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Room with the giraffes at Spekboom Lodge!
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点评：Having previously had a great time at the San Antonio Zoo, as soon as bookings became available, we signed up to stay at Spekboom Lodge, the lodge nestled inside the zoo, looking out on the giraffe enclosure.
This was our first overnight vacation as a family of three (two adults and a two year old) that wasn’t with/to see other family, and we couldn’t have chosen a better place for it!
Many people would look at the price and think it couldn’t be worth it, but they would totally be missing out, as it absolutely is worth it, and more! The key to remember is that Spekboom Lodge isn’t just another place to stay the night. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
In addition to a beautifully built and appointed lodge, complete with a private deck that faces the giraffe barn and the part of their enclosure that they spend most of the day in, and a window seat/trundle bed/mini-sunroom that is three-sides glass and juts into the enclosure, as well as bathroom and main bedroom windows that face the enclosure, there are so many other unique perks that come with staying there.
First, you have access throughout the day to an outstanding hospitality team who can get you anything you need, and/or get you anywhere you need to go. Just send a text, and they’ll make it happen. Evelyn, Luke, and Krystal all went above and beyond to make sure everything about our stay was comfortable. Thanks y’all!
Second, you get 3 hours of private access to the whole zoo. You literally just get to roam around the whole zoo for an hour before it opens and for two hours after it closes, with no one else there but the occasional (very friendly!) staff member wandering around. We told our 2 year old that he was the official “night night ambassador” for our stay, and he got to run around and say “nai nai” to each of the animals, which will be a core memory for the entire family forever.
Third, you get a private guided tour of the zoo, where you can learn all kinds of interesting things that regular zoo-goers don’t know, and ask any questions you want (bring your questions!). You can also arrange other behind-the-scenes experiences as well: we did a hippo drop feeding, and our 2 year old loved chucking lettuce and apples down to the them from the balcony.
Fourth, you get unlimited free access to all of the ticketed attractions, like giraffe feeding, kangaroo petting, flamingo feeding, the carousel and train, etc. If you use this privilege correctly, it’s a huge value. Find the thing you or your family members like to do, and you can do it as many times as you want!
Finally, while “an exclusive deck/window bed/windows that face the giraffe enclosure” already sounds cool, it’s hard to put into words HOW cool it is to be able to spend as many hours of the day as you want just hanging out with these gentle giants: as you eat, as you lounge, as you go to sleep, as you wake up. It’s totally different from seeing them as a regular zoo guest, or even doing the regular giraffe feeding. You literally get to be roommates with three giraffes, in the coolest possible way. As we were driving in, I said to my wife “I know nothing is guaranteed, but what I want to happen is for a giraffe to walk right by the window.” Just goes to show just how little I appreciated what I was actually in for - because a giraffe, or two, or three, is going to be walking by, standing by, or maybe even licking your window, over and over again throughout the day.
If you decide to do it (and you absolutely should!), here are a few pro tips to make the most of your experience:
- They’ll tell you this when you get there, but you won’t know beforehand (though now you do!): in addition to the room service dining, they’re also happy to take you back to your car to go out to eat, or to bring you a DoorDash delivery, so you don’t need to worry that all you’ll have to eat is “zoo food” the whole time. Though on that note, the “zoo food” was much better than we expected. It might get old if you’re staying longer than two nights, but it’s actually good food, and we were perfectly happy with it for our two nights. The breakfast tacos are particularly good!
- We did our private zoo tour (by golf cart) the first night, and felt that it was a great introduction to where everything was, and who all of the animals were (many by name, age, family relationships) for the rest of the trip. So we felt really in the know while we overheard other people saying things like “oh, he must be going into the barn to get out of the sun,” we could think to ourselves “oh, HER name is Waffles and she’s 2 years old,” etc. If we’d waited until the second night, the tour would’ve still been great, but we would’ve had one less day of feeling super in the know.
