazy right under the ceiling of their prison, and four keas sitting in a naked display area with just some rocks, a little stream and a few branches to sit on. You can walk into their home, and sometimes the alpine parrots start to interact. Obviously the 20 minute Live Conservation Shows (11am, 1.30pm, 3pm) give the visitors the possibility to get closer to the animals. If you cannot make it at these times you get great digital equipment and have your own audio tour. The recordings are very good, and you get an incredible lot of information, and you can make the tour at your own pace. But do not expect to come back with a lot of great photos as happens at The Willowbank. The very beautiful forest (mainly Douglas Fir) in which the Birdlife Park is located is very dark, and all birds are behind mesh fences. You not only can see the kiwi but also the morepork, a lot of ducks, the very rare black stilts and rare (and funny) green parrots from the Campbell Islands. If you are lucky you might spot a tuatara, the dinosaur's only surviving relatives. The audio tour also gives you information about the native trees they have planted around the ponds.

  • Phone: (03) 442 8059
  • Directions: If you have time for the bird and Maori shows (the latter at 11am and 3pm), the entry fee of NZ$ 30 is great. If not it is hugely exaggerated. It is more expensive than the annual pass for The Willowbank where you see more animals - and better.
  • Website: www.kiwibird.co.nz
  • Other Contact: kiwi@kiwibird.co.nz

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