lechweoryx
Well-Known Member
Just visited the park for the first time. My mum is bringing 60 five year olds on a school trip in July so wanted to have a look round to report back to the school.
We were very impressed with the park. All the staff were friendly and approachable and informative. The park was the busiest it has ever been and we had to que for half an hour to get in.
The meerkats were active and we saw 5. No sign of a youngster. The 2 raccoon dogs were paddleing in their make-shift pool. A toddler dropped a teddy into their enclosure and to my suprise her father climbed in and got it!
The red deer hind was chasing one of the goats around all morning.
The lion enclosures are going to llok great when the grass grows more. We saw 12 lions as Johnny Junior won't come out to join his mate and daughters. A keeper told us that yesterday he got as for as the bridge but touched the electric fencing and ran back inside. Johnny senior on the other hand has been refusing to go back inside on a night. The keeper also said that when all the lions have got used to their enclosures, they will switch the prides around into each others enclosures so they won't get bored with the one they are in.
Saw all the African plains animals. The Lechwe were right in the distance. The whole field is littered with ostrich eggs. On the map the Addax are marked in the Guanaco paddock so I think the move is imminant. The cammels were quite far away so I couldn't see them very well.
I saw part of the Bird of Prey display where the Harris Hawks were been flown. The Lemur walkthrough was packed like the rest of the park. Only the male ruffed lemur was out. One of the keepers said the female and baby were shut in as the female would leave her baby up a tree . The male needed two keepers following him around as apparently he has been geeting into push chairs and wheel chairs. The Baby ring-taled lemur was very active hopping around. Didn't see the Brown lemurs.
All in all a very enjoyable day. My only critisism is the lack of benches in some areas.
We were very impressed with the park. All the staff were friendly and approachable and informative. The park was the busiest it has ever been and we had to que for half an hour to get in.
The meerkats were active and we saw 5. No sign of a youngster. The 2 raccoon dogs were paddleing in their make-shift pool. A toddler dropped a teddy into their enclosure and to my suprise her father climbed in and got it!
The red deer hind was chasing one of the goats around all morning.
The lion enclosures are going to llok great when the grass grows more. We saw 12 lions as Johnny Junior won't come out to join his mate and daughters. A keeper told us that yesterday he got as for as the bridge but touched the electric fencing and ran back inside. Johnny senior on the other hand has been refusing to go back inside on a night. The keeper also said that when all the lions have got used to their enclosures, they will switch the prides around into each others enclosures so they won't get bored with the one they are in.
Saw all the African plains animals. The Lechwe were right in the distance. The whole field is littered with ostrich eggs. On the map the Addax are marked in the Guanaco paddock so I think the move is imminant. The cammels were quite far away so I couldn't see them very well.
I saw part of the Bird of Prey display where the Harris Hawks were been flown. The Lemur walkthrough was packed like the rest of the park. Only the male ruffed lemur was out. One of the keepers said the female and baby were shut in as the female would leave her baby up a tree . The male needed two keepers following him around as apparently he has been geeting into push chairs and wheel chairs. The Baby ring-taled lemur was very active hopping around. Didn't see the Brown lemurs.
All in all a very enjoyable day. My only critisism is the lack of benches in some areas.
