Where to See Kea in Mount Aspiring National Park

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Kea sightings in Mount Aspiring

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Where Kea has been reported, from 60 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM0% of the busiest hour1 AM0% of the busiest hour2 AM0% of the busiest hour3 AM1% of the busiest hour4 AM3% of the busiest hour5 AM13% of the busiest hour6 AM37% of the busiest hour7 AM63% of the busiest hour8 AM82% of the busiest hour9 AM89% of the busiest hour10 AM84% of the busiest hour11 AM79% of the busiest hourNoon74% of the busiest hour1 PM68% of the busiest hour2 PM74% of the busiest hour3 PM84% of the busiest hour4 PM95% of the busiest hour5 PMBusiest hour6 PM89% of the busiest hour7 PM63% of the busiest hour8 PM29% of the busiest hour9 PM11% of the busiest hour10 PM3% of the busiest hour11 PM1% of the busiest hour

Kea is most seen 9 AM and 4–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Kea sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	0%
1 AM	0%
2 AM	0%
3 AM	1%
4 AM	3%
5 AM	13%
6 AM	37%
7 AM	63%
8 AM	82%
9 AM	89%
10 AM	84%
11 AM	79%
Noon	74%
1 PM	68%
2 PM	74%
3 PM	84%
4 PM	95%
5 PM	100%
6 PM	89%
7 PM	63%
8 PM	29%
9 PM	11%
10 PM	3%
11 PM	1%

Audio tour

Hear about Kea on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Mount Aspiring, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Mount Aspiring Tour Guide

A Young Kea's Apprenticeship

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“If you spot a kea, watch what it does as well as what it looks like. That olive-green parrot has bright orange-red feathers under its wings, revealed when it takes flight.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Mount Aspiring Tour Guide.

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Where to look

Mount Aspiring spots that mention Kea

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Kea. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

LodgingEarnslaw HutA weathered four-bunk stop on the long Kea Basin climb.

SightMount Aspiring / TititeaA 3,033 m horn for mountaineers, not day hikers.

SightRob Roy GlacierA glacier view worth a long walk and a rough drive.

SightHarris Saddle / Tarahaka WhakatipuA high pass above Lake Harris, with a climb toward sea views.

LodgingLiverpool HutA red alpine hut earned by a steep, exposed climb.

LodgingFrench Ridge HutA high alpine hut for serious Mount Aspiring climbs.

SightLennox FallsA multi-tier waterfall on a long, boggy Rees Valley walk.

Trails

ChallengingKea Basin Track24 km · 9 hrA long valley walk opens beneath Earnslaw’s hanging glaciers.

ModerateRob Roy Track10 km · 4.5 hrA swingbridge, beech forest and glacier views reward the climb.

ChallengingRees-Dart Track63 km · 1 dayFrom Rees River flats over an alpine saddle to the Dart.

ChallengingCascade Saddle Route25 km · 12.5 hrAn expert alpine crossing above the Dart Glacier.

ChallengingMount Shrimpton Track6 km · 5 hrA steep forest climb to the McKerrow Range bushline.

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Mount Aspiring

All 11 sighting maps

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

Where to see Kea in Mount Aspiring