Franz Josef Wildlife: Exklusiver Backstage-Zugang & Ticket

Es war toll zwei lebende Kiwis zu beobachten. Die Führung war sehr informativ und lehrreich. Schade war, dass uns vorhängig nicht gesagt wurde, dass die Ausbrutstatiin leer ist und man da keine Kiwis sehen wird

Wir fanden es ein tolles Erlebnis so viel über die mittlerweile erfolgreichen Bemühungen zur Rettung dieses doch sehr außergewöhnlichen Vogels, den Kiwi, zu erfahren. Die sehr freundliche und engagierte Linda hat all unsere Fragen beantwortet und uns viele Informationen gegeben. In einem abgedunkelten Raum können zwei Kiwis in ihrer nachgebauten, natürlichen Umgebung beobachtet werden. Es dürfen keine Fotos und Videos in diesem Raum gemacht werden, was ich zum Schutz der Tiere auch wichtig und richtig finde. Bei der Backstageführung gab es leider keine echten Kiwis zu sehen, da aktuell keine Eier ausgerüstet werden. Wem das wichtig ist, der sollte vor dem Kauf der Tickets in der Einrichtung nachfragen. Insgesamt aber eine sehr schöne Einrichtung mit einem sehr guten Kaffee und netten Souvenirs.

Found this by accident today and we’re really glad we did! Great penguin exhibit. The place does some really great work rehabilitating ones that have been injured and cannot go back to the wild. Staff and owner are really friendly and will take the time to answer all your questions. We had a wonderful time and can’t recommend this place enough! Make time for it while in the Franz Josef area.

Great experience for our family of four. The staff are very friendly and informative, providing a highly personalised experience. We all valued the knowledge the staff were able to impart in a short time. The penguin feeding and information in community conservation efforts were an additional highlight.

We thoroughly enjoyed the extended tour info, and learning about the kiwi, and hatching program. Also got to see lizards, and penguin feeding which we thoroughly enjoyed.

Excellent knowledge and a real one to one experience - this work needs to be supported - very friendly team indeed and a great cafe and shop

Fantastic experience! The guides were so knowledgeable and I learned so much about kiwis, tuatara, and penguins. You can tell that the center really cares about their animals and is passionate about their work.

An excellent visit. Very interesting and informative with the chance to get up close to nature. It is well worth paying for the Backstage Pass - you get a a lot more detail and information plus a better understanding of the conservation work being undertaken. Thoroughly recommended.

We had a fantastic time. Steve's VIP tour was incredibly informative - we loved it! The work the centre does seems vital in support of kiwi populations and looking after injured penguins - hats off to their team.

OMG, this was an incredible experience. The tour was lead by Steve, he explained about how they are helping with a breeding programme and the development of a Kiwi. We even got to see some chick's in the back stage area. Steve was knowledgeable and very engaging and I felt we have learned a great deal. We were on to see the Tuatara and again Steve was full of useful information, showing us how they were little changed from the time of the dinosaurs. From there on our own, we went into the Kiwi enclosure where we saw 2 Kiwis in their natural habitat, these will eventually be released and more brought in. We also went in to see the delightful Little Blue Penguins. This was in excellent visit the staff were charming and helpful and you really feel they are helping endangered species