点评:First the complaints - we were not informed before we bought tickets that the tram only worked half way through the zoo (it should have been on the website!). This was a hardship on us as we're in our 70s and have some mobility issues - we were hoping to ride the tram to the other side of the zoo to view the animals we liked best before we got tired. Another annoyance was that there were not enough viewing points to the various animals. I'm all in favor of large, wild-like habitats and I don't quibble on the animals being far away, but I'd at least like a chance at distance viewing. Instead trees and bushes often screened the enclosures and there are usually only two, maybe three places to see the animals from the trails. I know that the African animals aren't as active in colder weather, but a day in January was the only chance we had and we had been advised that the zoo's animals were often more active in the winter than in the summer. We thought we had a good chance to see animals, but with so few places to see them from, we viewed only 4 Red River Hogs, 4 Zebras, 2 Ostrich, 5 Rhinos (best sighting of the day!), the top of the head of one elephant, the heads and necks of 2 giraffes, and a fleeting view of a herd of antelope who were quickly out of sight. My other big complaint is that the website has so little information. It doesn't even say how many animals of each species are in the zoo. The website's lack of info is repeated on the signage on the enclosures themselves - not enough and not nearly as much as I've seen at other zoos.Come on, zookeepers, you can do a better job of teaching! Still I'm glad I went and the money I paid was well spent if it goes to wild habitats. Know that you can get discounts for ordering online, for being seniors, and for going in the off season.
翻译:先说说不满之处——买票前我们并不知道电车只运营到动物园的一半(网站上应该有说明!)。这给我们造成了很大的不便,因为我们都七十多岁了,行动不太方便——我们原本希望乘坐电车到动物园的另一边,在累之前去看我们最喜欢的动物。另一个令人不满的地方是,观赏各种动物的地点太少了。我非常赞成营造大型的、类似野生栖息地的环境,也不介意动物离得远一些,但我至少希望有机会能远距离观赏。然而,树木和灌木丛常常遮挡住动物的围栏,通常只有两三个地方可以从步道上看到动物。我知道非洲动物在寒冷的天气里不太活跃,但我们只有一月份的一天时间,而且之前有人告诉我们,动物园里的动物在冬天通常比夏天更活跃。我们原本以为很有机会看到动物,但由于观赏点太少,我们只看到了4头红河猪、4匹斑马、2只鸵鸟、5头犀牛(当天最棒的景象!)、一头大象的头顶、2只长颈鹿的头和脖子,以及一群羚羊的惊鸿一瞥,它们很快就消失在视野中。我另一个不满的地方是网站信息太少。网站上甚至没有说明动物园里每种动物的数量。网站上的信息不足,在动物围栏上的标牌上也体现得淋漓尽致——信息太少,远不及我在其他动物园看到的丰富。拜托,动物园管理员们,你们应该做得更好才对!不过,我还是很高兴去了,如果这笔钱用于保护野生动物栖息地,那也算是物有所值。要知道,网上订票、老年人以及淡季出行都可以享受折扣。