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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. Leave a Comment
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 by Mez77
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. Leave a Comment
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 The endangered Sx Foot Tall
Red Kiwi... by kenmerk
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... Leave a Comment Directions: North west side of Queenstown, just next to the Skyline Gondola.
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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. But in total I found the situation rather sad than nice.
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.
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.
Photo 2 shows a kea in the Birdlife Park.
On photo 3 you see a sleepy morepork.
Photo 4 shows the tui that gets crazy in its cage.
A black stilt is wading through photo 5.
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 one of the interesting fauna
around the Bird Park by AusPinay, 2 more photos
It is a quiet little park with lots of greenery- trees and shrubs and a stream that runs around the park populated by amusing and rare birds and other wildflife.
It is not just a plain and flat park as there are some sloping and higher areas around it with a lovely stream flowing along and plenty of bamboo and other man-made structures to lure the birds to perch on. The landscape is quite scenic and reminds one of a little oasis in the centre of urban Queenstown.
The native NZ kiwi was the main exhibit of the park and a few of them are housed in a very quiet and dark building conducive to the animals' serene habitat. Pictures were not allowed inside so we took photos outside of other rare birds.
The tranquil setting was enough to make the young ones calm down too after a hectic time and exciting ride on the gondola nearby.
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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. Leave a Comment
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 duck in the birdlife park by bicycle_girlLeave a Comment
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