Zealandia Nature Reserve

Walked through the pouring rain to catch the cable car up to the free shuttle to Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne wildlife refuge. With only an hour to explore the park before the last shuttle back, was a quick blitz but still totally worth it! The ticket is also valid for 48h but unfortunately I leave Wellington early tomorrow morning:/

The huge park is fenced off to prevent rodents and predators from entering, as the goal is to return it to New Zealand’s original predator free forest with only endemic plants and animals. There’s even big bio security gates to go through at the beginning. An absolutely beautiful nature reserve, with lots of informative plaques about the plants and animals in Māori and English

Saw lots of different birds, including Kākā and Tīeke, but no lizards in the lizard rehabilitation area :/ I think they were hiding from the downpour.

Incredible flora, with super interesting trees and plants!

Also stopped at the cable car museum on the way back, which had lots of interesting history on the Wellington CablecarRead more