点评:This is something that has been on our list to do for a while. They offer Disney Visa and Annual Pass discount which helps. Be sure to book 60 days out from your trip to have the best options for times. We chose the 10:15am timeslot, which was great. Although they have times all throughout the day. The weather was perfect. It is exactly 3 hours long as we were done exactly at 1:15pm. They tell you to check in 30 minutes before the time. And also keep in mind you have to walk to basically the back of the park in Africa, and transportation time. We stayed at Animal Kingdom lodge and left the hotel at 8:45am in order to get there in time. They tell you to wear close toed shoes and comfortable bottoms since you will be wearing a harness. Have a phone case or pop socket type attachment for your phone for a wrist strap to attach to. We checked in at the animal tours desk right outside of kilamanjaro safaris. They checked our ID’s and then we signed the waiver. They brought us over to the harness area in groups of 4, and there were 12 of us guests total, with 3 guides. Our guides were Daniel, Susan, and Emily Elisabeth. Everything except your phone, hat, and sunglasses has to go in a locker. They provide free lockers (they have standard size and a larger size). We were each fitted with a vest and harness, and given a wrist strap to attach our phone to a carabiner and put in a pocket in the vest, we were given a water bottle (free souvenir) to fill up and a carabiner to attach, we were given a name tag (free souvenir), and an earpiece radio also attached to the vest. We were able to keep our sunglasses and hats on. Before setting off, our gear was double checked. Our pictures were also taken (all photos taken a free to download with photopass). We walked through gorilla falls exploration trail to a back entrance. We were able to see some zebras and walked along a hiking trail to get to the back of the hippo exhibit on the safaris. Evelyn, the hippo keeper met us there. We were given a safety talk and shown how to undo our safety carabiner to clip and unclip from our vest. We were clipped into the walkout platform one by one. We were standing on a ledge in the back of the hippo pond. You could see both of the hippos and the safari trucks going by. Evelyn used an auditory cue to try to get the hippos to come over. Only one hippo came over and she fed the hippo some leafy greens while she gave us a hippo talk. It was very intimate and we could ask all the questions we wanted. It was fun to see the hippo right there. Afterwards we unclipped and hiked to the next location which was the suspension bridges. We were given another safety talk and then one by one we were clipped into the rope bridge. The first rope bridge, you walked over the hippo exhibit, which there were two more hippos. Then there was a second rope bridge that went over some of the hippo exhibit, and then over the crocodile exhibit which had two crocodiles in it. The three guides all had cameras with them and were taking pictures. We had one more guide who was stationed over by the crocodiles to take our pictures too. The bridge was the most fun part for me as it was one at a time, the planks were uneven on purpose, and it was bouncy! After completing the second bridge, there was a water refill station, as well as a complimentary cooling towel. Then we all clipped into the platform above the crocodile exhibit. We got to view the two crocodiles from above their exhibit on another platform, while the 4th guide gave us a crocodile talk. We could also ask our own questions as well. We then did some more hiking to the safari truck. Here we gave back our vests and harnesses. We got to keep our name tag, waterbottle, and carabiner. We got on a private safari truck with views on all sides. We took the main safari path as the other ride vehicles, but we were able to pull over, stop, and stand up to take pictures multiple times. Throughout the safari the guides would talk to us about the animals and the reserve, and we were also able to ask our own questions, as it was an intimate safari. We saw many animals and many up close! It ended at the Boma overlook for the included snack/lunch. We got our pictures taken at the overlook and sat down and got our tiffins. The first layer of the tin had homemade hummus (the best thing), with some pita bread, some mozzarella cheese with prosciutto, some olives and pickles. The second layer had a spiced chicken wrap, fruit salad, pickled veggies, and a sweet granola bar. All was good but the crowd favorite was the hummus. It was made by the tusker house chefs daily. POG juice was also included. It wasn’t a full meal, but it was a decent snack size portion, we were definitely full and did not leave hungry. It started to rain a tiny bit, and the overlook is sheltered, but they have tarps to put down in case the rain starts blowing in. They also have complimentary ponchos if it heavy rains. We had plenty of time to eat and look out. Then we went back on the safari truck to finish out our safari. We were brought back to the lockers to regain our things, and then we were set free to enjoy the rest of our day. Overall we really enjoyed this experience and were happy we did it. One member of our party would do it again in a heartbeat and thought it was absolutely worth it. One member of our party enjoyed it and was happy to do it once, but not again and maybe thought the price tag was a tad high for this. Overall what you are paying for is the exclusive intimate experience of these things to go in a small group and ask personalized questions. Both of our favorite parts was the suspension bridge, but we enjoyed the lunch and the private safari as well. The pictures we received were great, and were of the animals we saw on our actual adventure at that time which was cool. The guides were great, well seasoned and made sure everyone was happy and safe the entire time. All of the information provided online beforehand was very helpful and set up my expectations accordingly. If you are on the edge about doing this experience, do it! It is worth it to try it out and experience something new, especially if you like animals and animal kingdom and the safari.
