The Naked Possum is an eco tourism gem situated at the edge of the Kahurangi forest in Golden Bay, New Zealand. Nestled in idyllic bush surrounds at the base of the Whakamarama mountain range we overlook the Kaituna river and the entrance to the beautiful Kaituna Walking Track.

Our mission is to support the control of the possum (a destructive pest in NZ) in order to ensure that the magnificent native rata trees in our local forests are preserved. This in turn to ensure that our unique native song birds are once again free to proliferate and fill the forests with their melodious music.

We offer an eco tourism experience that will ignite your own passion to preserve our native New Zealand forest & birds and inspire you to linger on awhile to:

enjoy an uplifting 3 hour walk along the bush cloaked Kaituna track soaking in the scenery and observing the native flora & fauna treat your family to a picnic day out relaxing by the river and cooking your own meal on the outdoor wood fire & barbecue relax on our café deck and indulge in espresso coffee, local wines and our wild game menu (opening December 2004) learn all about the natural bark tanning methods we use to process our possum skins in our on site eco tannery browse through our studio and shop to marvel at the unique products we have successfully created from the leather we produce purchase a potted rata tree wrapped in a possum leather planter and smile at our "rata's revenge".

The Naked Possum adds value to the possum buy buying in skins from trappers contracted to pluck the fur for the now lucrative fur/merino clothing trade. We then tan those de-furred skins and turn them into a natural leather product from which we create a variety of stunning furnishing and fashion items.