^See this map
www.wdwinfo.com/maps/Kindani_Village_Map.jpg. The front entrance faces west, and thus you have a north wing (left side of map when viewing it) and south wing (right side of map). For a savanna view
DVC reservation at Kidani, you would first make the reservation on line and then contact MS, by phone, by email, or by chat and put in a non-guaranteed location request.
My usual lead location request is Sunset Savanna view (all rooms that are on the east side of the map). More than 80% of the savanna view rooms overlook Sunset so chances of getting that request are high. The smaller Pembe savanna on the northwest side of the building does not have giraffes or zebras.
My second request is usually one to avoid getting any rooms near the ends of the wings. At about 2/3 mile, Kidani is one the longest single hotel-like buildings in the world (meaning on earth) and a walk from end rooms to lobby can be 1/3 mile (about the same distance as walking from the base of World Showcase at Epcot to Germany). I usually request either near (a) the Timon elevator, which is at the red AED sign on the south side of the map in between the second and third building units from the lobby and provides a fast trip to the busses and a not overly far trip to the pool; or (b) close to the Rafiki elevator, which is at the red AED sign in the map between the second and third building units from the lobby on the north wing, and provides the shortest trip from the building to a pool gate via that elevator to the ground/parking lot floor, and is not overly far from the bus station.
Some request lower floor to get more direct view of animals, but I like any floor (the higher floor rooms have a more panoramic view). One request to possibly avoid is close to the lobby. If you get that it is fine. The problem that exists is that regular Kidani visitors all know that they want to avoid the forever walks from the end rooms to the the lobby, pool, or bus station, and close to lobby has become the most popular request, with the result that you may not get it because of too many requests. When they cannot meet a location request, they just put you in any room that is still available, which often is a room far from the lobby.
Note that any room location requests should be made through MS (again via phone, email or chat) and you should not use the online request page when you check-in on line. That page is essentially ridiculous. For example, you can choose to request near an "elevator," without naming the elevator. The problem is that there are three elevator locations along each wing and a near elevator request, when you cannot name the elevator, can result in being put in essentially any room in the building. Moreover, if you use that request page at check-in online that will wipe out any request you made through MS.
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