Education Experiences Available

We are happy to work beside you and your students to deliver an engaging and memorable experience.

Conservation Education Programme (NZ Schools and NZ Tertiary)

Come to the sanctuary and learn!

Our conservation education programme has a very strong focus on conservation science, natural history and the stories of Maungatautari. We plan our programme delivery in

FROM $11 per student

Conservation Education Programme for International Students

Bringing the sanctuary to the world in our virtual classroom!

Sanctuary Mountain® Maungatautari would love to bring conservation to your classroom through a virtual online learning session. It's the next best thing to a visit!

FROM $100 per session

FAQs

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Location

The Manu Tioriori visitor centre is open from 9:00am to 4:00pm daily (closed 25th December). Entrance to the southern enclosure is available during Manu Tioriori visitor centre opening hours.

Gallery

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is all about its native environment and inhabitants! Have a look at some of our birdlife and spot a takahe during your visit!

What our visitors say

If you want to see New Zealand's nocturnal animals, go here. Of course, there are day tours as well as night tours. I went on a night tour and it was great. I was happy to see glow worms, go up to the observatory, and see many stars in the night sky! This is not a zoo, but a conservation...

HyoJin Yang (YY)

Wonderful experience seeing tuatara on a wetland tour. Southern Enclosure surrounded by native trees, bush and birds soothes the soul.

Desley McFarlane

Yesterday [recently] a group of us were on the mountain. It is probably 8 years since I did this. The hard work from so many is so evident. The undergrowth is fantastic. We heard kōkako, saw saddleback, tūī, robins, and heard many others! This has to be one of the biggest success stories in...

Annette

A great morning activity for our family. Our mountain buggy terrain was easily able to navigate the trails.

Emma Southall

An awesome project done solely by the community. Many thanks! Our friend from Switzerland and we hiked for more than 6 hours on parts of Te Tonga and Werere Traverse tracks and encountered many beautiful birds and scenery. After the hike, we had a rest at the visitor center with a great view and...

Jeffrey Ke

All the educators were great. We loved their enthusiasm and patience. Thanks for a wonderful visit. One teacher said it was the most educational trip she has ever been on. Maybe we need to visit again and look at another part of the sanctuary.

Tirau School

It was so cool to finally meet you in person and the experience you gave us was just so amazing! You know what, I haven't stopped smiling today. I am still buzzing from the trip and so are the kids! It's just so incredible to get out and see firsthand what we have been learning about...

Aberdeen School

The educators were very easy to listen to and very knowledgeable. They spoke to the children and at their level. They also interacted with the adults too. The props used to get the message across was great. This made a great visual learning experience. Staff just couldn't stop talking about...

Tirau School

Really cool place to see some unique birds and enjoy a beautiful peaceful nature walk. Extremely friendly staff as well.

Kelly Kaufman

Incredible project and will only get even better with time.

Andy Williams