Staglands Wildlife Reserve & Cafe

Great opportunity to get outdoors with your children or grandchildren. The Reserve has a great layout and the animals appear to be well cared for and maintained. I was surprised with how open the layout is and how the kids can interact with the animals. The Reserve is also very clean and the cafe is reasonable priced. Worth the entrance fee and your time.

This place is amazing. Its set in the bush, so you have nature all around you, including the river/stream, rocks for kids to explore, ponds full of birdlife..... so beautiful, and great photo opportunities. The farm animals are friendly and the little pigs that roam around are too adorable. My boys loved being able to cuddle bunnies, and we all enjoyed walking through the historic buildings and seeing the old tools. The goats were too funny, jumping and walking along the tops of fences!! Cafe was a nice spot to rest and grab a coffee. Boys loved the swing bridge. Can easily spend half a day here, if not most of the day. Highly recommend visiting this place.

I came here a lot when I was younger and always had so much fun! Such a nice place on a summers day

Staglands is amazing. Lots of personable animals that you can feed. A one of a kind experience in Wellington. Highly recommended

Although a bit off the beaten track Staglands is absolutely great! Such a wonderful place for families, children, couples or whoever. The animals are friendly have such great personalities. Such a wide variety of animals and is entertaining for everybody to go along and feed the animals or even just watch them. Not only are the animals great and fun but the staff as always very kind and helpful and clearly love their job. Such a fantastic place with picnic areas and a cafe too. Would highly recommend to anyone in the Wellington region!