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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...
Sep 24, 20212 min read


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...
May 24, 20211 min read


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...
Aug 7, 20192 min read


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...
Mar 2, 20192 min read


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...
Jan 2, 20182 min read


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...
Oct 31, 20171 min read


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...
Sep 7, 20171 min read


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....
Aug 25, 20171 min read


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...
Jul 12, 20171 min read


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...
Jul 4, 20171 min read


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...
May 17, 20171 min read


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....
Apr 22, 20161 min read
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