Local ecotourism guides...
with local knowledge will help you explore
the real New Zealand and enrich your understanding of our unique wildlife. |
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New Zealand's best nature tour operators will guide you to special
places and share their extensive ecotourism knowledge with you.
Wildlife tours include birdwatching, whale watching, marine mammals,
hiking (called tramping in New Zealand) and alpine flora and fauna.
Enjoy dolphins, penguins, seals, albatross in their natural habitat.Try
trekking, kayaking, biking and observation of New Zealand wildlife.
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| Observe living creatures in their own environment and learn about
their habits from expert guides committed to conservation of our unique
natural environment. Share the natural beauty of New Zealand with
guides who enhance the environment, and benefit the community. You
will gain an increased respect for natural New Zealand with these
special and unique ecotourism people. |
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Places to See - Suggestions |
- Print the New Zealand map of Ecotourism
to help plan your journey.
- Visit the New Zealand regional guide
to ecotours.
 Check
out our Wildlife section for the
inside story of New Zealand's special places and ecotours. Your
guide - Brian Parkinson - naturalist and author.
- For the ultimate trekking experience, try Kahurangi National
Park - New Zealand's second largest and most diverse park at Nelson,
Marlborough, Kaikoura .
- Learn about conservation initiatives and ecotours at Kapiti
Island at Wellington
- Spectacular sheer-sided Sounds in
Fiordland - Close your eyes and imagine yourself in Lord of
the Rings country.
- While in Auckland, take a short boat trip to Tirtiri Matangi
Island. Once bare paddocks, now teaming with native birdlife and
bushlands, thanks to a small army of volunteers.
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Ecotourism News and Opinion
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| What are the environmental
issues that make this spot an appropriate destination for ecotourism?
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| What are the specific benefits
ecotourism brings to this area and the down sides to it? [more...] |
| What are the dangers visitors
might face and are there any specific vaccinations and / or medicines
required?[more...] |
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Eco tourism Working with Conservation
Tourism is now a major foreign revenue earner for New Zealand but
are they killing the goose that lays the golden egg? by Maryann
Ewers and Bill Rooke
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kaka, kukupa, North Island Robin, bellbirds, saddleback and petrels. Restore Puketi forest .
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