Katikati Gourmet Avocado Tasting Experience

Discover the magic of our orchard with a gourmet avocado tasting. Explore inventive dishes and dive into local food culture. Perfect for all ages.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 9 Walker Road East - Stroll through the scenic orchard as your guide shares the history of avocados, their cultivation process, and the various orchard activities, including the stages of tree and fruit development throughout the year.
    Depending on the season, you may have the opportunity to pick your own avocado.
    Observe a live demonstration of…
What's Included
  • Local Guide
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Avocado and merchandise purchase
Meal Options
  • Guacamole - Tim’s special guacamole recipe
  • Avocado ice cream or Gelato - Made locally using our handpicked avocados, simply divine!
  • Avocado Feta and Basil - Served on a balsamic and caramelised onion cracker
  • Avocado oils - A selection of avocado oils with sourdough fingers
Additional Information

Experience the magic of our orchard and see firsthand how seasonal practices keep our avocados at their best. Uncover why this superfood has such a devoted following and treat yourself to a tasting of inventive avocado dishes that highlight its unique flavor. Ideal for avocado lovers and those keen to dive into local food culture, this adventure…

Location
9 Walker Road East
Walker Road East
We're easy to find, just 100 meters off State Highway 2 if you are heading from Auckland or Tauranga. Just 5 mins south of Katikati township. Upon arrival please park in the signposted parking area and make your way to the large shed entrance where your guide will meet you.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Quest56222238295
Feb 10, 2026
Incredible avocado tour, highly recommend! - My husband and I signed up for the avocado tour off of the recommendation of our hotel. We had minimal expectations going in, and Tim completely knocked our socks off. The tour was wildly informative, and Tim graciously answered all of the (many) different questions we had. We learned about avocado growing in general, Tim’s orchard and how it came to be and some New Zealand history as well. Tim let us go up in his picking machine, which was a very cool experience. We opted to also do the gourmet avocado tasting at the end, which was well worth it. Everything was delicious, and Tim sent us the recipes after the tour. This was one of the last activities we did on a busy 8-day trip of the northern island, and we highly recommend it to anyone in the area. It was a truly authentic New Zealand experience, lead by a great guy. Also the avocado merch stand was full of novelty items that we loved. Please do this tour - you will love it just as much as we did.
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Seaside67819859684
Jan 23, 2026
Highly recommending this avocado tour - We spent a most informative enjoyable tour of JIM’S AVOCADO farm Culminating in a tasting of delicious and imaginative advocate recepies Highly recommend the experience
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Trail58280785710
Dec 9, 2025
Deep dive in an avocado orchard - This avocado farm experience a totally must to do activity when you passing by the world’s avocado capital. The tour was informative and fun, our guide was super nice and expert and the avocado delicasies which we tasted were ubelivable good especially the avocado icecream. I tottaly recommend this for everybody.
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Sandra19971
Nov 25, 2025
Perfect gourmet tour with tasting and information - We had a great avocado tour at Tim's farm. We got a lot of exciting information about the avocados, but the highlight was of course the gourmet tasting. We couldn't decide what was most delicious because everything tasted great. We can recommend the tour to anyone!
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Mbstcats
Oct 30, 2025
Amazing Avocados - Fantastic visit to Tim’s Avocado farm. There were only 4 of us on the tour so it was a very personal tour. Very relaxed visit, lots of information from Tim & plenty of opportunity to ask questions. Who knew Avocados were so interesting !!! We felt the cost of the tour was very fair considering the time spent at the farm & the amazing Gourmet tasting. It was yummy.
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Curiosity56075290257
Mar 7, 2025
It ought to be tax deductible - Sooo much information imparted, and sooo educational, it ought to be tax-deductible as a course. I am not the avocado junkie in our family, but that Guacamole sure gets in your mouth easily ... and repeatedly. Converted! Excellent value.
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Hannah
Feb 14, 2025
A highly recommended tour and such a lovely way to spend a couple of hours. - What a genuinely fascinating and brilliant experience. It was so great to see a couple’s dream of a better life coming true. And I didn’t realise avocados could be so interesting! We arrived onto the family run orchard and met the delightful Tim. He is the font of knowledge when it comes to avocados and listening to his journey from his previous career into growing, was so captivating to hear. We did a tour of the orchard whilst learning about avocados and Tim’s experiences. I would recommend the gourmet tour as you then get to try a range of homemade avocado products which were delicious. In summary, a highly recommended tour and such a lovely way to spend a couple of hours.
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Vim689
Feb 13, 2025
Great personalized tour about Avocados - We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Tim. His enthusiasm and knowledge are fantastic. We learned a lot about avocados! The tasting afterwards was amazing. We had no idea you could make gelato from avocados! We highly recommend this tour to anyone wanting to learn a bit more about the avocado industry. Michelle also gave some advice on how to tell if an avocado is ripe and some great recommendations on other things to see and do in Katikati.
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Linda
Feb 10, 2025
Definitely Gourmet! - We really enjoyed meeting Tim the owner of the orchard. He has learned so much in only two years and has taken some very bold steps! We loved hearing about the avocado cycles and seeing the huge beautiful trees. Definitely you should book the gourmet food tour. We tried many different foods made with avocado! It was a very enjoyable two hours. And if you had time you could make a day out of it and go to the Katikati bird gardens which are on the same road. Make sure you come hungry!
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Generalshamu
Jan 4, 2025
Phenomenal Tour - Absolutely excellent tour that we could not recommend enough. We learned so much during the tour and really enjoyed every second of it. The food they provided on the gourmet tour was excellent as well - the guacamole, avocado oils, etc... The history behind the owners/operators purchasing this orchard is inspiring as well.
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From $44
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).