|
Price |
Departure |
Duration |
Lunch |
Walking |
| $279/person |
9:00am |
8 hours approx
|
Included
|
Easy |
Highlights
- Travel south from Nelson over the Spooner and Hope Saddles, keeping an eye out for the
remnants of the doomed railway connection to points south and west.
- Explore the railway history at Kawatiri with a short walk through a tunnel and honey-dew
forest.
- Lunch on the shore of Lake Rotoiti before walking through the Nature Recovery Project
area.
- Experience first hand the success of the ecosystem restoration that has allowed the release
of kiwi and improved breeding of Kaka and Robins.
Tour overview
Nelson Lakes Nature Recovery at Lake Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes National Park is the perfect place to
see conservation in action and the results of an intensive pest trapping and eradication program.
You will experience the vivid birdsong and the rejuvenated under story of pre-European times now
back to a condition that has allowed the re-introduction of kiwi & kaka.
Travel south from Nelson with the first stop at Ernest Lord Rutherford’s memorial before driving
over the Spooner & Hope Saddles keeping an eye out for the remnants of the doomed railway
connection to points south & west including the Belgrove Windmill built in 1897.
Explore the railway history at Kawatiri with a short walk through a tunnel & honey-dew forest.
A sumptuous gourmet lunch, will be enjoyed on the shore of Lake Rotoiti while you look up to the
bush line where forest gives way to alpine plants – is a remarkable feature of the park; the change
is abrupt & uniform as if drawn by a ruler.
During the afternoon we take an easy walk through the honey dew forest of the Nature Recovery
Project area and experience first hand the success of the ecosystem restoration that has allowed
the release of kiwi, and improved the breeding of Kaka & Robins. Native mistletoe, giant
snails, bats & insects are also targeted for recovery.
You will leave with a better understanding of the significant geological and maori history and the
importance of these inland conservation islands and how conservation has become the New Wealth.
Map of area
Map to follow shortly.