Location & Directions

The Manu Tīoriori Visitor Centre is open from 9:00am to 4:00pm daily. We are open every day except Christmas Day, 25 December.

Our address is 99 Tari Road, Pukeatua

A friendly warning, if you only enter Maungatautari into your GPS or Google Maps system, it will take you to the wrong side of the mountain… so help Google to be your friend and type in 99 Tari Road, Pukeatua (this is on the southern side of the mountain).

We highly recommend booking a guided tour to get the most of your trip.

In order to retain what makes us so special, we limit the number of visitors to 300 per day, and we recommend booking in advance to avoid disappointment.

We are located approximately:

2.5-hour drive from Auckland
1.5 hours from Taupo
1 hour from Rotorua
1 hour from the iconic Hobbiton Movie Set Tours in Matamata
1 hour from Waitomo Caves
1 hour from Hamilton Gardens

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What our visitors say

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari has a beautiful array of native New Zealand birds. The tracks are well signposted and easy to navigate I would highly recommend for any nature or bird lover or photographer.

Lydia Gillies, Auckland, New Zealand

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

Kelly Kaufman

All of us had such an amazing time! The children were exhausted on the way home but they had such an amazing time! They have been talking about it constantly and have been remembering all sorts of details from the things that they remember.

Korakonui School

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

Great experience and wonderful staff so friendly and helpful. The bush and birdlife are amazing, have to go back to do the wetland tour to see the tuatara.

Gary Chapman

My wife and I live in Miami and visited Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari during a trip to New Zealand a month ago. Our guide was Jenny. We were very impressed with her sincerity as well as your organization and the success of your work.

Anonymous, Miami, USA

Extremely organised, with clear communication. Tali and Sue were really engaging, working at an appropriate pace for the children. Lots of fun things to see and do. We also really appreciated having sanitizer and a tarpaulin already there for us. We really appreciated our day there and how well...

Horsham Downs School

Education Programme Review: Great pre trip organisation and support. Excellent team of engaging educators and such an amazing resource! A really great field trip that was as close to real world biology as I have done in the high school setting.

Cambridge High School

Thank you all for an awesome educational experience last week. The tamariki were stoked, as were we all. We look forward to visiting again in the future.

Te Wharekura o te Kaokaoroa o Patetere

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

Sanctuary is but an hour away!