- Potentially radical, but revolutionary for us: put the person who is going to be awake the most in the top bunk of the window seat trundle bed, and the person who is going to be asleep the most in the main bedroom. For us, this meant putting our 2 year old’s pack and play in the main bedroom, and staying out in the trundle bed ourselves (one night on the top bunk each, to be fair). Staying up late, waking up early, or even getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, it’s so cool to see the giraffes wandering around late at night or early in the morning. Some of our best moments, including a sneak-attack window-licking by Cosmo the giraffe, were in the window seat bed late at night or early in the morning, and we would’ve missed these if we adhered to the logic of “parents obviously belong in the king bed in the main bedroom.” My wife suggested we make the switch right before putting our son down in the living room the first night, and it was the best decision we made the whole trip. If you have an older kid who’ll be able to appreciate it, and want to give them the highest value accommodation, that’s great too, but in any case, be sure to consider that that top window bed is the highest value accommodation, by far.
- The giraffes go in the barn around 7:20/7:30 am for enclosure cleaning, so if you want to wake up to them, wake up before that. The giraffes aren’t regularly required to, and usually don’t, go in the barn much outside that time, so they’re pretty much on view 23 hours of the day.
- Walk the park from 8-9 am, before ordering breakfast (which also becomes available at 8). The private access to the zoo in the morning and evening is one of the coolest parts of the experience, so you don’t want to miss it waiting for breakfast to be delivered. (We made this mistake the first morning, and remedied it the second.) Also, we found out the second morning that you can actually have breakfast delivered anywhere in the zoo, not just to the lodge, so you can have breakfast with your favorite animal, if you want.
- Take advantage of the unlimited experiences! As long as there isn’t a long line, you can feed the giraffes as many times as you want (you could literally be there for the full 4 hours it’s open, if you wanted to be), ride the carousel as many times as you want, or do any of the other ticket-based things as many times as you want. We only fully came to appreciate the value (both experiential and monetary) of this special power halfway through our trip. If you’re the kind of person who might wonder “is it really unlimited?” Yes, it is. The staff is all super friendly and supportive of you living your best zoo life, whatever that might be!
A few things to keep in mind:
- For 11 am checkout, they pick you up at 10:45 (to get you back to your car at 11), but that allows one final giraffe feeding right as it opens at 10:30, if you want, and your hosts can help you jump the line for that, if it’s busy.
- With the lodge being *in* the zoo, during the day, on the deck or in the window seat with the blinds open, you might feel a bit like the “Homo sapiens exhibit,” but we thought that was actually kind of a cool vibe. Even if that’s not your vibe, most of your time in the lodge is when the zoo is closed, and even during zoo hours, the blinds provide full privacy, if you prefer.
- After the zoo closes to the public, they shoot off some loud flares and bang some blocks of wood together to scare aware non-zoo birds. It didn’t bother us, but if you’re super sensitive to sound, you might want to know that ahead of time.
- Very occasionally, when the wind is just right, there’s a slight manure smell that wafts across the deck. Totally expected, being in a zoo with tons of animals, but if you’re super sensitive to smells, you might want to know that ahead of time.
Overall, we highly recommend staying at Spekboom, and will definitely come back again ourselves in the future! It’s such a cool, unique experience, so if you’re at all thinking about it, go ahead and book it - you won’t regret it!
This was our first overnight vacation as a family of three (two adults and a two year old) that wasn’t with/to see other family, and we couldn’t have chosen a better place for it!
Many people would look at the price and think it couldn’t be worth it, but they would totally be missing out, as it absolutely is worth it, and more! The key to remember is that Spekboom Lodge isn’t just another place to stay the night. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
In addition to a beautifully built and appointed lodge, complete with a private deck that faces the giraffe barn and the part of their enclosure that they spend most of the day in, and a window seat/trundle bed/mini-sunroom that is three-sides glass and juts into the enclosure, as well as bathroom and main bedroom windows that face the enclosure, there are so many other unique perks that come with staying there.
First, you have access throughout the day to an outstanding hospitality team who can get you anything you need, and/or get you anywhere you need to go. Just send a text, and they’ll make it happen. Evelyn, Luke, and Krystal all went above and beyond to make sure everything about our stay was comfortable. Thanks y’all!
Second, you get 3 hours of private access to the whole zoo. You literally just get to roam around the whole zoo for an hour before it opens and for two hours after it closes, with no one else there but the occasional (very friendly!) staff member wandering around. We told our 2 year old that he was the official “night night ambassador” for our stay, and he got to run around and say “nai nai” to each of the animals, which will be a core memory for the entire family forever.
