Tour stories, info, and our team’s guide to Rotorua

Your virtual adventure through Rotorua’s ancient forest starts here.

Read articles on biodiversity. Catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse into our conservation efforts. And let our guides share tips on exploring our region, from the best campgrounds in Rotorua, to treetop walks, and other heart-pumping activities.

What is on your New Zealand bucket list? We thought we would share our New Zealand bucket list eco-tours with you for some inspiration....
We’re pretty lucky to have so many incredible NZ native insects that you can spot while on an adventure at Canopy Tours....
Here's the story about how the award winning Rotorua zipline tour all began. Rotorua Canopy Tours is one of the great kiwi business stories!...
Rotorua Canopy Tours takes you deep into the native forest where there are many different forms and species of NZ fungi....
New Zealand native birds - long-tailed cuckoo. These birds migrate from the pacific and can be found in the canopy during summer!...
At Canopy Tours our beautiful ancient forest is filled with all sorts of NZ native birds including Kereru, Tui, North Island Robin, Kaka, Long-tailed Cuckoo,...
In October 2015 Canopy Tours invested in a new range of automated traps from Goodnature. Ready for phase 2 of the conservation programme....
In October 2016 after months of hard work the Rotorua Canopy Tours team implemented phase three of their pest trapping programme....
June 2017 – The Canopy Tours made a plan and got ready to head out into the forest to complete Phase 4 of the forest...
Rotorua Canopy Tours and Wingspan joined forces to release a rehabilitated ruru into the Dansey Road Scenic Reserve....
22 May 2018 - We have had confirmation that we have spotted and photographed one of New Zealand's least known and rarely seen lizards!...
Our original labour-intensive method of trapping pests in the Dansey Road Scenic Reserve wasn’t a viable long-term solution, so we went back to the drawing...
In 2013 after running the zipline tour for a year they had saved up $35,000 which was enough money to get started on their conservation...
What is on your New Zealand bucket list? We thought we would share our New Zealand bucket list eco-tours with you for some inspiration....
New Zealand native birds - long-tailed cuckoo. These birds migrate from the pacific and can be found in the canopy during summer!...

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