Must do - Really enjoyed our trip to Ulva Island. Our guide was very knowledgeable and passionate about her job. I highly recommend this trip.

Highly recommend - Really enjoyed our trip to Ulva Island. The crew onboard "Tina" were informative and helpful. I would highly recommend this trip. Nga mihi.

Great trip - Our guide was awesome making the experience one we will always remember. The bird life was exceptional and so well explained by Karen.

A wonderful trip on a beautiful day - I can't speak highly enough of the crew who took us over and our outstanding guide Natasha. She clearly loves the fauna and flora of the island and shared her knowledge and passion with us.

太棒了！ - My kids just live this trip! Such a beautiful place to explore and our guide just amazing! 非常值得的一次旅游，美丽的小岛和沙滩，丰富的自然景观和野生动物植物，导游的解说也非常棒，我的孩子说他们上了一堂生动的自然课！

Bob - We had a beautiful day, saw many birds and also walked past the sea lions. Favorite bird is Bob, a fairly tame bird. Maybe you just have to find the right staff, but we had nice staff. They had passion and humor, which can make or break an excursion. I personally found the boat trip less interesting, as it was mainly about the birds. Maybe the ocean was favorable, our boat trip was fine (not sick).

Enthusiastic staffs & a fantastic introduction to Stewart Island - I joined two tours during my one day visit to Stewart Island. The Stewart Island Village & Bay Tours is a simple bus tour around the Island with road access and the driver, which doubled as our tour guide, was wonderful. Sorry I did not catch his name as I am not used to his New Zealand accent. He lived in Bluff with his wife and commuted to the Island for work. He shared many interesting tidbit about the Island and for those with limited mobility, this tour is excellent way to explore the Island without worrying about the walking and lack of concrete road access. Then I took the Ulva Island Explorer afternoon tour, and both tour guides gave us excellent commentary about the Ulva Island and both girls were lovers of nature and Stewart Island. They genuinely showed their love for conservation and showing us all those special birds. The weather was really nice during my day visit, which made the tour even more pleasurable. For first time Stewart Island visitors, RealNZ offers excellent tours that gives you a good idea about the Island and the guides are knowledgeable enough to give you good feedbacks on what to do if you are staying for more than a day. The only thing is that I hope they can coordinate the schedule a bit better with Stewart Island Flight, so I did not have to sit in the waiting room of the Stewart Island Flight depot for an hour or so. The Island sort of went into a break after 4pm before the dinner service began.

Great trip from Stewart Island - What a great trip. A boat journey with a great commentary and interesting things to see. The walk on the Island was amazing with knowledgeable guides. We saw some great wildlife, and learnt so much about NZ flora and fauna. Highly recommended.

Loved to death - Beautiful island, lovely walk, great guides, but virtually no birds. Same thing happened here as other tourist destinations. It’s been loved to death. We were there on a Friday and there were people everywhere. Better birding in Oban, as they have been doing extensive pretty control. Saw parrots, parakeets, robins, saddle backs and even Kiwi while just wandering around away from the CBD. Try the rugby field at dusk. Save your money for the pub. Food and drink is amazing.

Go to Olva island but not on this trip. - I was really looking forward to this trip. However, I was sadly disappointed. I was concerned that there were a number of people with varying disabilities that they found difficulty catering for. This is definitely a trip for people who are able bodied. The trip started along the coast, but the sound system was so bad that most people couldn't understand everything being said. Then we arrived on the island and had about 90 minutes on the island. To say that our progress was slow was an understatement as I watched the snails overtaking us. Our guide was the same that gave the unintelligable talk on the boat. She was obviously enthusiastic about the bird life because she said it was awesome about 500 times. If you want to see Olva island, this is not the trip to take, much easier to get a water taxi and sort out timings with them. The island is well worth a visit.