Birdwatching destination
Compare 9 guided birding tours in New Zealand from 3 organisers. Each listing shows its route, format, target species and pricing status; inquiries go through BirdWatch.
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BirdWatch lists 9 guided birdwatching tours in New Zealand, run by 3 organisers. Of the 9 listings, 1 is a private tour and 8 are scheduled group departures.
Trips run from single-day outings to 22-day itineraries. 3 of them publish a starting price; the rest confirm their price when you inquire.
Birds named on these tours
The species most often listed as targets across the 9 published tours. Each profile shows every tour where the bird is a target.
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9 tours are placed in New Zealand. Select a marker to open the tour.
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Visit New Zealand, a land of unique landscapes and diverse animals and seabirds. We will look for the iconic kiwi, penguins, parrots, tuis, and the bizarre wrybill. This tour takes in both North & South Islands, as well as Stewart Island.
Discover the hidden gems of Aotearoa/New Zealand and its three main islands (the North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island) on this unforgettable 12-day expedition.
Journey through the spectacular wildlife havens of Australia’s Macquarie and New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands. Exp
Combine New Zealand land birding with selected pelagic outings on a private route focused on penguins, albatrosses, other seabirds and endemics.
Spend a full day among Stewart Island’s coastal and offshore seabirds, visiting the Muttonbird Islands and productive chumming water near Wreck Reef.
Travel from Sandspit into the Hauraki Gulf for a full-day pelagic focused on New Zealand Storm Petrel, breeding petrels and seasonal shearwaters.
Search the northern Hauraki Gulf for Pycroft’s Petrel, New Zealand Storm Petrel and other breeding seabirds on a full-day pelagic from Marsden Cove.
Explore New Zealand’s three main island groups on a 21-day small-group route from Auckland to Christchurch, with endemic birding and several pelagic opportunities.
Cross New Zealand from Auckland to Invercargill on a 14-day small-group journey combining endemic-rich forests, estuaries, islands and pelagic birding.
Planning questions
BirdWatch currently lists 9 published tours in New Zealand from 3 organisers. New listings appear as partner organisers add them.
Listed trips run from 1 to 22 days. 3 are single-day outings and 5 are multi-day itineraries.
Across the current listings the species named most often are New Zealand Storm Petrel, Black Petrel, Buller's Shearwater, Common Diving Petrel and Cook's Petrel. Each tour page lists its own targets.
No wildlife sighting can be guaranteed. Guides plan around the route, habitat, current conditions and guest priorities described on each tour page.
Use the BirdWatch inquiry form on the tour page. Many New Zealand listings confirm their price in reply to an inquiry rather than publishing a fixed rate.
