Activities
Farewell Spit Tour
Most people choose our signature Farewell Spit Tour which, as well as exploring the spit, stops in Puponga and at the most northern point on the South island, Cape Farewell.
Duration 6.5 hours
Refreshments are provided and meals can be arranged
Don't forget to bring - Camera, jacket, binoculars, and sunhat.
6 1/2 hours.>
Farewell Spit has been a sanctuary since the 1930's and provides home for over 90 species of bird, most importantly the waders. Bar tailed godwits, knots, curlews, whimbrels and turnstones fly 12,000km every Northern Hemisphere autumn, to spend the summer in the south. See them from the wide windows of our stylishly comfortable Eco Bus.
Gannet Colony Tour
There are around 5000 birds here each year and we are able to visit between September and April.
Duration 6.5 hours
Refreshments are provided and meals can be arranged
Don't forget to bring - Camera, jacket, binoculars, and sunhat.
6 1/2 hours.>
Farewell Spit has been a sanctuary since the 1930's and provides home for over 90 species of bird, most importantly the waders. Bar tailed godwits, knots, curlews, whimbrels and turnstones fly 12,000km every Northern Hemisphere autumn, to spend the summer in the south. See them from the wide windows of our stylishly comfortable Eco Bus.
Wader Watch Tour
The focus of this tour is on the migrant waders and we run this tour between September and April. We travel to Farewell Spit as the tide is rising and spend time near the base of the Spit, observing the birds flying in to roost as the tide chases them across the inter-tidal plain.
Duration 2 hours
Refreshments are provided and meals can be arranged
Don't forget to bring - Camera, jacket, binoculars, and sunhat.
2 hours.>
Farewell Spit has been a sanctuary since the 1930's and provides home for over 90 species of bird, most importantly the waders. Bar tailed godwits, knots, curlews, whimbrels and turnstones fly 12,000km every Northern Hemisphere autumn, to spend the summer in the south. See them from the wide windows of our stylishly comfortable Eco Bus.