sightseeing to the Muriwai Beach takapu gannet colony

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MURIWAI GANNET COLONY

Blowhole at Muriwai beach Auckland Gannet, Muriwai beach Auckland

This is a world-famous Auckland sightseeing attraction!

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

gannets at Muriwai beach

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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!

Our sheep farm and historic Homestead is just 7 minutes from Muriwai Beach

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

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

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
…where you almost feel like you could reach out and touch the gannets as they hover overhead.

Gannet colony Muriwai Beach Coast to Coast Tours is an Auckland Regional Council Approved Operator (still awaiting CURRENT passcards to be issued)