翻译:这是我们计划中的活动之一。他们提供迪士尼Visa卡和年票折扣,很有帮助。为了获得最佳时间选择,请务必提前60天预订。我们选择了上午10:15的时间段,这很棒。虽然他们全天都有时间。天气非常好。由于我们下午1:15就结束了,所以行程正好3个小时。他们建议提前30分钟办理登机手续。另外,请记住,你必须步行到非洲公园的后方,而且需要花费交通时间。我们住在动物王国旅馆,为了能及时到达,我们早上8:45就从酒店出发了。他们建议你穿包头鞋和舒适的裤子,因为你会戴上安全带。准备一个手机壳或类似插座的手机连接件,以便连接腕带。我们在乞力马扎罗山野生动物园外面的动物旅游服务台办理了登机手续。他们检查了我们的身份证,然后我们签署了免责声明。他们把我们分成 4 组带到安全带区,我们一共 12 位客人,还有 3 位导游。我们的导游是 Daniel、Susan 和 Emily Elisabeth。除了手机、帽子和太阳镜之外的所有东西都必须放在储物柜里。他们提供免费储物柜(有标准尺寸和大号)。我们每人都穿上背心和安全带,并得到一个腕带,可以将手机固定在登山扣上,然后放在背心的口袋里,他们还给我们一个水瓶(免费纪念品)来装满水和一个登山扣来固定,我们得到一个名牌(免费纪念品),背心上还附有一个耳机收音机。我们可以戴着太阳镜和帽子。出发前,我们的装备经过了再三检查。我们还拍了照片(所有照片都可以凭 photopass 免费下载)。我们穿过大猩猩瀑布探险小径来到后门。我们看到了斑马,然后沿着一条徒步小径走到了河马展览馆的后面。河马饲养员伊芙琳在那里和我们会合。她给我们讲了一次安全知识,教我们如何解开安全登山扣,如何将它从背心上扣下来。我们一个接一个地被扣在了出口平台上。我们站在河马池后面的岩架上。你可以看到河马和来来往往的野生动物园卡车。伊芙琳用听觉提示试图让河马过来。只有一只河马过来了,她一边给我们讲河马知识,一边给它喂了一些绿叶蔬菜。气氛非常亲密,我们可以问任何我们想问的问题。能够亲眼看到河马真是太有趣了。之后,我们解开安全扣,徒步前往下一个地点——吊桥。她又给我们讲了一次安全知识,然后我们一个接一个地被扣在了索桥上。第一座索桥,你需要走过河马展区,那里还有两只河马。然后,我们又经过了第二座索桥,它穿过了河马展区的一部分,然后是鳄鱼展区,那里有两只鳄鱼。三位导游都带着相机,正在拍照。我们还有一位导游,他站在鳄鱼旁边,也帮我们拍照。对我来说,桥是最有趣的部分,因为每次只能一个人走,桥板故意设计得凹凸不平,而且很有弹性!走完第二座索桥后,那里有一个补水站,还有一条免费的冰凉毛巾。然后,我们都登上了鳄鱼展区上方的平台。我们在另一个平台上从展区上方观看了两只鳄鱼,第四位导游则为我们讲解了鳄鱼知识。我们也可以提出自己的问题。之后,我们又徒步前往野生动物园的卡车。在这里,我们归还了背心和安全带。我们保留了名牌、水瓶和登山扣。我们乘坐了一辆私人游猎卡车,可以欣赏到四面八方的美景。我们和其他游猎车辆一样,沿着主游猎路线行驶,但我们可以多次停车、驻足拍照。在整个游猎过程中,导游会向我们讲解动物和保护区,我们也有机会提出自己的问题,因为这是一次私密的游猎之旅。我们看到了很多动物,而且很多都近距离接触了!旅程的最后,我们来到了博马观景台,享用了包含在内的零食/午餐。我们在观景台拍了照,然后坐下来享用午餐。罐头的第一层是自制的鹰嘴豆泥(最棒的),配上一些皮塔饼、马苏里拉奶酪和意大利熏火腿、橄榄和腌菜。第二层是五香鸡肉卷、水果沙拉、腌菜和一根甜味格兰诺拉麦片棒。每样都很不错,但最受欢迎的还是鹰嘴豆泥。这顿饭由塔斯克餐厅的厨师每日制作。还包含POG果汁。虽然不算是正餐,但份量也还算不错,我们吃得很饱,离开时也一点也不饿。天开始下起了小雨,观景台虽然有遮挡,但他们准备了防水布,以防万一雨水漫进来。如果下大雨,他们还会提供免费的雨披。我们有充足的时间吃饭和观景。然后我们回到游猎车上,结束了我们的游猎之旅。我们被带回储物柜取回行李,然后就可以自由地享受剩下的时间了。总的来说,我们非常享受这次体验,并且很高兴我们做到了。我们团队中的一个人毫不犹豫地表示愿意再来一次,觉得绝对值得。我们团队中的一个人很享受,他很乐意来一次,但不会再来了,也许他觉得价格有点高。总的来说,你支付的费用是享受一次私密的体验,可以和小团体一起参观,还可以提出个性化的问题。我们最喜欢的部分是吊桥,但我们也很喜欢午餐和私人游猎。我们收到的照片很棒,而且都是我们当时在探险中看到的动物,这很酷。导游很棒,经验丰富,确保每个人在整个过程中都感到快乐和安全。事先在网上提供的所有信息都非常有帮助,让我对这次体验有了更清晰的预期。如果你迫不及待地想体验一下,那就去吧!如果你喜欢动物、动物王国和野生动物园,尝试一下,体验新鲜事物,绝对值得。