Third, you get a private guided tour of the zoo, where you can learn all kinds of interesting things that regular zoo-goers don’t know, and ask any questions you want (bring your questions!). You can also arrange other behind-the-scenes experiences as well: we did a hippo drop feeding, and our 2 year old loved chucking lettuce and apples down to the them from the balcony.
Fourth, you get unlimited free access to all of the ticketed attractions, like giraffe feeding, kangaroo petting, flamingo feeding, the carousel and train, etc. If you use this privilege correctly, it’s a huge value. Find the thing you or your family members like to do, and you can do it as many times as you want!
Finally, while “an exclusive deck/window bed/windows that face the giraffe enclosure” already sounds cool, it’s hard to put into words HOW cool it is to be able to spend as many hours of the day as you want just hanging out with these gentle giants: as you eat, as you lounge, as you go to sleep, as you wake up. It’s totally different from seeing them as a regular zoo guest, or even doing the regular giraffe feeding. You literally get to be roommates with three giraffes, in the coolest possible way. As we were driving in, I said to my wife “I know nothing is guaranteed, but what I want to happen is for a giraffe to walk right by the window.” Just goes to show just how little I appreciated what I was actually in for - because a giraffe, or two, or three, is going to be walking by, standing by, or maybe even licking your window, over and over again throughout the day.
If you decide to do it (and you absolutely should!), here are a few pro tips to make the most of your experience:
- They’ll tell you this when you get there, but you won’t know beforehand (though now you do!): in addition to the room service dining, they’re also happy to take you back to your car to go out to eat, or to bring you a DoorDash delivery, so you don’t need to worry that all you’ll have to eat is “zoo food” the whole time. Though on that note, the “zoo food” was much better than we expected. It might get old if you’re staying longer than two nights, but it’s actually good food, and we were perfectly happy with it for our two nights. The breakfast tacos are particularly good!
- We did our private zoo tour (by golf cart) the first night, and felt that it was a great introduction to where everything was, and who all of the animals were (many by name, age, family relationships) for the rest of the trip. So we felt really in the know while we overheard other people saying things like “oh, he must be going into the barn to get out of the sun,” we could think to ourselves “oh, HER name is Waffles and she’s 2 years old,” etc. If we’d waited until the second night, the tour would’ve still been great, but we would’ve had one less day of feeling super in the know.
- Potentially radical, but revolutionary for us: put the person who is going to be awake the most in the top bunk of the window seat trundle bed, and the person who is going to be asleep the most in the main bedroom. For us, this meant putting our 2 year old’s pack and play in the main bedroom, and staying out in the trundle bed ourselves (one night on the top bunk each, to be fair). Staying up late, waking up early, or even getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, it’s so cool to see the giraffes wandering around late at night or early in the morning. Some of our best moments, including a sneak-attack window-licking by Cosmo the giraffe, were in the window seat bed late at night or early in the morning, and we would’ve missed these if we adhered to the logic of “parents obviously belong in the king bed in the main bedroom.” My wife suggested we make the switch right before putting our son down in the living room the first night, and it was the best decision we made the whole trip. If you have an older kid who’ll be able to appreciate it, and want to give them the highest value accommodation, that’s great too, but in any case, be sure to consider that that top window bed is the highest value accommodation, by far.
- The giraffes go in the barn around 7:20/7:30 am for enclosure cleaning, so if you want to wake up to them, wake up before that. The giraffes aren’t regularly required to, and usually don’t, go in the barn much outside that time, so they’re pretty much on view 23 hours of the day.
- Walk the park from 8-9 am, before ordering breakfast (which also becomes available at 8). The private access to the zoo in the morning and evening is one of the coolest parts of the experience, so you don’t want to miss it waiting for breakfast to be delivered. (We made this mistake the first morning, and remedied it the second.) Also, we found out the second morning that you can actually have breakfast delivered anywhere in the zoo, not just to the lodge, so you can have breakfast with your favorite animal, if you want.
