Bigfoot
Adventures provide a fun, safe and hassle-free total camp
management service, arranging all aspects of your school
camp from start to finish. We have a wide range of camp
location options available throughout the North Island,
provide catering, transport to your chosen location and will
tailor an activity programme to suit your group and budget
Alternatively we offer a unique
service which brings the ‘outdoors’ directly to your school
grounds or school camp at ANY location within the upper
North Island. Our 7.2m mobile rock climbing wall can be set
up in any location as well as mountain bikes with a portable
skills course and much more…
All activities are supervised and run with full instruction
by our team of fun, friendly & fully qualified staff who are
experienced in working with people of all ages and skill
levels, all are First Aid certified. We provide our own well
maintained quality equipment for all activities
A full list of our activities and services
including hire rental equipment are listed on
our
website.
Call us to discuss which NZQA units your school is interested in
making available to its students… 0800 BIGFOOT
Special
features
that
help
them
survive
e.g.,
colours,
camouflage,
mimicry
Adaptations
to
the
environment
Reasons
for
danger
of
extinction.
Mouse
over the
large
plant
image
below to
enlarge
and view
each
stage of
the
life-cycle
Here at
Butterfly and Orchid Garden we offer a
curriculum
based
program
complete with worksheets
that
introduces
students
of any
age and
brings
them in
contact
with
something
that is
normally
out of
reach.
Included
in your
visit is
an
introductory
speech
into the
life
cycle of
the
butterfly.
We
explain
how we
work
with
them and
are
happy to
answer
all your
interesting
questions.
The
butterfly
house is
an ideal
experience
for
sunny
and
rainy
days.
Open 7
days
from 10
am until
4pm.
Give us
a call
and ask
for our
school
pack
which
includes
work
sheets
for
different
age
groups
and an
out door
action
plan.
How To
Find Us
We are
situated
within
the
Dickson
Holiday
Park,
Victoria
Street,
Tararu,
Thames,
New
Zealand.
(Just
3km
north of
Thames
in the
direction
of
Coromandel).
CastleRock Adventure
is situated amongst
stunning rock
formations at
Wharepapa South, 25
kms South East of Te
Awamutu.
CastleRock Adventure
specialises in
activity programmes
that work with
outdoor education
requirements at
primary,
intermediate,
secondary and
tertiary levels. Our qualified,
experienced
instructors are
committed to
ensuring your
students achieve a
rewarding
experience.
CastleRock Adventure
with core activities
of rockclimbing,
abseiling, mountain
biking and a 280
metre flying fox
provide students
with opportunities
to learn a variety
of skills to
overcome challenges
– as well as
experiencing an
exhilarating
adventure.
Single or multi-day
programmes are tailored
to suit age, timeframe
and objectives set out
by the school. All
school groups are
provided with RAM’s
forms, gear lists and
Health and Medical Info
forms.
CastleRock Adventure
accommodation consists
of a 24 bed fully
equipped Lodge, a 19 bed
‘marae style’ Woolshed
and Camping area.
Let CastleRock Adventure
make your next school
camp an unforgettable
experience.
Huka Prawn Park
The Prawn Fishing Capital of the World
A Fascinating Day of Adventure and Challenge for
Everyone.
Huka Prawn Park is a world-renowned nursery and
hatchery. We provide fun-filled interactive, educational
tours for everyone at this 6ha aquaculture enterprise in
Taupo. Visitors of all ages will be fascinated by this fun
educational outing to New Zealand’s only prawn farm. You
will discover how determined Kiwi ingenuity created this
internationally-acclaimed enterprise which cleverly
combines aquaculture science and technology to produce
up to 32 tonnes of prawns a year. Hands-on attractions
include “Shawn’s Walk” - which offers an interactive and
educational hatchery tour – hand feeding baby prawns and
wild trout, a geothermal foot bath and an adventure
playground. Children can challenge each other and play on our water
features and adventure playgrounds. Our fishing area
features purpose-built fishing shacks over ponds where
visitors can fish for prawns in all weather.
Your schoolgroup visit will include:
Learn how Huka Prawn Park started and our unique
link to Contact Energy’s Geothermal Power Station
Have an educational tour through the Nursery &
Hatchery where more than one billion babies are born
each year
Interact with and hand feed the baby prawns
Challenge each other and play on the water features
and adventure playgrounds
Feed the wild, but friendly Rainbow Trout in their
natural habitat
Soak your feet in the relaxing Geothermal Foot Bath
Then bring the class together, to fish for the
feisty prawn!
Click here
for student's post visit activity sheets
In addition to our picnic areas our riverside restaurant
seats up to 400 visitors and features a children’s menu.
Ask about our special discounted rates for
schoolgroups and for your special events please
enquire about booking your function at the
Riverside Restaurant, which seats up to 250
people.
The Waikato
Coalfields
Museum welcomes
school visits.
The Museum holds
coalmining
collections from
the surrounding
district in a
property built
as the mine
manager’s house
for the Taupiri
Coal Mining
Company in 1890.
The Museum gardens
provide a pleasant lunch area, whilst displays inside include a reconstructed
mine tunnel and explore the lives of coalminers and their families who worked
and lived in the Waikato Coalfields. Film footage introduces visitors to
coalmining past and present, and original exhibits include mining machinery,
personal items on display in a typical coal miner’s parlour, kitchen and
bedroom, as well as many other photographs, documents and objects of interest.
The Museum has a
comprehensive
coal mining
archive with an
excellent
collection of
historic
photographs, and
an extensive
library of coal
mining books
covering
subjects such as
explosives,
ventilation, and
environmental
impact.
