Guided Walking Tour of New Forest National Park in Hampshire: Discover Wildlife and History

Embark on a guided walking tour of New Forest National Park in Hampshire. Discover diverse habitats, wildlife, and rich history while exploring off the beaten track.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • New Forest National Park Hampshire - An introduction to the New Forest, its wildlife, history, and people.
    You will hear about the origins of the New Forest as a royal hunting ground for William the Conqueror nearly 1000 years ago, and its modern-day role as a place for nature conservation, responsible recreation, and commercial forestry and…
What's Included
  • Experienced guides with over 20 years in wildlife surveying
Additional Information

Venturing away from the usual path, this tour delves into a variety of environments, seeking wildlife and uncovering the abundant history of the New Forest.
Despite being England’s smallest National Park, the New Forest brims with splendid wildlife; it’s home to countless free-range livestock and deer alike, not to mention the beloved New Forest Ponies!…

Location
Abbots Well Road
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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R6896ifsueb
Sep 4, 2024
Brilliant, learn about the local history, wildlife and conservation - A brilliant tour, Marcus was a wonderful guide with his young assistant, we saw flora, fauna, birds, butterflies, deer, learnt about the history of the area and local customs. The views were magnificent. Take this tour and really get to know the New Forest. Marcus was engaging, super knowledgeable answering questions and walking at a good pace to accommodate the slower walkers. Wonderful, cannot recommend highly enough! Thank you Marcus!
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John
Aug 17, 2024
New forest guided walk. - The guide was very knowledgeable about the area and cares deeply about the local environment in the new forest. I have never visited the area before and learnt a great deal about the ecology of the area, it's plants and wildlife. Really enjoyed the experience.
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V8vee
Jun 2, 2024
It truly IS family fun in the forest! - We had a fantastic time, as a family of four, exploring the New Forest with Emily-Louise and Marcus. They were so knowledgeable about animals, insects, flora and fauna. Our young children became completely engrossed in finding fungus and bugs for nearly 2 hours! Thanks for getting us out into nature and enjoying the fresh air as a family!
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Sc688
May 11, 2024
Really enjoyable couple of hours in glorious scenery with interesting and knowledgeable guide - Really enjoyable couple of hours in glorious scenery with interesting and knowledgeable guide. We were lucky with the weather, and the fact that we were the only 2 people in the group, but I think Marcus would have made it great however many people would have turned up. It feels like you’re getting into the real New Forest, we saw hardly anyone one while we were out, and we learned a lot, thank you Marcus, a great tour, highly recommended.
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Damiangv6799se
Feb 26, 2024
A great trek in the New Forest - This was a fantastic walk into the New Forest with Marcus and Emily-Louise. We saw some wonderful wildlife and the scenery was amazing. The hosts have such a breadth and depth of knowledge that we learned lots. We heard birdsong, found a dung beetle and navigated some amazing terrain. Fully recommended for any family.
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48atifh
Feb 23, 2024
An amazing winter day in the New Forest National Park! - We went on a full day guided wildlife watching tour with Marcus and Emily and it was such a wonderful experience. The New Forest is actually not far from us but we had never been there before and we wanted to enjoy this National Park with someone who knew the landscape and the wildlife intimately. Marcus has encyclopaedic knowledge about the history and nature of the New Forest and Emily helped us see fantastic Lichens and mushrooms that we would have easily overlooked otherwise. Without their knowledge and guidance we would have never seen or heard several of the fast moving and hard to find woodland birds. Our highlight in the morning was a rare but awesome sighting of the Lesser Spotted woodpecker! We walked around different habitats in the New Forest and also visited the coast to see some very special Spoonbills, Avocets, Spotted Redhshanks and many other wading birds. All in all a highly enjoyable day and highly recommended!
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N2545lshugos
Jan 30, 2024
A Captivating Experience - An excellent walk around Wilverley from local expert Marcus. He gave us a great tour including the history, flora and fauna of the New Forest that was insightful and well delivered. He even showed us some plants that are unique to the forest, a real treat! Completely recommend the tour for the modest price asked, and will suggest to friends and family.
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7vikkiy
Nov 11, 2023
A wonderful bespoke fungi/forest tour. - Am impromptu bespoke fungi and forest tour! We were, by chance, the only couple that signed up for the walk. So Marcus and Emily asked us if we had any particular interests. I’m a new fungi enthusiast so they said to get back in the car and drove we met them in the new forest. A wonderful two hours, not much walking but plenty of fungi spotting! Marcus’ encyclopaedic knowledge of the forest was amazing. And Emily’s ability to spot the tiniest fungi was brilliant.
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Cliffordkath
Nov 8, 2023
Excellent morning - We learnt so much from Marcus, about the flora and fauna, and also the history of the Forest. And 2 hours excellent walk on a beautiful sunny November day.
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Factual_reviewing
Oct 24, 2023
A superb New Forest Exploratory Walk - As always, the fungi explorer walk to learn about the various species and ID features, led by Marcus and Emily was excellent value for money and very, very enjoyable. I've done a few now and each one is different, learning something new every time. Highly recommended.
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