Wild Food Cooking Experiences

Wild Food Cooking School

Forage for wild herbs and plants, then gather around the kitchen table and share in a unique cooking and dining experience. Join in lively banter and engaging discussion with our professional chefs as you learn about the preparation and culinary properties of each ingredient. Create your own garnishes and watch as a delicious meal comes together before your eyes — and leave with wild food recipe ideas to take home.

Maori Food Trail

Slip off into the wilderness and let us lead you on an illuminating expedition through the abundance of the forest. Our unique culinary experience leads you on a search for wild plants and herbs to learn about their nutritional and medicinal properties, and discover their ties with Maori cultural traditions. Sample what you find, fresh from the land, or harvest it for the chefs to use in their delicious creations.

Estate to Plate Safari

Take a tour through the estate and immerse yourself in our core 'estate to plate' philosophy, as we lead you on a journey of discovery. Sink your hands into the loamy soil of our organic garden and wander through the trees of our orchard, then go for a drive with an eye toward spying the estate’s multitude of game animals, fish, and fowl out in the wild.

Drinks, Dinner & Wild Food Experiences

From foraged wild herbs to estate-grown produce, every meal at Treetops is shaped by the land around you. Gather for dinner with family and friends after a day's foraging, raise a glass of something well chosen, and share in this unique dining experience in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Whether it's your favourite dish reimagined with native ingredients or a new flavour entirely, the pleasure is in the discovery.

Ready to taste what the wilderness has to offer? Explore our culinary dining experiences and book your stay at Treetops Lodge & Estate.

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