- Take advantage of the unlimited experiences! As long as there isn’t a long line, you can feed the giraffes as many times as you want (you could literally be there for the full 4 hours it’s open, if you wanted to be), ride the carousel as many times as you want, or do any of the other ticket-based things as many times as you want. We only fully came to appreciate the value (both experiential and monetary) of this special power halfway through our trip. If you’re the kind of person who might wonder “is it really unlimited?” Yes, it is. The staff is all super friendly and supportive of you living your best zoo life, whatever that might be!
A few things to keep in mind:
- For 11 am checkout, they pick you up at 10:45 (to get you back to your car at 11), but that allows one final giraffe feeding right as it opens at 10:30, if you want, and your hosts can help you jump the line for that, if it’s busy.
- With the lodge being *in* the zoo, during the day, on the deck or in the window seat with the blinds open, you might feel a bit like the “Homo sapiens exhibit,” but we thought that was actually kind of a cool vibe. Even if that’s not your vibe, most of your time in the lodge is when the zoo is closed, and even during zoo hours, the blinds provide full privacy, if you prefer.
- After the zoo closes to the public, they shoot off some loud flares and bang some blocks of wood together to scare aware non-zoo birds. It didn’t bother us, but if you’re super sensitive to sound, you might want to know that ahead of time.
- Very occasionally, when the wind is just right, there’s a slight manure smell that wafts across the deck. Totally expected, being in a zoo with tons of animals, but if you’re super sensitive to smells, you might want to know that ahead of time.
