Guided Walking Tour of New Forest National Park in Hampshire: Discover Wildlife and History
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Hampshire
Embark on a guided walking tour of New Forest National Park in Hampshire. Discover diverse habitats, wildlife, and rich history while exploring off the beaten track.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • New Forest National Park Hampshire - An introduction to the New Forest, its wildlife, history, and people.

You will hear about the origins of the New Forest as a royal hunting ground for William the Conqueror nearly 1000 years ago, and its modern-day role as a place for nature conservation, responsible recreation, and commercial forestry and farming.

Led by experienced local wildlife experts, this short walk provides a great introduction to the New Forest National Park and covers 2-3 km in 90 minutes.

What's Included
  • Experienced guides with over 20 years in wildlife surveying
Additional Information

Venturing away from the usual path, this tour delves into a variety of environments, seeking wildlife and uncovering the abundant history of the New Forest.

Despite being England’s smallest National Park, the New Forest brims with splendid wildlife; it’s home to countless free-range livestock and deer alike, not to mention the beloved New Forest Ponies!

Accompany us on this guided hike in the forest core, where you can relish in some of the outstanding landscapes available and possibly glimpse ponies, deer, and other wildlife.

Location
Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary
Bolderwood Arboretum Ornamental Drive
Cancellation Policy

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

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Damiangv6799se
Feb 26, 2024
A great trek in the New Forest - This was a fantastic walk into the New Forest with Marcus and Emily-Louise. We saw some wonderful wildlife and the scenery was amazing. The hosts have such a breadth and depth of knowledge that we learned lots. We heard birdsong, found a dung beetle and navigated some amazing terrain. Fully recommended for any family.
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48atifh
Feb 23, 2024
An amazing winter day in the New Forest National Park! - We went on a full day guided wildlife watching tour with Marcus and Emily and it was such a wonderful experience. The New Forest is actually not far from us but we had never been there before and we wanted to enjoy this National Park with someone who knew the landscape and the wildlife intimately. Marcus has encyclopaedic knowledge about the history and nature of the New Forest and Emily helped us see fantastic Lichens and mushrooms that we would have easily overlooked otherwise. Without their knowledge and guidance we would have never seen or heard several of the fast moving and hard to find woodland birds. Our highlight in the morning was a rare but awesome sighting of the Lesser Spotted woodpecker! We walked around different habitats in the New Forest and also visited the coast to see some very special Spoonbills, Avocets, Spotted Redhshanks and many other wading birds. All in all a highly enjoyable day and highly recommended!
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N2545lshugos
Jan 30, 2024
A Captivating Experience - An excellent walk around Wilverley from local expert Marcus. He gave us a great tour including the history, flora and fauna of the New Forest that was insightful and well delivered. He even showed us some plants that are unique to the forest, a real treat! Completely recommend the tour for the modest price asked, and will suggest to friends and family.
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7vikkiy
Nov 11, 2023
A wonderful bespoke fungi/forest tour. - Am impromptu bespoke fungi and forest tour! We were, by chance, the only couple that signed up for the walk. So Marcus and Emily asked us if we had any particular interests. I’m a new fungi enthusiast so they said to get back in the car and drove we met them in the new forest. A wonderful two hours, not much walking but plenty of fungi spotting! Marcus’ encyclopaedic knowledge of the forest was amazing. And Emily’s ability to spot the tiniest fungi was brilliant.
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Cliffordkath
Nov 8, 2023
Excellent morning - We learnt so much from Marcus, about the flora and fauna, and also the history of the Forest. And 2 hours excellent walk on a beautiful sunny November day.
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Factual_reviewing
Oct 24, 2023
A superb New Forest Exploratory Walk - As always, the fungi explorer walk to learn about the various species and ID features, led by Marcus and Emily was excellent value for money and very, very enjoyable. I've done a few now and each one is different, learning something new every time. Highly recommended.
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Ianrl14lu
Aug 21, 2023
A fantastic way to understand the New Forest - The Wildlife Wander walk by Marcus in the New Forest was excellent. He and Emily explained so much about the forest, its wildlife, plants, birds and other interesting background knowledge about the ponies and commoners. Marcus and Emily were both extremely friendly and helpful. The walk was very well paced and leisurely, with lots of opportunity to stop and talk about what we were seeing and hearing. Plenty of time to take photos and just admire the wildlife. Their knowledge is first class and they were so keen and passionate about the New Forest and their walks - ensuring that everyone enjoyed it. We would highly recommend their walks. We also went on the Boat Trip from Bucklers Hard down the Beaulieu River and the evening walk around Keyhaven, which Marcus and Emily run.
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Jacky
Aug 14, 2023
A world of discovery - Within 3 minutes we knew we were going to enjoy the tree identification walk. Marcus had picked a beautiful part of the forest to discover with both ancient and plantation trees. We covered so much information I was wondering if we would remember much but a few days on it still all makes sense. As if we have a few more jigsaw pieces in place . We would definitely recommend the walk.
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Morag694
Jul 23, 2023
A gentle and fascinating walk - A wonderful gentle walk exploring the beautiful diverse habitats in the Forest. Our guide was exceptionally knowledgeable and answered all our questions. He explained the history and customers of the ‘Commoners’ who have had the right to graze their ponies and cows in the New Forest nature reserve for centuries. It was a happy and memorable walk. One I would highly recommend for all those with a love of the countryside who want to learn more about its animals, flora and fauna. I will certainly return. Thank you Marcus.
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436mariaisabelp
Jul 9, 2023
Butterflies in the New Forest - The Butterfly Explorer Walk in July was really good and the tour guide Marcus is s very knowledgeable an expert in the area. I would highly recommend.
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