Bill and Beate from Atlanta Georgia USA  are following in the footsteps of a very famous sailor ,navigator, surveyor and man of science  Robert Fitzroy, captained HMS Beagle on three voyages around the world.In 1831 he sailed for the south via South America, on this voyage Charles Darwin the famous Naturalist accompanied him.

Darwin visited the Bay of Islands,travelling by foot up two of the main rivers taking notes of Flora and Fauna and the people who lived here .

Fitzroy later became the Governor of NZ from 1843-1846. Bill and Beate enjoyed the forest walk, especially the flora and fauna, the size of the Kauri trees and the conservation work being done in the forest.

Today we witnessed conservation at its best,the New Zealand Robin released in June 09 is now flying freely through the Puketi Forest .Today was the first time Adventure Puketi has been able to show our clients what the Puketi Forest Trust and Volunteers,their success of six years of hard work.Sabine and Lynn from Switzerland love Nature and it was a pleasure to be able to show them the conservation effort being put into Puketi forest.

Wow what a night to remember. After recent rain our usual nightwalk took us an extra hour to complete. The forest was alive with nocturnal creatures. My clients had weta walking on their skin for the first time in their lives, our forest has nothing to be afraid of, night or day. Conservation in this area of the forest has really brought the forest back to its usual state.

Congratulations to Father and Son Dan and Danny Waldsmith from South Carolina, USA for choosing Eco tours in Northland New Zealand. Northland is now been recognised as a Destination not to be missed for the Top Quality Eco Tours. From Forest walks, Diving, Boat tours ,Conservation and Scenery.

The cilents were WOWed by the clean clear water, the size of the Kauri, with the growth of the spring flowers and conservation at its best.

We had the pleasure of a visit to the Puketi Forest of famous conservationist Sir David Bellamy. David wanted to come and see the forest, he was instrumental in the conservation effort to save the Pureroa Forest, 25 years ago, which he had dubbed the “Dinosaur Forest.”

We took David on the board walk through the Kauri Forest, talking about the age of the Kauri trees and how the have survived through the many changes in history.

He was really interested in the smaller, rarer type plants in the forest and we talked about insects including our local Cave Wetas.

Here is a picture of David and his wife with Barbara and I on the board walk.