



Experience the natural beauty of Kapiti Island on a guided day trip including a delicious cooked lunch.
Experience the natural beauty of Kapiti Island on a guided day trip including a delicious cooked lunch.
Departing Paraparaumu a short Ferry ride brings us to Waiorua Bay on Kapiti Island. The island has an interesting history from the arrival of the Maori to the eradication of rats to create this pest-free nature reserve.
On arrival, there will be an introductory talk on the island's history followed by a 1-hour walk led by an experienced nature guide who will help you identify the surrounding flora and fauna.
Once you have worked up an appetite stop at the lodge for a relaxed cooked lunch and enjoy our famous hospitality. Have your camera at the ready to snap some pics of some of New Zealand's most endangered bird species including Takahe, Kaka, Weka, Tieke (Saddleback), Kereru, Kakariki and Toutouwai (Robin).
The ferry will return you to Paraparaumu beach at approximately 3pm.
All prices are shown inNZD ($)
Real highlights, tips, and the helpful advice straight from Bookme customers who’ve actually done this experience.
Great tour, great company! Fun day, So much history on the island and thanks to a determined wahine back in the day, refusing to leave the island we could see it that day. You can hear and see so many different birds on the island and the walk only 200m to the top gave us superb views. Lunch was great with kaka joining in or trying to! A most enjoyable day! Highly recommend!
Fantastic day in a beautiful place. Lots of fantastic birdlife and stunningly peaceful.
Lovely day on the Island!! Great people, wonderful good, and such a peaceful place.
We had a guided tour day on the island, that was a great day! The guide was excellent, lively and passionate (he actually lives on the island and his ancestors have owned a land here for years). The food for lunch was very good (buffet) and most important, we were able to see a lot of birds, the conservation/preservation work done in the reserve is impressive! We don't regret our money ;)
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Yvonne Mclean from New Zealand wrote on 27 March 2026
Special Day
We were ferried across to the Island and blessed with beautiful weather. The talk was very interesting followed by a walk of the loop track, a little steeper than expected. Lunch was delicious! Great to be able to ask more questions. Before we knew it the day was over! Certainly, it was a very special day.