Just outside of Waitomo Caves is a town called Otorohanga. In this town is a Kiwi and Native Bird Sanctuary which we decided to visit as we really wanted to see a kiwi. This sanctuary has a nocturnal house in which you are guaranteed to see kiwis, and the really good thing about this sanctuary is that they have different kiwis on show in the morning from the afternoon, so they can have a rest from prying eyes. We saw two different type of kiwis and they were larger than we thought they would be , it was nice to see them rooting around in the semi-darkness unfortunately you are not allowed to take photos in there. They are really odd looking, just like big pom-poms with fur like feathers and really long beak and legs .
The sanctuary also has other native birds on show and we had a lovely time wandering around looking at them. There were also tuataras there and geckos.
There is a wood pigeon who likes landing on people's heads , David took it quite calmly, I didn't. It was really quite heavy and you could feel its claws scrabbling about on your head. It kept sliding on my hair, it was friendly enough but stayed on my head for ages.
Some of the geckos.
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