Overall, we highly recommend staying at Spekboom, and will definitely come back again ourselves in the future! It’s such a cool, unique experience, so if you’re at all thinking about it, go ahead and book it - you won’t regret it!
翻译：之前在圣安东尼奥动物园玩得很开心，所以一有预订，我们就预订了Spekboom Lodge，这家旅馆就在动物园里，可以俯瞰长颈鹿围栏。
这是我们一家三口（两个大人和一个两岁小孩）第一次不带家人一起过夜，而且没有其他家人陪伴，我们觉得没有比这里更好的选择了！
很多人看到价格会觉得不值，但他们完全错过了，因为它绝对物超所值，甚至物超所值！关键在于，Spekboom Lodge不仅仅是一个过夜的地方。这是一次千载难逢的体验！
除了精美建造和布置的小屋外，还有面向长颈鹿棚屋和它们大部分时间待在的围栏部分的私人露台、三面玻璃窗、延伸到围栏内的靠窗座位/折叠床/迷你日光浴室，以及面向围栏的浴室和主卧室窗户之外，入住这里还有许多其他独特的福利。
首先，您可以全天享受优秀的接待团队，他们可以为您提供所需的一切，以及/或带您前往任何您想去的地方。只需发送短信，他们就会为您安排。Evelyn、Luke 和 Krystal 都竭尽全力确保我们入住期间的一切都舒适。谢谢大家！
其次，您可以享受整个动物园 3 小时的私人通行权。您可以在动物园开放前 1 小时和关闭后 2 小时内在整个动物园里漫步，除了偶尔（非常友好！）的工作人员四处走动外，没有其他人。我们告诉两岁的孩子，他是我们入住期间的官方“晚安大使”，他可以跑来跑去，对每只动物说“奶奶”，这将成为我们全家永远难忘的回忆。
第三，您可以享受动物园的私人导览游，在那里您可以了解各种普通动物园游客不知道的有趣事物，并提出任何您想问的问题（尽管问！）。您还可以安排其他幕后体验：我们体验了河马投喂，我们两岁的孩子喜欢从阳台上把生菜和苹果扔到河马身上。
第四，您可以无限次免费畅玩所有需要门票的景点，例如喂长颈鹿、抚摸袋鼠、喂火烈鸟、旋转木马和火车等等。如果您能正确使用这项特权，它将物超所值。找到您或您的家人喜欢做的事情，想玩多少次就玩多少次！
最后，虽然“专属露台/靠窗床/面向长颈鹿围栏的窗户”听起来很酷，但能够随心所欲地与这些温柔的“大家伙”待在一起，享受一天中无数个小时的时光，真的很难用语言来形容：吃饭的时候，休息的时候，睡觉的时候，醒来的时候。这和作为普通动物园游客看到它们，甚至像往常一样给长颈鹿喂食，完全不同。你真的可以和三只长颈鹿做室友，这真是太酷了。开车进去的时候，我对妻子说：“我知道没有什么是绝对的，但我希望有一只长颈鹿从窗边走过。” 这足以说明我是多么不珍惜眼前的一切——因为一天中，会有一只、两只、三只长颈鹿从你身边走过、站在你旁边，甚至可能还会舔你的窗户，一遍又一遍。
如果你决定去动物园（你绝对应该去！），这里有一些专业建议，可以帮助你更好地体验动物园生活：
- 他们会在你到达动物园后告诉你，但你事先并不知道（虽然现在你肯定知道了！）：除了客房送餐服务外，他们也很乐意送你回车里去外面吃饭，或者帮你用 DoorDash 送外卖，所以你不用担心一路上只能吃“动物园餐”。不过，动物园餐比我们预想的要好得多。如果你住超过两晚，可能会觉得有点腻，但其实它确实很美味，我们对这两晚的动物园餐非常满意。早餐玉米卷尤其好吃！
- 我们第一天晚上参加了私人动物园之旅（乘坐高尔夫球车），觉得这很好地介绍了动物园的方方面面，以及接下来的旅程中所有动物（很多动物都按名字、年龄、亲缘关系等进行了介绍）。所以，当我们听到别人说“哦，他肯定是去谷仓避晒”之类的话时，我们感觉自己真的非常了解情况，心里却会想“哦，她叫华夫饼，她两岁了”等等。如果我们等到第二天晚上，参观仍然会很棒，但我们感觉超级了解情况的时间就少了一天。
- 对我们来说，这可能是一个激进但具有革命性的方法：把醒得最久的人安排在靠窗座位的折叠床的上铺，把睡得最久的人安排在主卧。对我们来说，这意味着我们要把 2 岁孩子的游戏包放在主卧室，而我们自己则睡在折叠床上（公平地说，每人睡一晚上铺）。熬夜，早起，甚至半夜起床上厕所，看到长颈鹿在深夜或清晨四处闲逛真是太酷了。我们最美好的一些时刻，包括长颈鹿 Cosmo 偷偷舔窗户，都是在深夜或清晨在靠窗的床上度过的，如果我们坚持“父母显然应该睡在主卧室的特大床上”的逻辑，我们就会错过这些。第一天晚上，在把儿子放在客厅之前，我的妻子建议我们换床，这是我们整个旅行中做的最好的决定。如果您有年龄较大的孩子，能够理解这一点，并且想为他们提供最超值的住宿，那当然也很好。但无论如何，请务必考虑，顶层靠窗的床位是迄今为止性价比最高的。
