Pukaha Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre (Wairarapa)

Wildlife viewing, eco and nature tours. You get to experience endangered wildlife up close and in the wild.

You will see for yourself what is being done to save kiwi, tuatara, kokako, kaka and return them to our forest.

Your admission price includes the following fun activities (click on the links to find out more):

Our Interactive Gallery - where the sights of sounds of the ancient forest come to life before your very eyes. This hands on gallery of computer-generated images of birds and wildlife will amaze and delight you - spend your first 10 minutes in here
Join the Kaka Circus! Watch these noisy clowns of the forest feed and play
Take a Tuatara Close Encounter and meet a living dinosaur
Catch the beloved Kiwi in his special house (he thinks it's night, you know it is day!)
Talk to the Eels – learn to love these misunderstood creatures
Wander along our new Walking Track – Te Arapiki o Tawhaki. Weave through the forest and listen to the birds as they call to each other. Stretch out and take the track up the hill to enjoy breathtaking scenery toward the Tararuas. Picnic spots at the top for you to enjoy.
Explore the sights and sounds of our primeval forest – how many bird species can you spot?
Take in a Takahe Talk - our Rangers will tell you all there is to know about this endangered bird that was once thought extinct.
Roving Rangers Ramble – daily at 11.30. Check the blackboard on arrival as talk changes daily
- Our skilled and knowledgeable Rangers are out and about telling our visitors all about the forest, the restoration, the kokako, the whio and all the various plants the forest supports

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