Tauranga Bay Seal Colony Walk
22 Rankers Reviews
16 Face-to-Face
8 Seal Watching
4 Westport
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From the Tauranga Bay car park follow the high quality short track to platforms overlooking the seal colony and coastline. Here there are picnic facilities, interpretive displays and public toilets.
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H. Shela
Ranking: 10/10
Really worth it - we saw (not too many) seals and had a perfect sunset in perfect scenery.
Melinda Pyke
Ranking: 10/10
Fantastic. 5 and 8 year old managed the return walk from the seal colony to the lighthouse just fine.
Gary Stone
Ranking: 10/10
Awesome! Visited early Jan. You arrive at the lookout and at first see one or two (I thought we might have been visiting the wrong time of year) but as you keep looking, loads appear! We even saw some out at sea. Really easy 10 minute track to the platform (we wore flip flops) and make sure you look out between the trees at the rocks because more and more seals appear...and people were walking right past them! Could watch for hours.
Solvejg Bjerg
Ranking: 10/10
Really nice walk and view to cute seals. Our kids loved it.
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Barbara Knops
Ranking: 8/10
It was a nice short walk, but it was very windy. We saw a lot of seals and native birds.
Jasmin Krause
Ranking: 10/10
Just awesome, the beach and seals are amazing.
Monia Sassella
Ranking: 9/10
You see a lot of seals.
Isabelle
Ranking: 9/10
The seals were little hard to see, but fun to watch and thoroughly enjoyed.
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Siobhan Mee
Ranking: 10/10
A great walk! Amazing location, weather and wildlife. Lots of information.
Oliver Blackmore
Ranking: 10/10
Super easy 15 minute walk to seals - extra 1 hour to the lighthouse. Lots of information along the way.
Moley
Ranking: 9/10
Awesome walk and amazing seeing the seals on the rocks! We definitely recommend doing it even if it's raining really hard!!!
Ariadna & Omer
Ranking: 8/10
A very easy walk next to the coast with nice view. In just 15 minutes we saw lots of seals! Even baby seals!!! It's really worth driving there!
Roger Hawkins
Ranking: 7/10
Easy walk with steps and viewing platforms. Great views of rugged coast and West Coast seas. Seals in abundance but no closer than approx 30m.
DOC Managed
Thanks to all the good people working for the NZ Department of Conservation - for all your hard work - making NZ more beautiful, accessable and healthy! Cheers 😍
