The Ponga Fern native to NZ
(Koromika) - healing plant
This is the official web site of Sapphire Springs Holiday Park, Katikati
SAPPHIRE SPRINGS HOLIDAY PARK
Bush Walks in and around Sapphire Springs Holiday Park
Please keep to the designated walking tracks and signs
The western ranges of the Bay of Plenty are a living museum of the regions natural and human history.
See the glow worms
There are 4 bush walks from 20 minutes to 1hr 30m
duration
If you are from overseas, you will be pleased to know that here you won't need to worry about poisonous spiders, snakes, biting ants..... . If you are camping in the bush, you may have a possum or two visiting at night, attracted by the smell of your food ( don't keep your food in your tent ) and a wild deer will quickly disappear from sight if it senses your presence.
Native plants & fungi that abound the area -- liverworts, lichens, native orchids, ferns, mosses, NZ fungi
NZ Native Trees - The mighty Kauri, Rimu, Totara, Tawa, Punga, Miro, Puriri, Nikau Palm,
The giant NZ Kauri that can get a girth of many metres and an age of hundreds of years is now one of NZ's protected icons.
These NZ native Kauri trees can be seen on the many bush walks at Sapphire Springs.
An icon of NZ is this Tui. It abounds this area and has a distinctive bell-like sound They are very intelligent and can imitate human speech.
The most famous icons of NZ are the Kiwi and the native Wood Pigeon. Also in the park you will often see flitting above your head the wonderful little Fantail. Staying at Sapphire Springs you will often wake up to the morning chorus of the many native birds in the surrounding park.
A Tui on a flax flower