Mount Aspiring sighting maps
60 sightingsKeaNestor notabilisMost seen 9 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
112 sightingsRockwrenXenicus gilviventrisMost seen 7–11 AM & 5 PMSighting map
26 sightingsYellowheadMohoua ochrocephalaMost seen 7–10 AMSighting map
13 sightingsTūīProsthemadera novaeseelandiaeMost seen 7–10 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map
27 sightingsBellbirdAnthornis melanuraMost seen 6–9 AMSighting map
35 sightingsRiflemanAcanthisitta chloris chlorisMost seen 7–11 AM & 3–6 PMSighting map
63 sightingsSouth Island RobinPetroica australisMost seen 7–10 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
22 sightingsFantailRhipidura fuliginosaMost seen 8–10 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map
10 sightingsParadise ShelduckTadorna variegataMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
44 sightingsTomtitPetroica macrocephala macrocephalaMost seen 7–10 AM & 5 PMSighting map
11 sightingsBrown Tree FrogRawlinsonia ewingiiMost seen 7–10 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Mount Aspiring. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.

The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Mount Aspiring Tour Guide
Mount Aspiring, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Mount Aspiring National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Mount Aspiring audio tourRecorded for this place
Blue Pools: Beyond the First Bridge“Blue Pools car park is coming up, for a forest walk to deep, snow-fed water.”
Plays as you drive up to Blue Pools in the Parkwolf Mount Aspiring Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Why the Fantail Follows You
- Cameron Lookout: Turn Around at the Platform
- Young Valley and Gillespie Pass
- Makarora River Bridge and the Hut Track
- 80 audio storiesacross Mount Aspiring’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Kea, Rockwren, Yellowhead, and 8 more
- Works offlinemaps, 50 trails, 52 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive

