We live locally and I can't believe that we've never done this before. We went on the night walk and it was just brilliant. Ian is the best guide, he knows the forest inside out having lived here his whole life. He knows where all the wee insects live, and the fish hide! We heard moreporks and Kiwis calling. Saw... More

We were on a cruise ship stopping at the Bay of Islands New Zealand. And that day was going to be my 70th birthday. Since we love hiking, nature and exploring new and different things we researched what to do in this port stop. Contacted Adventure Puketi and had an amazing guided forest walk in a grove of giant NZ... More

Our walk in the forest was brought to life by Ian's enthusiasm and knowledge of the flora, fauna and history of the whole area. We will all remember our day here - a special, very peaceful one amid a packed World Cup schedule. The home made muffins were a very welcome touch too! Barbara met us to take us back... More

We had a wonderful stay with Barbara and Ian for the night time combo walk. Barbara made us feel instantly welcome and Ian is extremely knowledgable and passionate about the forest and we learnt an awful lot whilst out walking with him. One if the great things offered by the combo walk was the contrast between leaving in daylight and... More

I failed Geography at school and would struggle to know a 'kiwi' if i fell over it. Having said that , I must say I really enjoyed the night walk. Unfortunately Ian was at a Rotary meeting , but his wife Barbara picked us up from Paihia and Ian drove us home late. Our guide was Helen, who was waiting... More

The Night walk is just magnificent. A must do when in The Bay of Islands. More

Adventure Puketi was very responsive to my emails even before I left for New Zealand, Barbara offered to pick me up at my hotel but I enjoyed the drive out from the Lodge at Kauri Cliffs to their place (lots of gravel roads); the day of my walk she was with a group of tourists that were in town with... More

Barbara and Ian Candy were excellent hosts of My Husband and I. We got married in the Forest on a forest walk that Ian Guides. Barbara organised the whole wedding down to photo's at a private waterfall with my small wedding party (Ian guided that walk too), Dinner under fairy lights in the middle of the forest. Barbra made my... More

We enjoyed our night bush walk with the very knowledgeable guides. They both knew a lot about the native bushes, trees and animals. Perhaps because of the other walkers on the tour, we had to move quite slowly and so did not get as far into the bush as we'd hoped. As a result we came away a little underwhelmed... More