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island for just a few days, don't be too surprised if most people quickly know who you
are and where you came from - especially if you mix and mingle over a beer at NZ's
southernmost pub, in the main settlement of Oban.
The island offers up plenty of active adventure including kayaking, and tramping the
Great Walk or other tramps in Rakiura National Park which makes up 85% of the land
area. As well as beautiful coastal and inland scenery, a major impetus for such excursions
is birdlife. Stewart Island/Rakiura is a bird sanctuary of international repute, and even the
most amateur of spotters will likely be distracted by the constant - and utterly glorious -
squawking, singing and flitting of feathery flocks.
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