New Zealand Ngapuhi Cultural Waka (Canoe) Tours
The Bay of Islands is home to Taiamai Tours heritage journeys and the Ngapuhi, New Zealand’s largest tribal Maori group. Our interactive Waka experience provides a rare and unique insight into our ancient customs, rituals and traditions.
We invite you to come and join us for it is only through involvement in our culture that you will gain a deeper understanding of who and what we really are. Our ancient histories and stories we share with you as we paddle our 40 ft Waka Taua (War Canoe) together on the tidal estuaries of the Waitangi River
Departing twice daily during the summer months, our Qualmark endorsed Waka voyages are a perfect combination of eco, spiritual and interactive experiences therefore it is from this position we confidently claim to be
Northlands premier Maori cultural tourism experience.....
"What makes your product so unique is the depth of the experience……… I can therefore truly say that your product is the best Maori tourism product I ever experienced in my 21 years of being a managing director in the New Zealand tourism industry……
Rainer Heidtke, C&E Tours
Testimonials
The tattooed Maori guide’s ancestors defied the might of the British Empire. What sort of reception would Dan Snow get?
We stood in grass up to our knees amid dandelions that covered the hilltop. As on so many other battlefields, Nature has restored a simple beauty to terrain gouged by man’s violence. But even the wildflowers cannot disguise the trenches, bunkers and other scars in the earth.
I’m familiar with them, the telltale signs of industrial warfare. I could be standing in northern France, Ukraine or even Vietnam.
But looking across at my guide, Hone Mihaka,...