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Willowbank Wildlife Reserve Tickets
If you're after a full day of animal and family entertainment, grab your tickets to Christchurch's widely-acclaimed Willowbank Reserve online here!
What to expect
Willowbank Wildlife Reserve is one of NZ’s iconic visitor attractions, with a uniquely NZ story. This
Wildlife Reserve is an approximate 1km independent walk and visitors should allow 1-1.5hours. Enjoy
meeting introduced animals to NZ, heritage breed of farm animals and one of the best and most natural
displays of native species to be found in New Zealand. We guarantee kiwi viewing with our nocturnal
house opening at 10.30am daily. Willowbank has a café and retail/souvenir shop.
What's included
- General admission to Willowbank Wildlife Reserve
- View the New Zealand's ‘Big 5’ the kiwi, the bush parrot the kākā, the ancient tuatara, cheeky kea and very rare takahē
- Visit New Zealand’s ‘Rare Breed’ farm animals, with the background depicting the colonial agriculture of New Zealand early farming years
- Meet the giant Clydesdale, Miniature Horses, rare breeds of Goats and Sheep, the famous Kune Kune Pigs, the rare Auckland Island Pigs, Llamas, Cattle and much more
- Get a ‘hands on’ experience and is always popular with visitors with Deer, Wallabies, Otters, Lemurs and Gibbons
Visit date
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Note
- Willowbank will not be operating animal encounters, guided tours, or group feeding times, at Alert Level 2
- Additionally, the Nocturnal Kiwi House will initially be closed in order to maintain social distancing recommendations.
Extras
- 45 Minute guided tour of the New Zealand area which displays many NZ birds and animals. We guarantee you will see a Kiwi, often in very close proximity
- Animal and bird food is sold at the front counter for the opportunity to feed certain animals in the designated feeding area
Operating Hours
- 9:30am to 5pm
- Closed Christmas Day
Location
- 60 Hussey Road, Christchurch, 8051 NZ
