Birds

Meet the Locals of Pelorus Sounds

A highlight for many on our Port Ligar Tour is the full day boat tour off the Pelorus Sounds. Departing from Blenheim, we board the...

Birds and other wildlife of the Kenerpuru Sounds

We all loved our recent private boat charter with Gary and Ellen Orchard of Pelorus Tours on their lovely wooden vessel the Toroa in the...

Banded Dotterel bird count at Marlborough’s East Coast.

Driftwood Eco Tours supports the Marlborough East Coast Protection Group, Will is a committee member and has more recently been passing...

The long tailed bats of d’Urville Island

Here is something to strike up at your next dinner party, baby bats attach themselves to their flying mothers by sucking onto their...

Nature tour to the Wairau Lagoon

I love the Wairau Lagoons. I brought a property over-looking the 2,400 hectare tidal lagoon in the lower Wairau Valley, Marlborough in...

Our wildlife paradise

What a paradise we live in, Rose and I decided to take a short walk before dinner across the river. We live in the edge of the Opawa...

Kayaking with our new guide Glenn Lambeth

We are very happy to have Glenn Lambeth join us as senior kayak guide this season. Glenn’s considerable experience guiding kayaking...

Royal Spoonbill, Kings and Queens of the river

The spring is here and the warmer weather is enticing us out onto the little river which runs past our home, the Opaoa River....

Kayaking in the Wairau Lagoon

Black fronted tern We have had some lovely kayak trips into the Wairau Lagoon. Here I had alot of fun photographing a rare black fronted...

Our bird watching winter watching holiday

Will and I have recently returned from our winter holiday at Motueka and Kahurangi National Park at the top of the South Island, New...

French Pass and d’Urville Island tours 2017-18

View of the Pelorus Sound on the way to French Pass. The farm in the distance is Te Towaka owned by the Leov family. Photos by Tamzin...

Collingwood, South Island, New Zealand

We hope you enjoy the photos of Collingwood, the Cobb and Wharariki beach, we will be taking a multi-day tour into this area this year....