sightseeing to the Muriwai takapu GANNET colony

Sightseeing to the Auckland

MURIWAI GANNET COLONY

on EVERY tour

Gannets nest Sept – April

This is a world-famous Auckland sightseeing attraction!

Just 40 minutes West of Auckland City is Muriwai Beach, and one of the very few places in the world where the Takapu (gannet) nest on the mainland.

Coast to Coast Tours is an Auckland Regional Council Approved Operator which is allowed to take tourists to specified parks. Every commercial tour operator which visit Regional parks has to pay a fee. We have to pay to visit the Muriwai and Waitakere parks, (the cost of this is included in the price of your tour). This is a way in which the Auckland Regional Council can monitor the amount of people using these natural areas. Unfortunately, this registration to become an Approved Operator tends to be abused (even by large companies), so please check that your tour provider is a current and Approved Operator!

At the Muriwai colony you have a gentle walk out to sea-bird colony viewing decks
…you almost feel like you could reach out and touch the gannets as they hover overhead.

Tide and wind direction ‘right’, you may even see the Muriwai blowhole in action too!

We have seen many changes to this area, and as long-time local residents of Muriwai, we will show and explain about many things, including a lot of the history and historical sites surrounding this region, -both Maori and Pakeha (European) -a lot of this information is not widely known by other tour operators!

This is a very interesting page to look at…there are videos of the gannet diving! http://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/~hafner/gannets/

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