点评:Without taking away from the brilliant dedicated conservation work being done at Pukaha wildlife centre, including by many volunteers, but also after having previously visited Zealandia and Bushy Park, we were a little disappointed with our visit here.
For us, the highlight of our visit were the takahes, going about their regular foraging business in a very relaxed manner. Their spacious and sunny enclosure is within easy view of the cafe.
Also liked our visit to the kiwi house, where we had an excellent group talk by a ranger and saw a number of kiwis through the gloom in both enclosures, including the very rare albino kiwi (and its progeny). The mass of long-finned eels or tuna seemingly sunnining themselves in their pond were also fun to see, as were the tuatara and kakas (in a cage). But we could not spot other bird species in the other cages we walked past, or at one or two bird feeders next to the track, or even in the walk-in aviary. That was disappointing.
The cafe here is good: reasonable coffee, reasonable prices, plus an nice outlook.
While a bit disappointed, we still enjoyed our visit and would visit again.
翻译:普卡哈野生动物中心(Pukaha wildlife centre)的保护工作非常出色,许多志愿者也参与其中,但我们之前也去过西兰蒂亚和布希公园(Bushy Park),所以这次的参观还是让我们有些失望。
对我们来说,这次参观的亮点是南秧鸡,它们悠闲地进行着日常的觅食活动。它们宽敞明亮的饲养场从咖啡馆就能轻松看到。
我们也很喜欢参观奇异鸟馆,在那里我们与一位护林员进行了一次精彩的小组讨论,并在两个饲养场的昏暗中看到了许多奇异鸟,包括非常罕见的白化奇异鸟(及其后代)。成群的长鳍鳗或金枪鱼似乎在池塘里晒太阳,也很有趣,还有(在笼子里的)喙头蜥和卡卡鹦鹉。但是,我们路过的其他笼子里,或者在跑道旁的一两个喂鸟器里,甚至在步入式鸟舍里,都没能发现其他鸟类。这很令人失望。
这里的咖啡馆不错:咖啡价格合理,而且景色优美。虽然有点失望,但我们仍然很享受这次的体验,以后还会再来的。