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Contact Details

How to Book

Office Opening Hours

Contact Details

Street Address:
"Birds & Forest Booking Office"
Stewart Island - Travel & Activities
14 Main Road, Stewart Island, New Zealand

As of 8th February 2013, we will be operating from new premises at 14 Main Road. Thank you for your patience during the time we move from one office to our new premises.

Opposite the Dept. of Conservation Office and approx. 2 minutes walk from flight and ferry centres), in Oban Township.

Phone: +64 3 219 1066

Mobile: +64 274 784 433

Fax: +64 3 219 1078

Toll Free (New Zealand only): 0508 484337

Email: mail@ruggedyrange.com

Website: www.ruggedyrange.com

How to Book

You can book either by: PHONE; FAX; EMAIL; or by using our WEBSITE BOOKING FORM, or by VISITING US IN PERSON at Cnr Main Road & Dundee Street.

We operate our own independent booking office in Stewart Island "Birds & Forest Booking Office" so we can offer you the best and most comprehensive advise on our trips to suit your interests, abilities and timeframes. Please contact us directly - no one knows our business like we do!

IMPORTANT: To ensure that our Visitors are always receiving accurate and upto date information about our comprehensive tours and services and that you are not restricted by accommodation choices, we wish to notify our Visitors that:

- We no longer operate through information centres or the New Zealand I-Site Network. We pay for the display of our brochures at selected I-Sites.

- We do not operate through any booking office or information centre in Bluff or Stewart Island, including the flight/ferry centres or competitor booking offices.

- There is no independent Visitor Information Centre in Stewart Island.

Office Opening Hours

We are a small business and may sometimes need to be away from the office for guided trips or to pick-up and drop-off clients or for other business reason. Our answer machine always tells you when we are back. Please leave a message and we will return your call or better still, send us an email.

If you call after hours - please leave a message on our main line +64 3 219 1066.

OCTOBER TO APRIL (main season)
Monday to Sunday: 7.30 am to 8.00 pm

MAY & SEPTEMBER (low season)
Monday to Saturday: 8.00 am to 4.30 pm
Sunday: 9.00 am to 2.00 pm

JUNE, JULY, AUGUST (low season)
- Tuesday to Friday: 8.30 am to 4.00 pm
- Saturday: 9.00 am to 1.00 pm (note pre-booked guided tours can operate on Saturday afternoon)
- Sunday and Monday: Office Closed, but pre-booked guided tours operate.

Over winter time, there may be days when the office is not manned, but the phone and emails will be checked regularly. Prior bookings are essential all year round, but especially during our low season.

We are happy to assist you and will endeavour to answer your questions promptly. Please contact us if you:

• Have a query; or
• Need more information on a trip; or
• Would like to make a booking; or
• Can't decide which trip would suit you; or
• Want to hire or purchase any gear and equipment; or
• Would like to give us any feedback in general or on our website