Katikati Bird Gardens Cafe

Visiting the Bird Gardens was a great way to spend a few hours on a fine Spring day. Bought a coffee and toasted sandwich at the cafe first, and sat in pleasant surroundings to enjoy them both. A lot of photo opportunities, especially from the Peacock which put on an amazing display. Was wonderful walking around and having the birds interact with us. Very grateful to have such beautiful gardens close to Tauranga. Well worth the journey.

We love visiting Katikati Bird Gardens, a beautiful, serene garden space with many different birds to see and feed. Parking, toilets and cafe onsite and bird feed you can buy. Ducks, geese, chickens, pheasants, peacocks, doves etc are all tame enough to eat out of your hand. I must admit that when we visited the kids their and their respective parents did impact the experience with them being allowed to chase baby chicks and catch them by their parents. I would suggest the owners put signage up to ensure the birds are able to be fed but not harrassed if this isnt already there.

This was actually better than we expected. Very relaxed environment with calm birds to feed. Quite reasonably priced considering prices of other attractions these days. Being summer the shady tree areas made you linger longer in the cool and the water lilies and tadpoles were abundant. Baby peacocks, ducklings and chickens plus a small playground made our little one happy