Amazing team, beautiful animals with great personalities and very allergen aware
Chew Valley Animal Park的点评
点评:We visited as part of a big birthday celebration and booked a fox experience.
We were given a really warm welcome by Cat who made sure we knew all of the timings for events in the day and kindly answered our allergen related questions (vegan and coeliac). She was very thorough and went the extra mile to give as many options as possible whilst being clear re any risks of cross contamination.
The bar/ restaurant area is nicely decorated, a good size and has a very well stocked bar. They have a lovely menu including freshly made pizzas and lots of sweets treats.
It looks out over the sanctuary which allows you to get glimpses of a few of the animals including the camels and goats and has a nice children's play area outside too.
Heading into the park to explore you are greeted by lots of well cared for confident animals.
We loved the larger goats (I didn't capture their names sadly).
There is a field of goats that you can go in to feed - i did the classic of not paying enough attention at the second gate and one pushed past me into the gate lock area, in trying to encourage that one through I ended up with 10! Had to go and find a nice team member to help fix the problem I'd made! She was very friendly and little did I know we would cross paths later.
They have donkeys, pigs, kookaburras, mccaws and some other more exotic animals too.
We had a really nice lunch of pizza which Lisa kindly sorted a tray to cook mine on (to reduce contamination risks) and I bought all of the yummy vegan gluten free cheesecake they had which cat had found for me. Nothing was too much trouble and Lisa and cat were so friendly and kind.
The fox experience was amazing, the keepers
Paul and Becky (who had helped me with the goats!) really know their stuff and have so many interesting facts and stories to share. We found it funny that they shared the same names as us too. They clearly love their animals and want to do the best for them that they can. They took their time to let us build trust and confidence with Raina and Stan, giving them treats and practicing some training too. Raina and Stan are beautiful red foxes, who have very different personalities and are wonderful to spend time with. Raina was an expert, a poised little lady and Stan was confident and clearly very determined to get as many treats as he could. We then moved on to see the arctic foxes Otto and Margot who were again beautiful and fascinating in equal measure. Margot was super gentle when taking any treats and it was a joy to watch Otto trying to figure out how to get his food from the Welly we gave him.
I could watch these lovely foxes all day and they and the keepers made it such a fantastic experience for Paul too.
We will definitely return in the future and would recommend this lovely sanctuary too.
翻译:我们来这里是为了庆祝一个盛大的生日,并预订了狐狸体验。
Cat 热情地欢迎了我们,确保我们知道当天所有活动的时间安排,并亲切地回答了我们关于过敏原(素食和乳糜泻)的问题。她非常细心,竭尽全力提供尽可能多的选择,同时明确任何交叉污染的风险。
酒吧/餐厅区装饰精美,面积适中,酒吧储备充足。他们有一份可爱的菜单,包括新鲜出炉的比萨饼和许多甜点。
它俯瞰着保护区,让您可以瞥见一些动物,包括骆驼和山羊,外面还有一个漂亮的儿童游乐区。
走进公园探索,您会受到许多受到良好照顾的自信动物的欢迎。
我们喜欢大山羊(遗憾的是我没有记住它们的名字)。
那里有一片山羊场,你可以进去喂食——我在第二道门时没有足够注意,结果有一只山羊从我身边挤到了门锁区,为了鼓励那只山羊通过,我最后弄伤了 10 只山羊!我不得不去找一个好心的团队成员来帮助解决我造成的问题!她非常友好,我当时根本不知道我们后来会相遇。
他们养驴、猪、笑翠鸟、麦考尔和其他一些更奇特的动物。
我们吃了一顿非常美味的披萨午餐,丽莎好心地准备了一个托盘来烤我的披萨(以减少污染风险),我买了他们所有的美味素食无麸质芝士蛋糕,这是猫为我找到的。没有什么太麻烦的,丽莎和猫都非常友好和善良。
狐狸的经历很棒,饲养员保罗和贝基(他们曾帮助我照顾山羊!)真的很了解他们的东西,有很多有趣的事实和故事可以分享。我们发现他们的名字和我们一样,这很有趣。他们显然很爱他们的动物,想尽其所能地为它们提供最好的服务。他们花时间让我们与 Raina 和 Stan 建立信任和信心,给他们零食,也进行一些训练。Raina 和 Stan 是美丽的红狐狸,性格迥异,相处起来很愉快。Raina 是一位专家,一位泰然自若的小女士,而 Stan 则充满自信,显然决心尽可能多地得到零食。然后我们继续看北极狐 Otto 和 Margot,它们同样美丽而迷人。Margot 在接受任何零食时都非常温柔,看到 Otto 试图弄清楚如何从我们给他的 Welly 中获取食物是一种乐趣。
我可以整天看着这些可爱的狐狸,它们和饲养员也让 Paul 获得了如此美妙的体验。
我们将来一定会再来,也会推荐这个可爱的保护区。