I visited this zoo in the last two weeks but stayed in the city, so I don't know. The city (town, whatever) is about a half hour drive away, so not far, but if the point is just to visit the zoo then maybe staying out there is better. Agoda is sort of the main hotel reservation aggregator site and they have a map function on their website, so it would be easy to sort by proximity and cost in that area using that site. Then you could still use the "booking" site to reserve instead, or try direct, whatever approach you would like, but the best rates end up being relatively consistent.