Our Orana Wildlife Park Visit:
On Wednesday, Room 18 went on a bus trip to Orana Park. The drive was pretty calm until we hit a bump in the road. It felt like we were on a roller-coaster for a short time.
When we got to the park an educational ranger met us near the entrance fence. His name was Toby. Toby explained a few of the rules (re safety) and then let us enter through the gate. He led us into a large room within the park where we could leave our bags. Then we went into another room that had seats similar to that of a theatre. Two other education people met us there.
We followed our guide outside and headed for the lion's den. One of the lions was bigger than all of the others. A family of lions including the mother were all cuddled up in one corner of their yard because it was quite cold. The big lion stood a few metres away to keep watch. We saw the large cubs play with each other. The mother lion got a little cross at times.
Next we went to see the Spider-Monkeys. They came out of a small opening in their house to get to their island. 'Magnificent at swinging!' "I wish I was able to do that." I thought to myself.
After that we went to see the Lemurs. They were sitting on ledges peering out at everyone. We also visited the rhinos and got to feed the giraffes. That was my favourite part. Finally we saw the Meercats. They were digging lots of holes in the sand. I was on guard too!
We were hungry by that time so we went back to the education centre for some lunch. After lunch we had some time to visit the tigers and the farmyard before saying goodbye to the park rangers, getting on the bus and heading back to school. What a fun day we had.
Reported by Robert
Thank you to Jordyn's mother for the photographs:
