Fancy something different? Why not combine a luxury hotel break with visit to a park where Africa’s big beasts roam free The hotel at Fota Island Resort I was at a loss of what to give my husband for his 40th birthday but eventually I settled on the chance to feed both giraffes and rhinoceroses — surely something of which no one else would have thought. It was a task my other half took up with ease, being well used to feeding a pregnant wife and toddler who had accompanied him on a visit to Fota Island Wildlife Park, just a hop, skip and a jump from Cork City — or a few strides for one of the long-legged animal residents of the park..