Today, we took a trip to the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve with our little Tuatara.
The reserve winds through 7 hectares of bush inside Christchurch city boundaries. Hector was very keen on the ducks.
We were very lucky to get to the Gibbon enclosure right at feeding time, where we got to watch momma, dada, and their son eat their fruit and vege.
The gibbons were much tidier with their eating than Hector.
The Heritage New Zealand section included sheep, cows, peacocks, pigs, horses, even donkey rides. Unfortunately, Hector was too small to ride the donkey, but we did get to see lots of baby lambs, piglets, and chicks.
We then moved onto the Wild New Zealand section of the reserve. Here we found an actual Tuatara, some geckos, and lots of different birds, including two Kiwi birds in a darkened enclosure.
Of course, amongst those birds was the clever and outgoing Kea. We were greeted at the entry to the enclosure by one kea who kept trying to steal the crackers from the bottom of the buggy.
After our awesome visit, we climbed back in the car and drove home. I look forward to coming back here again and again to teach Hector about all the cool critters we have in New Zealand.
I am surprised you were able to smuggle a tuatara Hector out of the enclosure. A good prize to be sure. Off to Silver City with our large tuatara, actually I think he's a fish today, for Thanksgiving.
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DDO and Mum