Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi
59 Reviews
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Welcome to Rakiura Adventure - Stewart Island Pristine Nature Experience | Stewart Island/Rakiura - Water Taxi, Ulva Island Ferry, Scenic Tours, Pelagic Birding, Guided Walks, Kiwi Spotting, Snorkelling Tours, Accommodation
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57 Golden Bay Road, Oban 9818
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- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- LGBTQ+ friendly
- Transgender safe space
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Josh Aoraki
21.10.2023
Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi
Charming and unique experience with a local caption will get you to Ulva in 15 minutes. A short but beautiful ride.
William Lin
18.10.2023
Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi
Ferry to Ulva Island from Golden Bay Wharf. You can buy tickets at the wharf and payment via Card available. They give you a leave that is used as a return ticket. The skipper is informative and even hands out a blanket if you are cold. They run a schedule service, so if you need more flexibility, then take a water taxi instead
Josephine Tucker
12.10.2023
Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi
Very positive experience. Generous hosts who obviously love their work. Cold day but blankets handed out and eco leaf instead of ticket. Watch out for wind direction and decide if you want shelter or spray. .Island has fauna and fllora in spades.Highlight was kiwi and sea lion forme.Guide book photos very useful.Choice of return times. Take food and drink.
Peter Kolejak
11.09.2023
Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi
You dont want to miss Ulva Island when visiting Stewart Island. This predator free DOC established sanctuary is one of the best places in New Zealand to spectate native birds species, including Kiwi. And if you will be lucky you may even spot here Leopard seal or much bigger Elephant seal
Yang Yang
05.09.2023
Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi
Overall good experience and friendly staff except the lady who sold us tickets being a bit cold. Politely asked her to recommend a few places for viewing kiwis/penguins and whether we can walk to the lighthouse by foot. She seemed to dodge our questions. Not sure why. Thought we would disturb kiwis/penguins? We never got too close. One very positive thing is asking questions online and getting friendly reply very soon.
Julia Zagrodzka
20.08.2023
Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi
Taking this ferry is a whole experience. The skipper and lady managing the tickets are very friendly and interesting people. You can pay by card, but there’s a fee of 2$ for this. The ferry runs a scheduled service and from my experience, it was very punctual.
Ella Connor
25.07.2023
Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi
Great ferry service to and from Ulva island. Peter was a great captain, gave us a tidbit of info on the way over, blankets for the wind on the way back, and slowed the water taxi to see the penguins swimming out from harbour. Ulva island itself was an amazing place and worth spending 4 hours meandering around to see the flora and fauna.
mitchblairthomas
20.07.2023
Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi
Excellent service for both the Ulva Island ferry and water taxi service.Used this company to get to and from the Southern Circuit hike. Rakiura was friendly, reliable and provided some great information about the area. This was the most cost effective water taxi of all the companies offering this service.
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57 Golden Bay Road, Oban 9818
Ulva Island Ferry & Water Taxi