Located just minutes from Auckland International Airport, Butterfly Creek is a fun blend of animal exhibits and amazing interactive attractions!
Immerse yourself in a tropical butterfly house and Travel back in time when dinosaurs ruled and visit the Dinosaur Kingdom with over 40 dinosaurs, some even life-sized, roaring and moving, you'll be amazed! See mermaids, unicorns and dragons come alive in our newest exhibit: Mythic Creatures.
Visit Kiwi Forest and see NZ Brown Kiwi, Wetapunga and other native species, plus meet Scar and Goldie, NZ's only saltwater crocodiles. We have alligators, bugs, and a beautiful bird aviary. You can visit Buttermilk Farm for a hands-on experience. Sit down for some home-made food at the Butterfly Creek Cafe, or relax while your children play in the free playground or ride The Admiral Express Train.
We want to assure you that you will have a fun and safe visit and have implemented a range of measures to keep you safe. Our exhibit & movement spaces are spread over a large area of around 18,000 square meters, with around 1 km of pathways. You are not confined to large numbers of other visitors - everyone is spread out over the park to ensure safe social distancing.
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A fun outing for the family. We spent a day discovering and exploring. Looking forward to visiting again soon.
We took 3 grandsons 3,6,and 7 and were disappointed that it seemed a bit run down and unkempt. Butterflies were difficult to find and very few. It would really help if staff feeding animals engaged with children too. The farm was the best part and of course the tractors appealed greatly!
Hi Warwick, thank you for your feedback, it sounds like your kids still had a great time and are pleased to hear you enjoyed the farm. We were surprised to hear your felt as though the place looked run down. We have recently made a lot of renovations to Butterfly Creek, refurbishing our Butterfly House, completely re-doing our courtyard, and adding new exhibits and think the place is looking great. In regards to the butterflies, we unfortunately are currently struggling to achieve good butterfly activity in the butterfly house. Covid is having a major impact on our import of pupae with significant delays at certain ports resulting in mass casualties of the pupae. We have never purchased more or spent more on the pupae so this is very disappointing. We are currently exploring alternate suppliers and different courier routes but our options are limited. As a result the level of activity will fluctuate markedly from week to week depending on which shipment has arrived and in what timeframe. It is simply beyond our control. There are a few other factors at play including butterflies do rest for long periods and the effects of the long run of hot days. Again we appreciate your feedback and hope you enjoyed your visit.
This place was crazy and very unorganised to handle the amount of people - clearly with the Auckland free vouchers from the government people were coming to use them. First - they couldn’t find our booking, then people were all standing next to each other , no attempt by the staff to allow social distance between customers when trying to pay / enter. Once in the park it was nice but the animals water ponds were so green you couldn’t see much , was a odd arrangement of animals. Lack of staff around the park so some interesting mask wearing , lack of hand sanitizer around the park at common touch area, and clearly more then 100 people in the park which is against the current red setting. The dinosaurs were fun when they moved , the farm animals were good to see - just would be nice to see some more safety for customers over profit when in a pandemic setting.
Hi there, thank you for your feedback. Under the government regulations as a public venue we are permitted to have more than the 100 that you refer to. Similar to a mall there are no limits on numbers. Our park is huge with plenty of different spaces and heaps of room for social distancing of more than 1 metre per person. Yes on Saturday we were busier than expected for a short period of time as the weather was forecasted to be bad on Sun/Mon and we had more walk-ins than expected. We have processes in place to manage capacity including shutting off BookMe and our own online bookings, social distancing signs and staff guiding people where possible. However just like all other similar venues and shopping malls etc we do rely on visitors using common sense and taking some personal responsibility. As for hand sanitiser, we have no fewer than 8 hand sanitiser stations for visitors to use as well as ample hand washing facilities. We assume you are referring to the alligators and the otters pools. As you might appreciate animal welfare is the prime consideration and so water is never allowed to become unhealthy. The levels of ”green ness” can fluctuate with weather. In hotter weather they can get greener faster. The water is changed regularly and we have an appropriate chemical regime for the pools. We are however limited as to the level of chemicals we can apply. This varies according to the animals needs. Crocodilians in particular, being ambush predators, actually prefer a greener pool and their natural habitat is not one of pristine waters.
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