Phenomenal Guide! - Absolutely amazing experience. Boat tour was engaging and entertaining! Sea lions came right up to the boat, thanks to the frantic clapping and whistling from our incredibly dedicated and enthusiastic guide. Our guide, Karen, made the experience unforgettable with their infectious enthusiasm and knowledgeable commentary. Karen knew exactly where to look and how to walk quietly through the woods to not scare the kiwi. WE SAW 6! Cannot recommend this experience enough, RealNZ did an incredible job!

Awesome - We went to Ulva Island in the afternoon and this excursion in the evening. We had the same staff and that was great because they were passionate and funny. This excursion has to be one of the highlights of our trip so far. First a boat trip where we saw many great points, a beautiful rainbow on the rock with sea lions, albatrosses that came close to the boat and probably even more beautiful points. Then we arrived on the island to look for the Tyrannosaurus Kiwi. Like a real Freek Vonk, armed with a flashlight (which you receive), walk through the dark forest in search of this mighty beast (only shine on the ground to see where you are walking). The guides have an infrared viewer or something and can thus detect this creature more easily. We quickly found a kiwi, guides shine a red light on the kiwi so that you can see the animal clearly and it doesn't bother them much. What a cool animal, powerful legs and with that big beak they always poke into the ground to look for food. Finally arrived at the beach and unfortunately saw no animals there, but the sky was beautiful, the Milky Way was beautiful. Spotted a kiwi on the way back. It was super cool and highly recommended

Albatross, mutton birds and kiwis galore - Fantastic trip, starts with a boat ride out to see albatross, seals, mutton birds, sea lions etc Then some introduction to Kiwis and a Kiwi walk through Bush to a beach. Our two guides were wonderful, so enthusiastic and in the end just as excited to see kiwis as the guests. Had 4 sitings, 3 on the beach which lasted over an hour. Highpoint was when we witnessed a male meet a female and watched them put their beaks to the sky and call to each other, spine tingling stuff.

Tokoeka Tour of Lifetime - Cannot recommend this tour enough! This was our second RealNZ tour of the day, and while we may have felt tired before setting out, this quickly dissipated with the excitement of the journey. We stopped in several incredible spots en route to the ultimate destination, observing penguins (hoiho/yellow-eyed and tawaki/Friodland crested), seals and albatross, among other native species. Once night fell, the kiwi tour was an absolute dream. We crept through the impressive forests, listening for the signs of Stewart Island tokoeka. Our guide, Karen, who we were lucky enough to have for the second time that day, truly went above and beyond. She made sure we had the best possible experience, and between the two groups, we ended up seeing three tokoeka. Pure magic. Even with wet weather threatening to roll in, this couldn't possibly put a damper on our experience. Our captain Matt was fabulous as well, starting our return trip in the dark with the Titanic theme song, just perfect. Hot chocolate on board was the night cap we needed. Thank you RealNZ, and Karen in particular, for an adventure we'll always remember.

Kiwi Excitement - This adventure was exciting! We took a scenic boat ride over to Tribal land and hiked through the woods at night from 10 pm to 12 am. We were fortunate and saw a couple kiwis. One was unfazed and spent about 20 minutes with us.

Kiwi hunt - Our guides were excellent and made the whole adventure exciting. On the boat we spotted a rare penguin and other birds. They offered binoculars during the boat trip and torches/flashlights for the trek through the bush on our kiwi hunt. We saw 4 kiwi which was very exciting. We rather felt like thrives in the night the way we had to be so quiet, it was a hoot! A great time, glad we spent the money.

Amazing experience!! - We had the best time on this tour! We saw kiwis and lots of other wildlife on the boat part of the tour, the guides were so engaging and had so much knowledge of the animals and local area including cultural history! The hot drinks and biscuits was such a lovely touch as well! Would recommend bringing lots of layers as was chilly even in summer!

Amazing wildlife and the best opportunity to see wild kiwis - We saw penguins, seals, sea lions, albatross, pied shags and kiwis!! The guides could not have been more accommodating or enthusiastic. Really worth the money in my opinion. My only advice would be take lots and lots of warm clothes and layers as the weather changes very quickly even in summer.

Must do on Steward island - Well organized tour with penguin, sea lion and seal watching from a boat, free coffee/chocolate/tea and easy guided night walk where we saw two kiwis. There is additional layers and jackets on the boat if you feel i like you are not warm or dry enoughY

Overpriced, WAY Too Many People - Kiwi are naturally very scared of vibrations, noises, and lights, so we were very surprised that they sent us out to hunt kiwi in large groups of 11 each with flashlights without red light filters (which are less offensive to kiwi). We walked around for hours and didn't see any kiwi, probably because there was always someone in the group stumbling or brushing loudly against a tree. The guides were also using bright, non-red flashlights to look for/scare away the kiwi. At this price, the groups should be WAY smaller, probably 4 or 5 at most, to have a realistic chance of seeing kiwi. We saw cool penguins and sea lions on the way, but that's not what we traveled to Stewart Island or booked this tour for. They also only brought about half as many binoculars as there were guests, which was disappointing. I would not recommend this tour, just go look for kiwi on your own with red light filters on your flashlights. We found 2 on our own the next night!