点评:Visited the centre today, so that I could see a Kiwi and my wife loves penguins.
Basic adult entrance, unguided, is NZD65
Whereas, VIP guided tour and backstage pass is NZD95
I thought that the prices were a little expensive but did not want to leave New Zealand without seeing a kiwi, so I purchased the unguided tickets.
Kiwi are nocturnal birds and hide extremely well in their area, owner told us that if we could not see them properly we should ask one of his team to bring in a red light that would not disturb them, I tried this without success until one of the team showing around a VIP group came into the kiwi area.
Animals and birds are only kept at the centre until they are ready to be released. The 7 penguins will not be released as they all have severe injuries, missing limbs and such. There enclosure is lovely and we saw them fed twice whilst we were there.
The centre houses a hatching program for kiwi birds.
翻译:今天去了动物中心,我想看看奇异鸟,我妻子很喜欢企鹅。
普通成人门票(非导览)是65新西兰元。
而VIP导览和后台通行证是95新西兰元。
我觉得价格有点贵,但又不想空手离开新西兰,所以买了非导览票。
奇异鸟是夜行性鸟类,它们非常善于隐藏。中心负责人告诉我们,如果看不清楚,可以请工作人员拿来不会惊扰它们的红灯。我试了试,但没成功,直到一位工作人员带着VIP团队来到奇异鸟区域。
动物和鸟类只在中心饲养到可以放归野外为止。这7只企鹅不会放归野外,因为它们都受了重伤,有的缺胳膊少腿等等。它们的围栏很漂亮,我们在那里的时候看到了它们喂食两次。
中心还设有奇异鸟孵化项目。