Adventure Puketi
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Puketi Forest is something else. Over 15,000 hectares of ancient kauri rainforest sitting inland from the Bay of Islands, and most people driving through Northland have no idea it's there. The Rankers code gets you 10% off any of the tours, which helps when you're factoring in a stop you might not have originally planned for.
The guide here, Ian, is the real reason people come back. Reviews going back years all land on the same thing: he knows this forest deeply and he loves talking about it. Not in a rehearsed way. In the way someone does when they genuinely care about the place. Families with young kids, solo travellers, couples, they all seem to come away having learned something real.
My pick would be the night walk if you can fit it in. The forest at night is a completely different experience to the daytime, and more than a few people have done both back to back because of it. Spotting a kiwi in the wild is always a long shot, but it has happened out here.
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Kerikeri |
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Offers half-day, full-day, and night walk experiences. |
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Use discount code RANKERS with Adventure Puketi and save 10%. |
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What an incredible and unique kiwi experience!
Pui Shan Lee -
Awesome.
kiwitracker -
Amazing, just amazing !
Jas -
Brilliant night nature walk!
pepsicoladude -
Ian is a great storyteller.
Soeren Rasmussen
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Awesome.
Did the nightwalk and it's a whole new world out there! Ian is very knowledgeble and experienced and makes these walks a real adventure. To top it up we saw a real kiwi bird running! An experience to remember.
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What an incredible and unique kiwi experience!
This walk was different from all the walks I have had in Hong Kong and New Zealand! The awesome kauri trees were the highlight. I also appreciated on Ian's pofessional explanation.
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Brilliant night nature walk!
Ian was so informative and really interesting! Saw a massive kauri snail too! :-)
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Amazing, just amazing !
Last weekend, I joined the nightwalk guided by Ian Candy in the Puketi rainforest. This was a special Kiwi experience for me...Ian knows every little detail about the forest and the animals, who live there. It was a pleasure to hear him talking about this great natural place. I dont't want to miss this adventure.
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Ian is a great storyteller.
We learned a lot about birds and trees - and used our new knowledge on the rest of our tour.
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We a family of 2 children (age 9 and 15) and two adults had a great daytrip with Ian.
We went 18 kilometers - rather easy walk ibn the rain forest. During the walk Ian gave us a lot of information about trees, birds and NZ in general. The trip was a positive experience also for our son at 9 years - we before we started off afraid its was too far to walk for him. Barbara and Ian gave us excellent service. We can warmly recomend a rain forest trip with Barbara and Ian
Gert Aamand and family from Denmark
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This was a fantastic, personal experience with a very knowledgable, experienced guide.
My friend and I took the half day tour the first time, and loved it so much that we took the night tour the very next day. It's a completely different trip through this beautiful rainforest! Must take a crack at this
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I had 2 friends over from Canada in January, we stayed 2 nights with Ian and Barbara.
We decided to do the night walk in the forest, it was amazing to experience the forest coming to life at night. Ian was so knowledgeable, we loved his story telling, quite the character, so nice to be guided by someone so passionate about preserving the forest and the living things in it. A great time was had by all and definitely a highlight of our stay in the Bay of islands. Highly recommend this walk, will do the day walk next time.
Many thanks to Ian and Barbara.
