Kumutoto Stream
Woodward St, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
You're standing on top of a hidden river.
Matiu / Somes Island
New Zealand
Matiu / Somes Island is a predator-free island sanctuary in Wellington Harbour accessible by ferry — a DOC-managed reserve where native birds (little blue penguins, wētā, tuatara) thrive in an environment free of the introduced predators that threaten them on the mainland.
Mount Victoria Lookout
Lookout Rd, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Mount Victoria is Wellington's best viewpoint — a 196-metre hill in the suburb of the same name that provides a 360-degree panorama of the city, the harbour, the Rimutaka Range, and on clear days the snow-capped Kaikōura Ranges across Cook Strait.
Oriental Bay
Oriental Pde, Oriental Bay, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Oriental Bay is Wellington's urban beach — a crescent of imported golden sand on the harbour a 10-minute walk from the CBD, lined with apartment buildings, cafés, and the art deco Carter Fountain that shoots water 18 metres into the harbour.
Wellington Waterfront
86 Jervois Quay, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Take a breath.
Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne
53 Waiapu Rd, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
Zealandia is the world's first fully fenced urban ecosanctuary — a 225-hectare valley in Karori that has been predator-fenced and restored to native bush, reintroducing species like kiwi, tuatara, saddleback, and takahē that had been absent from the mainland for over a century.
Explore nature in Wellington
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