- 长颈鹿大约在早上 7:20/7:30 进谷仓进行围栏清洁，所以如果您想叫醒它们，请在那之前起床。长颈鹿通常不需要，通常也不会在那个时间段进谷仓，所以它们几乎一天 23 小时都可供观赏。
- 早上 8-9 点在公园里散步，然后订购早餐（早餐也于 8 点开始供应）。早晚可以单独进入动物园是整个体验中最酷的部分之一，所以您一定不想因为等待早餐而错过它。 （我们第一天早上犯了这个错误，第二天就改正了。）另外，第二天早上我们发现，早餐其实可以送到动物园的任何地方，而不仅仅是小屋，所以如果你愿意，可以和你最喜欢的动物一起吃早餐。
- 尽情享受无限次体验吧！只要排队不长，你可以想喂多少次长颈鹿就喂多少次（如果你愿意，你可以在开放的4个小时里待很久），想玩多少次旋转木马就玩多少次，或者想玩多少次其他需要门票的项目。我们直到旅程进行到一半才真正体会到这种特殊待遇的价值（包括体验和金钱）。如果你是那种可能会想“真的是无限次的吗？”的人，没错，是的。工作人员都非常友好，支持你享受最好的动物园生活，无论那是什么！
需要注意以下几点：
- 如果您上午 11 点退房，他们会在 10:45 来接您（11 点送您回车），但如果您愿意，可以在 10:30 长颈鹿开放时最后一次喂食长颈鹿，如果人多的话，房东可以帮您插队。
- 由于小屋位于动物园内，白天，您可以在露台上或拉开百叶窗的靠窗座位上休息，感觉有点像“智人展”，但我们觉得这种氛围很酷。即使您不喜欢这种氛围，您在小屋里的大部分时间都是动物园关闭的时候，即使在动物园开放时间，如果您愿意，百叶窗也能提供完全的隐私。
- 动物园对公众关闭后，他们会发射一些响亮的照明弹，并敲打一些木块，以吓唬那些在动物园外的鸟类。这对我们来说没什么影响，但如果您对声音特别敏感，最好提前知道。
- 偶尔，风力适宜的时候，甲板上会飘来一股淡淡的粪便味。在动物园里，动物种类繁多，这完全在意料之中，但如果您对气味特别敏感，最好提前知道。
总而言之，我们强烈推荐入住 Spekboom，以后我们自己也一定会再来！这是一次很酷很独特的体验，所以如果您正在考虑，那就赶紧预订吧——您绝对不会后悔！
这是我们一家三口（两个大人和一个两岁小孩）第一次不带家人一起过夜，而且没有其他家人陪伴，我们觉得没有比这里更好的选择了！
很多人看到价格会觉得不值，但他们完全错过了，因为它绝对物超所值，甚至物超所值！关键在于，Spekboom Lodge不仅仅是一个过夜的地方。这是一次千载难逢的体验！
除了精美建造和布置的小屋外，还有面向长颈鹿棚屋和它们大部分时间待在的围栏部分的私人露台、三面玻璃窗、延伸到围栏内的靠窗座位/折叠床/迷你日光浴室，以及面向围栏的浴室和主卧室窗户之外，入住这里还有许多其他独特的福利。
首先，您可以全天享受优秀的接待团队，他们可以为您提供所需的一切，以及/或带您前往任何您想去的地方。只需发送短信，他们就会为您安排。Evelyn、Luke 和 Krystal 都竭尽全力确保我们入住期间的一切都舒适。谢谢大家！
其次，您可以享受整个动物园 3 小时的私人通行权。您可以在动物园开放前 1 小时和关闭后 2 小时内在整个动物园里漫步，除了偶尔（非常友好！）的工作人员四处走动外，没有其他人。我们告诉两岁的孩子，他是我们入住期间的官方“晚安大使”，他可以跑来跑去，对每只动物说“奶奶”，这将成为我们全家永远难忘的回忆。
第三，您可以享受动物园的私人导览游，在那里您可以了解各种普通动物园游客不知道的有趣事物，并提出任何您想问的问题（尽管问！）。您还可以安排其他幕后体验：我们体验了河马投喂，我们两岁的孩子喜欢从阳台上把生菜和苹果扔到河马身上。
第四，您可以无限次免费畅玩所有需要门票的景点，例如喂长颈鹿、抚摸袋鼠、喂火烈鸟、旋转木马和火车等等。如果您能正确使用这项特权，它将物超所值。找到您或您的家人喜欢做的事情，想玩多少次就玩多少次！
