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What we see on our Hiking Trips

 
One of our Hiking Trips in the Puketi Forest is a full day walk. Conservation in the forest is really noticeable now. The Northern Rata (Metrosideros robusta) is flowering again. The Rata is a tall tree, up to 25 m … Continue reading

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Nocturnal insects feeding.

The giant centipede  and cave weta are present at night in the forest. The cave weta lives in dark spaces , in the Puketi forest we find them in the Giant Kauri trees that have been bled for gum.
The Centipede usually … Continue reading

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Bees in the Forest

Feral Bees are back in the hollow branches in the Kauri Trees. Between the years 2000 and 2006 Varroa mite (Varroa Destructor) was accidently introduced to NZ, the mite decimated the Bee colonies in the forest. HoneyBees (Apis Mellifera) were brought … Continue reading

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Team building in the forest

ADVENTURE PUKETI IS EXCITED ABOUT OUR UNIQUE PRODUCT.
TEAM BUILDING.
BRING YOUR TEAM BIG OR SMALL INTO THE PUKETI KAURI RAIN FOREST .
EXPERIENCE OUR HALF DAY FORESTWALK ,MORNING OR AFTERNOON.
OR PERHAPS EVEN TAKE AN ADVENTURE ON DUSK WITH YOUR GUIDE, JOIN THE NOCTURNAL … Continue reading

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Cruise Ships Are Back

Recently we hosted three Cruise ships to the Bay of Islands.
The Dawn Princess was followed on the same day as the Sun Princess.
The next day the Oosterdam arrived.
The Princess line passengers were awed by the size of the Ancient Kauri … Continue reading

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