Fort Taiaroa & Royal Albatross Centre

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This military post was developed in 1885 as part of Dunedin’s harbour defences. It is now open to the public and features a lighthouse, tunnels and a working Armstrong disappearing gun. The fort is also home to seals, a Stewart Island shag colony and the world’s only mainland albatross colony.

The Royal Albatross Centre has displays that provide insight into these enormous sea birds, which have a wingspan of 3m, and it also leads guided tours of the albatross colony between late November and mid-September.


Our address

Address:
1260 Harington Point Road, Harington Point, Otago Peninsula 9077
Telephone (03) 478 0499
Website www.albatross.org.nz
Albatross viewing tour $50; Fort Taiaroa tour $25; albatross viewing and Fort Taiaroa tour $55; blue penguin viewing tour $35
    Open summer 10.15am–dusk, tours from 11am; winter 10.15am–dusk, tours from 10.30am