The service was great even though they were busy. My breakfast was served fast and was absolutely delicious. I had eggs bene w salmon w a side of hash browns. I left feeling so content. The matcha frappe was exceptional- I'm hooked for life on that drink now. I was served by a young lady ( I don't know her name but she had another job at a local pub alongside serving at RH), she was sensational. Happy, chatty and kind. Thank you team

Lovely staff, great care for the animals. Lot of them are volunteers and they can tell you many stories about the animals. We loved it to stroll along all the places.

Apart from the ape exhibit most of the enclosures are fairly basic, but there's an honesty that's appealing about 'Orana Park'. I get the imoression that everyone at 'Orana' ie workers and volunteers alike are passionate and truly care about the park and its animals. The animal zoo talks were enjoyable particularly the lions. And you can feed the giraffes for free or get closer to the lions or feed the lemurs for an extra fee. It was great having the shuttle transport available too.

Very well thought out space for the animals. Allow plenty of time, the animal feedings were we'll worth the visit. Loved the giraffes. The Lion enclosure was extra, but too see them up close was amazing. Highly recommend visiting Orana Park.

I had an enjoyable time with the wildlife, taking in this rare experience of the open park. I sat down with 'Fuzu', the gorilla and watched the antics of the meerkats. Don't go with the idea of completing a race circuit in record time but allow yourself a couple of hours to take it in. Families of all ages can follow the presentations in the pamphlet or design their own! You will go away feeling good, especially if the weather plays its part.

It was a unique experience, the animals are much closer to us as there are no bars confining the animals. They have space to coexist. And even though we had to walk a lot, it was a lot of fun and the stroller they rent us at the entrance to carry the child is very functional.

I love how awesome this place is with very close encounter with the animals and feeding! I would like to compliment the team there, they are lovely, friendly and so helpful! Shoutout to Cass, Pauline and the Rhino guy from Israel (sorry I don’t think we even asked him his name), and the lady at Farmyard! I have learned so much from them! Thank you very much for a great day!

I've been to animal parks and zoos all over the world, but I keep coming back to Orana because it's just so much more special, the conservation/breeding efforts and the respect that they give the animals allows them to live in the best possible conditions (while allowing the public ample veiwing). This park is the best example of how wild animals should be kept outside of the wild (and before anyone said that wild animals should only be in the wild! Loss if habitat makes that no longer an option!)

We spent over 5hours in the park and still didn’t see everything, had an absolutely amazing time, the gorillas were breathtaking, the giraffes so elegant and the meerkats so cheeky Loved it

First of all I booked the wrong day! And the helpful people at reception had no problem getting me in when I showed up. Thanks loads! Had heaps of fun it's great being able to interact with the keepers and see them feed the animals.

I’m not a fan of zoos in general but when one makes it it’s mission to rescue and preserve endangered species it gets a big tick. The volunteers and employees are the backbone of this place and they really care about the animals. Highly recommend a visit to this open range zoo and spend big in the gift shop so they can continue to do their important work.

It was awesome to be able to feed the Lemurs and Giraffes

There is alot of amazing animals. A fun day.

We spent 5 hours at Orana. Had a fantastic time getting close (behind barriers) to animals and a highlight was feeding the giraffes. So much to see and do. NZ is very spoilt to have Orana.

Wow what a awesome place we went years ago when you could drive your car around the park but now the place is better than before also went and feed the tigers in the cage and what an experience to do highly recommend this to do once in a life time experience to do this and just loved the whole park

Leisurely time amongst the wildlife

Great day out with the kids. You can walk around the park or grab the shuttle. You can doing and see everything in your own time. A nice family day out with some cool experiences.

Absolutely amazing an the staff are equally awesome very helpful and would answer any questions would highly recommend

We spent 4.5 hours here. We followed the feeds and got to learn a lot about the animals from the keepers. It was cold because its winter so dress warm. We went on a Monday and hardly anyone was there. So a good day to go. Loved sitting watching the gorillas, they were definitely the highlight of the day

I was told by my daughter if you get a chance to go do it. She was so right. I also paid the extra to do the lion encounter will worth the extra to do it. Also a bonus the weather was chilly and the animals where more out and about. see the gorillas been feed is also a will worth thing to do, Had a great day out there.

Lovely wildlife park. Well spaced out enclosures.

