The cruise ship Caledonian Sky visited the Bay of Islands.
This cruise ship visits Natural Wonders of New Zealand.
Adventure Puketi had the pleasure of guiding the entire 94 passengers on a
hike through the Puketi rainforest
The passengers were thrilled to get up close to the Ancient Kauri Trees.
ADVENTURE PUKETI IS EXCITED ABOUT OUR UNIQUE PRODUCT.
TEAM BUILDING.
BRING YOUR TEAM BIG OR SMALL INTO THE PUKETI KAURI RAIN FOREST .
EXPERIENCE OUR HALF DAY FORESTWALK ,MORNING OR AFTERNOON.
OR PERHAPS EVEN TAKE AN ADVENTURE ON DUSK WITH YOUR GUIDE,
JOIN THE NOCTURNAL CREATURES.
ACCOMO
ACCOMODATION AND CATERING CAN BE ARRANGED.
New Zealand Owl ,Maori name, Ruru or commonly called the Morepork.
Feeds mainly on insects and moths.
It has a distinctive call ” Morepork” hence the name.
Recently we hosted three Cruise ships to the Bay of Islands.
The Dawn Princess was followed on the same day as the Sun Princess.
The next day the Oosterdam arrived.
The Princess line passengers were awed by the size of the Ancient Kauri trees,
they age from seedlings to 1200 year old trees.
The Oosterdam passengers walk a trail with many different associations of forest.
They encounter Flora and Fauna undisturbed.
Puketi forest is the only remaining old growth forest ( Ancient Kauri Trees ) within easy driving distance from the Bay of Islands.
On our fullday walk you will walk through Ancient Kauri trees
Fifty meters tall, with many other ancient plants and tree species.
The forest floor has many different mosses,fungi and orchids.
The Greenhood Orchids are in abundance (Pterostylis alobula).
Walk two hours into the Puketi forest in the daylight.
Experience flora and Fauna in an undisturbed old forest.
Walk amongst ancient Kauri,up to 1200years old.
When night falls hear the change of bird song from day bird calls to the nocturnal bird calls
Walk two hours back through the forest spotting nocturnal creatures with your headlamp.
Enter a small slow flowing stream full of nocturnal fish,eels,crayfish and many other creatures.
When we emerge from the forest the night skyis a blaze of stars,walk home in the star light.
20120117_160303On our half day walks we encounter The New Zealand Robin.
Puketi Forest Trust have reduced the Predator numbers to a very low level.
The Robin (Petroica ausralis) has restablished itself and is breeding very well.
In the video a couple from East Germany are feeding the Robins mealy worms.
Our Fullday walk ,20 kilometers we encounter many different associations of forest
From regenerating forest to mature 1200year old Kauri Trees.
Agnes from the California USA was amazed at the fruit in the forest.
Bush Lawyer (Rubus cissoides) is a vine that climbs trees,it is very stout and thick.
It flowers September to November,then Fruits November to April.
At the moment the fruit is in abundance.
Puketi Forest birds have more fruit available through the predator control
being undertaken in the forest.
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.
