More FUN than you ever imagined!
Discover the magic of Cape Kidnappers – join our experienced guides and visit the largest mainland gannet colony in the world. During your unique 4-hour eco-tour we will:
•spend time with and get incredibly close to the majestic gannets in their natural habitat;
•discover how nature has shaped and formed the towering cliffs of the Cape Kidnappers coastline;
•view ancient earthquake fault lines;
•enjoy a memorable tour experience while travelling on our iconic vintage tractors.
Tours depart Clifton Beach daily from October–April.
Come along and join our uniquely different "world famous" tour!
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North Island ▷ Hawkes Bay ▷ Te Awanga |
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Nice adventure with a lot of information.
Excellent driver!
Trip on beach tractor, to the colony and back.
Everything was well organised.
Clifton to Cape Kidnappers.
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4.0/5
Being in a wagon pulled by a tractor was pretty fun....
especially the fact that we were being driven through Cape Kidnappers and got to the Gannets Colony Reserve! Our guide was also knowledgeable not only about the gannets but also the rock formations and natural life around us. It was really enjoyable and for four hours, you totally got your moneys worth. Just make sure to bring lots of water, sunblock and food!
Reviewed over 8 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
Doesn't sound like it but this was an excellent outing on a tractor along the beach to the bottom of the gannet colony.
20 minute walk to see the birds. Driver extremely knowledgeable about the geology, rock formations etc. 3 hours.
Reviewed over 8 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
A very lovely trip with not many people, you will see the gannets near and have fun driving over stones and through the sea with the tractor, awesome experience for not very much money!
Reviewed almost 9 years ago and experienced in January 2015
Customer
5.0/5
Fantastic guide, good explanation about the geology and the gannets and their habits.
Funny driving with a tractor on the beach at low tide. Fair price.
Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2011
Customer
5.0/5
Excellent tour, good information, fun, very good views, good combination with a walk.
Reviewed over 12 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
Excellent experience with the Gannets; birds are fantastic.
Travel by tractor/trailer was great fun; Colin the guide was so enthusiastic and a great sense of humour!!
Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012
Customer
4.5/5
Nice guides with a lot of humour.
Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012
Customer
4.0/5
Nice adventure with a lot of information.
You should be prepared to get very wet, which maynot be very nice if the weather is a bit cold.
Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012
Customer
4.5/5
Very good example not only of the gannets, but also of the geological items of New Zealand.
Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in December 2012
Customer
4.0/5
Being in a wagon pulled by a tractor was pretty fun....
especially the fact that we were being driven through Cape Kidnappers and got to the Gannets Colony Reserve! Our guide was also knowledgeable not only about the gannets but also the rock formations and natural life around us. It was really enjoyable and for four hours, you totally got your moneys worth. Just make sure to bring lots of water, sunblock and food!
Reviewed over 8 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
Doesn't sound like it but this was an excellent outing on a tractor along the beach to the bottom of the gannet colony.
20 minute walk to see the birds. Driver extremely knowledgeable about the geology, rock formations etc. 3 hours.
Reviewed over 8 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
A very lovely trip with not many people, you will see the gannets near and have fun driving over stones and through the sea with the tractor, awesome experience for not very much money!
Reviewed almost 9 years ago and experienced in January 2015
Customer
4.5/5
Very good example not only of the gannets, but also of the geological items of New Zealand.
Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in December 2012
Customer
4.0/5
Nice adventure with a lot of information.
You should be prepared to get very wet, which maynot be very nice if the weather is a bit cold.
Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012
Customer
5.0/5
Excellent experience with the Gannets; birds are fantastic.
Travel by tractor/trailer was great fun; Colin the guide was so enthusiastic and a great sense of humour!!
Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012
Customer
4.5/5
Nice guides with a lot of humour.
Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012
Customer
5.0/5
Excellent tour, good information, fun, very good views, good combination with a walk.
Reviewed over 12 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
Fantastic guide, good explanation about the geology and the gannets and their habits.
Funny driving with a tractor on the beach at low tide. Fair price.
Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2011
Customer
5.0/5
Great experience, not only the gannets, but also transport towards the gannet colony.
Reviewed over 12 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
Unique experience riding on a trailer behind an old tractor through the sand and waves.
Guide/driver very helpful and entertaining - a first rate experience.
Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in November 2011
Customer
5.0/5
Absolutely superb!!
A fantastic fun adventure on the tractor enhanced by the very informative commentary, delivered with humour . Great walk to see the gannets nesting, before returning. So flexible too.. we were able to ride there on the tractor, and walk back. Can't recommend this trip high enough!!
Reviewed over 13 years ago and experienced in April 2011
Customer
5.0/5
Colin gave our group a very interesting trip out to the gannets, then was very flexible stopping and starting as most walked part or most of the way back.
He even kept those on the trailers dry with covers in a thunderstorm.
Reviewed over 13 years ago
Customer
4.5/5
Clifton to Cape Kidnappers.
You go on a tractor along the beautiful rocks. Sometimes the tractor drives through the water, great fun!! At the end you see hundreds of gannets. Good explanation about the rocks and the birds.
Reviewed over 13 years ago and experienced in February 2011
Customer
5.0/5
Excellent driver!
Beautiful nature, declared in a very interesting way. 4 hours fun for less money!
Reviewed over 13 years ago
Customer
3.5/5
Around coast to see the gannets by tractor.
We first thought it would be old fashioned, but we liked it.
Reviewed over 13 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
Excellent guides, informative, unique experience - so close to the nesting gannets and tractor ride along coast - great.
Reviewed almost 14 years ago and experienced in March 2010
Customer
4.0/5
Tour to Cape Kidnappers (Napier).
We went through the beach in a tractor, was really fun.
Reviewed over 14 years ago
Customer
4.5/5
Everything was well organised.
No negative comments. It was worth the money. Sure beats walking there yourself! They made it amusing.
Reviewed over 14 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
This tour was the highlight of our weekend in the Hawke's Bay.
It was excellent value for money and a really fun day, our tour left 4.30pm and we got back at 9.00pm. The tractors are a unique way to travel out to the Cape and enabled us to get great views of the cliffs and coastline. The guys driving the tractor have a good sense of humor and provide interesting information along the way. The walk at the end to the Gannets was well worth it, it was amazing to see these beautiful birds and their chicks. I would highly recommend you do this trip if you are visiting the Hawke's Bay.
Reviewed over 14 years ago and experienced in January 2010
Customer
5.0/5
Very nice, beautiful walking track on the end and get very close to the gannets.
Tractor is funny. Nice peolpe.
Reviewed over 14 years ago
Customer
4.5/5
Good explanations about surrounding and the gannet
Reviewed over 14 years ago
Customer
4.5/5
Amazing!Tractor trip:great views but fuite a bit "toom much".
Informative information at cololy. Steep walk up to colony from beach.
Reviewed over 14 years ago
Customer
5.0/5
If you're into bird watching and geology and want an attentive way to enjoy then this trip is for you!
The trip is on the back of a trailer towed by a tractor along the beach for several miles with amazing cliff and rock formation and walk to a gannet colony (Cape Kidnappers)
Reviewed over 14 years ago and experienced in November 2009
Customer
5.0/5
Trip on beach tractor, to the colony and back.
Very entertaining + imformative.
Reviewed over 15 years ago and experienced in February 2009
Customer
4.0/5
Because of safty reasons we could not go to the big colony of gannets.
Reviewed over 15 years ago and experienced in February 2009
Customer
4.5/5
Very good information, very interesting, nice people, enthusiastic tractor drivers.
Reviewed over 15 years ago
Customer