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Orana Wildlife Park


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #8 of 150 attractions in Christchurch
Traveler Description:
The largest wildlife reserve in New Zealand houses animals in their natural habitats with few barriers or fences, permitting visitors to see them up...... more » The largest wildlife reserve in New Zealand houses animals in their natural habitats with few barriers or fences, permitting visitors to see them up close and feed the gentler species. « less
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Attraction type: Wildlife park, Zoo, Park
Address: Papanui Christchurch
New Zealand
Tel: 03 359 7109
Fax: 03 359 4330

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5 of 5 stars
Greygos   7 contributions
Brisbane
Oct 20, 2009

I really enjoyed the day at this park. I did the lion encounter and it was very good, although sort of wish we had stayed in a little longer. more

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4 of 5 stars
WoodlandsSingapore   66 contributions
Singapore, Singapore
Dec 30, 2008

The guide brought us around the zoo to see the feeding of various animals from morning to dusk. Great job. Except for a quick lunch while his assistants took over for a while, he was always sharing with us loads of information about each animals. There seems to be experts for each type of animals, as our guide will hand... more

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5 of 5 stars
Livetowander   143 contributions
Los Angeles
Apr 4, 2007
1
person found this review helpful

The primary reason for my visit to the park was to experience the feeding of the lions. You're driven through their enclosure in a cage on the back of a truck. It was worth every penny to get that close to the lions. The keeper has a bucket of meat in the cage and the lions know this of course.... more

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4 of 5 stars
Cassie78   16 contributions
Christchurch, New Zealand
Dec 4, 2006

This is not a big zoo. It is quite spread out for its size however there is a tractor ride around. TIP: you will be given a list of the feeding times of animals which basically follows a circuit around the zoo. Follow the zoo keepers around feeding the animals and it makes the zoo a whole lot more interesting.... more

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4 of 5 stars
tkd1615   27 contributions
Perth, Australia
Jul 31, 2006
2
people found this review helpful

We really enjoyed our visit here-it's very well set out with extremely friendly staff and volunteers who are very well informed-their talks about the different animals were terrific. The animals all looked very well cared for and happy. The highlight was being able to hand feed giraffes-my 16 & 12 year old sons were thrilled to do this. We would... more

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4 of 5 stars
EriTakamura   42 contributions
Tokyo, Japan
Mar 31, 2009

敷地面積80ヘクタールというだけあって、とにかく広い。動物園とはちがって、自然に近い形で動物たちがのびのびと生活している... more

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Orana Wildlife Park Address

Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tel: 03 359 7109 Fax: 03 359 4330