Sometimes when you go to the zoo you hardly seen anything, but today the animals were really up for showing off. We saw rhinos, lions, zebras and giraffes, before we had a treat of feeding the giraffe - we thought cousin Isabella might enjoy that one! You have to move quickly but the male giraffe, Zabulu(born '98), is happy to eat veggies from your hand. It's a shame you are only allowed to give them one piece each.
We saw red pandas coming out of their house and climbing in the trees, the seals playing when they were being fed, followed by a super display of swimming from them while we watched from the underwater viewing gallery.
Callum sweet talked the ranger into letting him feed 2 different birds as well.
The best part was the trip to the kiwi house. The symbolic New Zealand bird is nocturnal so the display is set in the dark and the chances of seeing this shy quiet bird were slim. However we were lucky and after waiting for about 15-20 minutes we we're rewarded by one of the pairs of brown kiwis coming out.they are so fluffy and have such long beaks for getting grubs from the soil. A real treat and well worth waiting for.
So it is our last night in NZ and the end of our journey. Tomorrow we hope to learn more about Maori culture before flying home just before midnight.
It was a great day out.
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Location:Auckland Zoo, Auckland, New Zealand
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