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Orana Wildlife Park


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 146 attractions in Christchurch
Traveller 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
Brisbane
20 Oct 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
Singapore, Singapore
30 Dec 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
Los Angeles
4 Apr 2007
1/1 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
Christchurch, New Zealand
4 Dec 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
Perth, Australia
31 Jul 2006
2/2 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
Tokyo, Japan
31 Mar 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