点评:My husband and I went to Phoenix Herpetological sanctuary after visiting the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center. Someone on that tour mentioned PHS and when we got back to our resort we decided to book a tour for the next day. The place was easy to find, we were a little early for the tour but they had a large pen of Tortoises about the size of Beagles steps past their gate. We were greeted by staff members walking by and told that we would be checked in shortly. Minutes later Sammie walked out with a large bin of grapes and raspberries and we were asked if we wanted to feed some of the smaller tortoises. Of course we did! As we waited for more guests Sammie told us a lot about the tortys and the sanctuary in general.
As we got our group together Sammie guided us through several rooms of snakes, tarantulas, skinks, turtles, basically anything with scales was on this tour. Sammie gave us plenty of time to look at each animal and took a few out of their cages and offered them to us to hold. our group had a handful of children in it and we appreciated that Sammie had tons of facts and stories to entertain both adults and the younger kids. After looking at tanks and taking photos with the animals we were led outside to holding pens of Alligators! I honestly did not know there were so many species of gators! each one with their own story and a handful of facts you can tell the staff really love the animals and their jobs. The outside area was very well shaded, we never felt like we were roasting in the sun.
The tour was nicely paced and was just about 2 hours which seemed to be perfect timing for the kids. We highly recommend visiting this Sanctuary if you have anyone in your party interested in reptiles. There was a mother on our tour who told us she was completely out of her element but by the end of the tour she really seemed to enjoy herself.
翻译:我和丈夫在参观了西南野生动物保护中心后,去了凤凰城爬虫保护区。那次旅行中有人提到了 PHS,当我们回到度假村时,我们决定预订第二天的旅行。这个地方很容易找到,我们去的时候有点早,但他们门口有一大圈陆龟,大约有比格犬那么大。工作人员走过来迎接我们,并告诉我们很快就会办理入住手续。几分钟后,Sammie 拿着一大箱葡萄和覆盆子走了出来,他们问我们是否想喂一些小陆龟。当然了!在等待更多客人的时候,Sammie 给我们讲了很多关于 tortys 和保护区的情况。
当我们集合完毕后,Sammie 带我们穿过了几个房间,里面有蛇、狼蛛、石龙子、海龟,基本上所有有鳞的动物都在这次旅行中。 Sammie 给了我们充足的时间观察每只动物,并从笼子里拿出几只动物让我们抱着。我们团里有几个孩子,我们很感激 Sammie 能讲很多事实和故事来娱乐大人和小孩。在看完水箱并与动物合影后,我们被带到外面的鳄鱼围栏!老实说,我不知道鳄鱼有这么多种类!每只都有自己的故事和一些事实,你可以告诉工作人员真的很热爱这些动物和他们的工作。外面的区域阴凉得很好,我们从来没有觉得在阳光下被烤焦。
这次旅行节奏很好,大约 2 小时,对孩子们来说似乎是完美的时间安排。如果您的团队中有对爬行动物感兴趣的人,我们强烈建议您参观这个保护区。我们团里有一位母亲告诉我们,她完全不适应,但到旅行结束时,她似乎真的很享受。