Katikati Bird Gardens - Katikati Bird Gardens 263 Walker Road East
About Katikati Bird Gardens
These beautiful and tranquil gardens are set directly on the edge of the inner Tauranga harbour. With water-lilly ponds, mature trees from around the world, flower gardens and natural wetlands the gardens are a delight all year round. And with many varieties of birds wandering free and in aviaries scattered throughout the gardens, this special corner of New Zealand is truely unique. The gardens are a great family day out and place to unwind.
The Gardens
The Bird Gardens are on the outskirts of katikati and were created in 1976 when local visionary Chris Parker set to work landscaping a little over ten acres of land running down to the harbours edge.
With his English background, botanical knowledge and the sites natural attributes of fresh water springs, ponds and wetlands he transformed this once bare land into a beautiful and special garden.
Sealed paths meander through spectacular golden Swamp Cypress, water trickles its way to the sea through an elaborate series of ponds.
Most of the original plantings remain to this day and year round colour is provided by the giant camellias and magnolias brightening the winter hues, azaleas and lilies form the spring and summer palettes with shades of green, red, yellow and orange from the trees.
Site information
The gardens have approximately 1.5kms of paths. These are tar sealed on slopes or in possible damp areas. The paths are 1.4 metres wide so our Golf carts can negotiate them. The garden and aviary tour is a 45 - 60 minute walk The paths have directional arrows which lead to and from the lawn below the cafe. There are also secondary paths for the more adventurous. These for example lead down from the wedding lawn into the dell. The Moa and wetland walks which are a real highlight.
Contact Katikati Bird Gardens
| Address : | Katikati Bird Gardens 263 Walker Road East, Aongatete 3178, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +9 |
| Postal code : | 3178 |
| Website : | https://www.birdgardens.co.nz/ |
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Beppe Carrozzino on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great spot for a walk. Very friendly birds. Recommended if you have kids.
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Noam on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautifull garden, well kept.
A lot of friendly birds, chickens parrots and more.
Can purchase bird food for 1$ and feed them.
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Ryan Mahmoud on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great place to visit. Nice and cool in the summer, and lovely place to walk and sit in the shade. Feeding the birds is fun too!
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Amy Colonna on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Such a amazing place to go as a family or for some RnR, huge grounds and friendly staff, yummy cheap food too. Highly recommend and well worth the drive. Bring a picnic make a day of it
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Vanessa H on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lovely walk about! Mum and I headed to the bird gardens on Sunday, it was a nice quiet day. The ducks and chickens roaming were all very brave and super interested in having the bird feed! The cockatoo can say "ello" if you talk to it long enough.
The Cafe is small but the iced chocolate was tasty. I had the waffles with chocolate sauce and ice cream. Om nom nom
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Bob van Raalte on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Took the grandkids here and everybody enjoyed it. Get a bag of bird food for a dollar. Well worth it. Lots of fun! Got to watch the decking when wet. Very slippery.
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Colin Bowern on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great 1-2 hour diversion with kids. Shady paths are nice on a hot sunny day. The birds certainly enjoy your company when you have a bag of bird food with you.
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bob dub on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful gardens. You can buy a bag of bird pellets and the pigeons will come and sit on your outstretched arms. An experience!!
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