点评:I visited Ark wildlife Park after gifting an arctic fox experience for a family member. Upon arrival, I was a little doubtful based on the look of the car park and entry; however the lady on reception was really helpful and friendly and was a big fan of Flekken; the savannah cat greeting people on arrival.
Whilst it’s a small place and would only take a couple hours seeing everything, pretty much all the animals have been rescued from the exotic pet trade, for example the caiman was rescued from living in someone’s bathtub in a London flat. Whilst some areas could do with a bit of updating, the money they do receive goes towards caring for these animals which I feel is much more important. Whilst we didn’t use them, I thought it was a nice touch of offering wellies for you to borrow due to the muddy areas particularly around the lake with the recent weather. The cakes in the cafe were also really good.
The arctic fox experience was really great and would recommend it to anyone. We started off with preparing some enrichment food, in our case we used puzzle treat toys before heading off to the enclosure. We got to spoon feed them dog food before giving them the puzzle mats. We were informed about previous experiences of some people getting nipped on the ankles by the mother of these foxes, so they now section her off for the spoon feeding part.
All in all, if you go expecting it to be like a big zoo you’ll be disappointed but we thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely come back again.
翻译:我之前送了家人一次北极狐体验,之后就去了方舟野生动物园。刚到的时候,停车场和入口看起来有点破旧,让我有点犹豫;不过前台的女士非常热情友好,而且她很喜欢弗莱肯——那只在入口处迎接游客的草原猫。
虽然动物园不大,几个小时就能逛完所有地方,但几乎所有动物都是从异宠交易中解救出来的,比如那只凯门鳄就是从伦敦某公寓的浴缸里救出来的。虽然有些地方需要翻新一下,但他们收到的钱都用在了照顾这些动物上,我觉得这才是最重要的。虽然我们没有用到,但考虑到最近天气不好,湖边有些泥泞,园方提供雨靴供游客借用,我觉得这个服务很贴心。咖啡馆里的蛋糕也非常好吃。
北极狐体验真的很棒,我强烈推荐给大家。我们先准备了一些益智玩具,我们用的是益智零食,然后才去狐狸的围栏。我们先用勺子喂它们狗粮,然后再给它们玩益智垫。我们了解到之前有人被狐狸妈妈咬过脚踝,所以现在喂食的时候会把她单独隔离起来。
总而言之,如果你期待这里像个大型动物园,可能会失望,但我们玩得很开心,肯定还会再来。