Lots of room for the animals and awesome enclosures for them. Some of the enclosures were empty though which was ashame. All the animals looked happy though :)

Wow i havent been to orana park since i was around 13 Im now 31 and the experiance is still as amazing as it was back then Being in nature around animals is a magical experiance. We need buses to go there so we can go more often

Orana wildlife Park was absolutely amazing! We went at 1h30pm and wish we went earlier. There is so much to see and do. The Cafe has this beautiful view over the Giraffes and Rhinos while you enjoy your lunch. The staff were friendly and helpful especially on the shuttle. We will definitely be back!

amazing went to change to yearly pass but noticed they run june to june so will look at it in june :)

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Love to see the animals living in a safe and protected haven. You get to stand so close to the wildlife and observe them as if you are on a safari adventure! Love the cafe and the information provided by the helpful rangers. Would love to visit more frequently in future =) Thank you for the great work in sustaining this place.

My young children ages 6 and 3 loved their outing. We were lucky to board the shuttle early on to see the whole park and help us decide which animals to spend more time at. The giraffes, barnyard and gorillas were our favourite. Great to interact with the gorillas for some time.

The lions were amazing! We went with our baby who is not quite a year old and she had a great time looking at all the animals. We had some trouble locating the toilets near the gorilla display .. walked all the way back to the entrance trying to find them. Not sure if we missed the rest of the signage or if they actually were a 10 minute walk away from the signs on the gorilla building?

Wow what a fantastic wildlife park, we thoroughly enjoyed our morning there, highly recommend a definite must do in Christchurch ?

I would've liked to have given a 5 star, however there were a couple of issues. One is accessibility both to get to the park and back and also getting around the park. There really should be a bus that goes to the park and back to town that doesn't cost $40 each way if you haven't got a car. I know that's more a NZ transport metro issue. Now there is a shuttle and I was also offered a wheelchair however the shuttle only stops at certain points and to get to some enclosures it means you have to backtrack or walk down more pathways. Hence I didn't get to see all the animals up close because of all the walking. The path to me doesn't seem wheelchair friendly unless someone had an electric wheelchair. Lots of gravel and slopes. There was a Lil bit of rubbish in the gullies and some parts looked overgrown. It's hard to see the lions through all that fencing. Mind I didn't realize there was another spot around the side for them. I'd say that it was hard to see some animals up close which I guess the good thing is it means lots of room for the animal to roam. You definitely need a good camera to get good photos. On the other hand it was really amazing to see the gorillas and feed the Giraffe. I was lucky cos one decided it would come over after many missed out on feeding them. And the staff are nice. My hot chips weren't cooked properly in the Cafe and the Chai the Cafe uses doesn't taste good. May need to change it. It was a nice day just sad I didn't get to see all and be involved in all the feeding times due to walking. Thanks

Well I'd have to say this is amongst the best wildlife places in NZ. Alot of walking, do be warned but there's also a shuttle incase. Saw alot more animals than expected, daughter was happy on her birthday. Definitely recommend going.

Amazing animal encounters, got to feed the giraffes and see animals I never knew existed. Amazing staff, awesome cafe and so many close up experiences. Would highly recommend!

What a big place. You need lots of time to see it all. Good selection of animals. Friendly staff with plenty of feeding times where you can participate. Amazed that I could feed a giraffe for no extra cost. Fabulous experience. Appreciated saving some money to attend especially as it's a distance out of town.

Very nice zoo with close encounters. Only down was that the Lion experience is closed and that was not advertised anywhere. Animals presentation and feeding is a must. A nice way to spend half the day.

We purchased our tickets online through book me, with our focus being the native birds, especially the Keas. On arrival we were informed the Kea enclose was closed due to the introduction of a young Kea being introduced. Expressing our disappointment, the team at check in, rang the keeper and confirmed the did only two keeper talks a week and one was later that morning. We were lucky with our days as it allowed us to view several exhibits before the talk in the enclosure, where the Kea had an enrichment feeding. Being the only talk was it was crowded, but the Kea where very close. At the end we asked the keeper when she was feeding the native birds and she said straight afterwards. We headed to the walk-through native bird aviary and as strangely we were the only people in it with the keeper, it spent ages as my wife had a great time photographing birds as they came to feed. If you want to see the Kea ring and check if/when talks/enrichment are on.