Come to the sanctuary and learn!

From $11.00 per student

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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 collaboration with teachers to meet local curriculum needs.

Curriculum links:	Science, Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education
Suitable for:	Best suited to Year 4 and above.
Minimum number of students	10 (minimum charge is for ten paying students, smaller than 10 can be accomodated)
Maximum number of students	2 classes per session, with the ability to facilitate 2 sessions per day
Approximate Duration:	2.5 hours
Cost of Teachers and Teacher Aides	Free
Cost for Parents

Please contact our educator to discuss your local curriculum needs for ECE, Years 1-3, NCEA, Cambridge Syllabus (Classification, Biodiversity and Conservation), wellness or EOTC activities or Tertiary level groups (e.g. environmental management, conservation, travel and tourism).

A minimum charge of the equivalent of ten paying people applies for groups of less than ten for facilitated programmes to go ahead.

Experience native wildlife in the wild!

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What our visitors say

Outstanding. A must visit. Give yourself plenty to soak in everything. The staff are amazing and chock full of interesting knowledge. Don't miss this.

A L Lomas

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

Desley McFarlane

Thank you. It was an informative and engaging day. Engaging the children with what you were doing conservation wise and the guides information on the track were excellent. Excellent knowledgeable staff, friendly and plenty of them to help guide the students (and teachers) around.

Fairfield Intermediate

Really well laid out trails with good info on the flora. We were lucky enough to see quite a few of the native birds and even get some pictures.

Lisa Harris

Saw kaka, robin, saddleback, fantail and other birds. There was bird activity even though it was raining. I love the 'jurassic park' style forest, 500yr+ old trees and informative signs. The viewing tower is great. I think if you stay up there long enough you will always see something....

Elise Cooper

Sanctuary Mountain is meant for nature and bird lovers and those who wish to learn more about the native flora and fauna. The maintained trails provide an opportunity to see some unique biodiversity, including endangered species (when they come out of hiding). Our knowledgeable guide Sue...

Mike Cristello

I loved going here. It's a little piece of calm. Staff are welcoming and helpful.

Carlos

I've hiked many, many forests around New Zealand, but this one hits differently. You just know you're in as native of an NZ forest as it can get, thanks to the predator-proof fence that takes a lot of work and money to maintain. The forest is alive with the beautiful songs of many...

Meggie Tran

Just wow! Absolutely wonderful! We recently did the Ancient Forest Tour and The Tautari Wetland tour. Just incredible. We highly recommend this experience, cannot rate it enough. We will be back. We even got to see Tuatara, Kākā and Takahē.

Tasman Travels, Aotearoa New Zealand

The appropriate level of information for the junior and senior children. The instructions by Tali and Clare to the children were excellent. The patience and way that Tali and Clare interacted with our children was perfect! The children were excited by all the things they were being told. Very...

Motumaoho School