[2025 Christchurch Attraction] Travel Guide for Willowbank Wildlife Reserve (Updated Jun)

#aprilblooms Buy tickets online to visit the famous Christchurch Nature Reserve and see some of New Zealand’s most beautiful wildlife. Willowbank Wildlife Sanctuary is home to one of the largest collections of native wildlife in New Zealand. Visitors will have the opportunity to see many iconic New Zealand animals in their natural habitat, including squirrels, acorn squirrels and, of course, kiwis. Willowbank Nature Sanctuary is designed for adults and families. You can take a walk in the park. Let the animals roam free or hand-feed them yourself. As well as animals from New Zealand, you can also see animals from around the world, such as monkeys, lemurs and llamas. The property is in a stunning location with stunning views of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Interesting places here: - Collection of exotic animals and many animals from New Zealand - Beautiful landscape of Christchurch - kiwi birds, lemurs, monkeys, etc. #travel

Introducing Willowbank wildlife reserve, a wildlife zoo in Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's South Island. Here, New Zealand's national bird, the kiwi, and other wild animals from Japan and abroad are kept in a mostly free-range environment. The kiwis are kept in a special room. They are nocturnal, so the room is pitch black. At first, I couldn't see anything lol. I was able to see their silhouette with just a little infrared light! lol This was a very valuable experience, as it can only be experienced here. 👏 🦆Spot name: Willowbank wildlife reserve 📍Location: 60 Hussey Road, Christchurch, New Zealand 🕰️Opening hours: 9:30-17:00 #New Zealand #Kiwi #0 yen trip February 2025

At Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, finally saw the national treasure of New Zealand - the walking kiwi bird. Not the young Kiwi in the photo, this is just a model in the introduction room. The living Kiwi can only appear in the dark, and photography is not allowed in the dark room. Besides the no photography rule, the dark room is designed to be very open, without glass. At one point, I felt like I could reach out and touch them (of course, I didn't). Adult Kiwi is bigger than I imagined, almost the size of a large watermelon, with a longer and thinner beak. Watching it peck for food in the crevices of tree branches makes me nervous, as I worry it might break with too much force (I tend to worry too much, haha). The zoo showcases five important wild New Zealand native species (of course, Kiwi is the most popular among them), as well as several other common native animals, farm animals, and some introduced species. The zoo is not big, the ticket price is 32 New Zealand dollars, it's worth coming for the Kiwi, otherwise the ticket price is a bit expensive.