最后，虽然“专属露台/靠窗床/面向长颈鹿围栏的窗户”听起来很酷，但能够随心所欲地与这些温柔的“大家伙”待在一起，享受一天中无数个小时的时光，真的很难用语言来形容：吃饭的时候，休息的时候，睡觉的时候，醒来的时候。这和作为普通动物园游客看到它们，甚至像往常一样给长颈鹿喂食，完全不同。你真的可以和三只长颈鹿做室友，这真是太酷了。开车进去的时候，我对妻子说：“我知道没有什么是绝对的，但我希望有一只长颈鹿从窗边走过。” 这足以说明我是多么不珍惜眼前的一切——因为一天中，会有一只、两只、三只长颈鹿从你身边走过、站在你旁边，甚至可能还会舔你的窗户，一遍又一遍。
如果你决定去动物园（你绝对应该去！），这里有一些专业建议，可以帮助你更好地体验动物园生活：
- 他们会在你到达动物园后告诉你，但你事先并不知道（虽然现在你肯定知道了！）：除了客房送餐服务外，他们也很乐意送你回车里去外面吃饭，或者帮你用 DoorDash 送外卖，所以你不用担心一路上只能吃“动物园餐”。不过，动物园餐比我们预想的要好得多。如果你住超过两晚，可能会觉得有点腻，但其实它确实很美味，我们对这两晚的动物园餐非常满意。早餐玉米卷尤其好吃！
- 我们第一天晚上参加了私人动物园之旅（乘坐高尔夫球车），觉得这很好地介绍了动物园的方方面面，以及接下来的旅程中所有动物（很多动物都按名字、年龄、亲缘关系等进行了介绍）。所以，当我们听到别人说“哦，他肯定是去谷仓避晒”之类的话时，我们感觉自己真的非常了解情况，心里却会想“哦，她叫华夫饼，她两岁了”等等。如果我们等到第二天晚上，参观仍然会很棒，但我们感觉超级了解情况的时间就少了一天。
- 对我们来说，这可能是一个激进但具有革命性的方法：把醒得最久的人安排在靠窗座位的折叠床的上铺，把睡得最久的人安排在主卧。对我们来说，这意味着我们要把 2 岁孩子的游戏包放在主卧室，而我们自己则睡在折叠床上（公平地说，每人睡一晚上铺）。熬夜，早起，甚至半夜起床上厕所，看到长颈鹿在深夜或清晨四处闲逛真是太酷了。我们最美好的一些时刻，包括长颈鹿 Cosmo 偷偷舔窗户，都是在深夜或清晨在靠窗的床上度过的，如果我们坚持“父母显然应该睡在主卧室的特大床上”的逻辑，我们就会错过这些。第一天晚上，在把儿子放在客厅之前，我的妻子建议我们换床，这是我们整个旅行中做的最好的决定。如果您有年龄较大的孩子，能够理解这一点，并且想为他们提供最超值的住宿，那当然也很好。但无论如何，请务必考虑，顶层靠窗的床位是迄今为止性价比最高的。
- 长颈鹿大约在早上 7:20/7:30 进谷仓进行围栏清洁，所以如果您想叫醒它们，请在那之前起床。长颈鹿通常不需要，通常也不会在那个时间段进谷仓，所以它们几乎一天 23 小时都可供观赏。
- 早上 8-9 点在公园里散步，然后订购早餐（早餐也于 8 点开始供应）。早晚可以单独进入动物园是整个体验中最酷的部分之一，所以您一定不想因为等待早餐而错过它。 （我们第一天早上犯了这个错误，第二天就改正了。）另外，第二天早上我们发现，早餐其实可以送到动物园的任何地方，而不仅仅是小屋，所以如果你愿意，可以和你最喜欢的动物一起吃早餐。
- 尽情享受无限次体验吧！只要排队不长，你可以想喂多少次长颈鹿就喂多少次（如果你愿意，你可以在开放的4个小时里待很久），想玩多少次旋转木马就玩多少次，或者想玩多少次其他需要门票的项目。我们直到旅程进行到一半才真正体会到这种特殊待遇的价值（包括体验和金钱）。如果你是那种可能会想“真的是无限次的吗？”的人，没错，是的。工作人员都非常友好，支持你享受最好的动物园生活，无论那是什么！
需要注意以下几点：
- 如果您上午 11 点退房，他们会在 10:45 来接您（11 点送您回车），但如果您愿意，可以在 10:30 长颈鹿开放时最后一次喂食长颈鹿，如果人多的话，房东可以帮您插队。
- 由于小屋位于动物园内，白天，您可以在露台上或拉开百叶窗的靠窗座位上休息，感觉有点像“智人展”，但我们觉得这种氛围很酷。即使您不喜欢这种氛围，您在小屋里的大部分时间都是动物园关闭的时候，即使在动物园开放时间，如果您愿意，百叶窗也能提供完全的隐私。
- 动物园对公众关闭后，他们会发射一些响亮的照明弹，并敲打一些木块，以吓唬那些在动物园外的鸟类。这对我们来说没什么影响，但如果您对声音特别敏感，最好提前知道。
- 偶尔，风力适宜的时候，甲板上会飘来一股淡淡的粪便味。在动物园里，动物种类繁多，这完全在意料之中，但如果您对气味特别敏感，最好提前知道。
总而言之，我们强烈推荐入住 Spekboom，以后我们自己也一定会再来！这是一次很酷很独特的体验，所以如果您正在考虑，那就赶紧预订吧——您绝对不会后悔！
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