Hotel Lifehacks

To make your stay truly memorable, be very specific when booking your room. The whole enchantment of the hotel is in the view of the animals, so you need a room that faces the savanna enclosure. Rooms are commonly known by the animals you can expect to see most distinctly such as “Giraffe View” or “Zebra View.” Although more expensive, these rooms are totally worth it and are indeed the core of the Leofoo Resort experience. Reserve these specific types of rooms as early as possible because they tend to sell out.

To really get you up close to the animals, make sure to take advantage of the special on-site activities like the ‘Giraffe Feeding Experience’ or the ‘Lemur Island Tour.’ These are incredible hands-on experiences that really bring you in direct contact with the animals. One important tip is to book these activities right when you enter, maybe even call before coming. They have very limited spots available and are extremely popular, almost always sold out.

One of the smart strategies for the theme park is to use your hotel’s proximity to your advantage. Maybe go right when the park opens to enjoy the most-popular rides with minimal lines. Then, during the hottest and most crowded time of day, walk back to the hotel between 1 and 3 in the afternoon for a nice swim in the pool and a rest in your air-conditioned room. You could return to the park in the late afternoon, feeling very refreshed this time instead of wringing wet, ready once more to make the most of the evening shows.

Although convenient, on-site dining can come at a fairly high cost. To budget your trip, a fantastic tip would be stopping at a large supermarket in Taipei or Hsinchu on the way to the resort. Pick up some of your family’s favorite snacks, drinks and breakfast faves like fruit and cereal that won’t blow the budget – this is ideal for keeping the kids happy and can save you lots of money so you can splurge on one special dinner in the hotel’s main restaurant.