“Penguins mate for life. That doesn't surprise me much because they all look alike. It's not like they're going to meet a really new, great looking penguin someday.” - Anonymous (okay, so there were no penguins at the Wild Animal Park - but this is funny, so I used it anyway)
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| Entrance to the park! |
Our second full day in San Diego we drove up to Escondido to check out the Wild Animal Park (formerly Safari Park). We didn't do anything crazy as far as special tours are concerned (but if you go there they do have some cool options, definitely worth checking out if you have the extra money), we just walked around the park all afternoon. The park is gigantic. What they have the most of are birds - lots and lots of beautiful and unique looking birds. Elijah almost got hit in the face by one, which was good for a laugh.
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| He looks meaner than he actually was. |
Each park admission ($37) includes unlimited carousel and tram rides. The safari tram (the free one) just winds up and about the more sprawling exhibits where you don't walk. You will see a ton of different kinds of antelope - but after I have seen seven variations of basically the same thing, I was no longer excited them. The big ticket animals are on this tour, too: cheetahs, lions, rhinos, giraffes, etc...
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| View from a higher vantage point before walking down to take the Safari tram. It really was a nice park! This is only a small part of it. |
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| Baby animal! The giraffes were really pretty. There was another tour of people with way more money than we common folks that was right up next to some of the giraffes feeding them. It looked pretty cool. |
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| I just thought this was a funny picture because it seems like it would be so awkward for them to even have to take a drink! |
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| This is a Northern White Rhino. Which may seem like any other rhino, except there are only seven of this species known to be remaining on the entire planet. They are hoping to make some strides in fertility assistance to these massive creatures before they are all gone. |
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| This cheetah seriously did not move for about an hour (because we came back around later). |
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| This was really cool because we were only about four feet away from two huge lionesses. Of course, there was a barrier in between, but still. Look at how huge that paw is! |
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| The king checking out his kingdom. |
No trip to the zoo would be complete without members of the primate family. When we went to see the gorillas, we were initially disappointed because there were just two WAY in the back picking bugs off of each other and you could barely see them...but then one emerged from the bottom of the cavern and another came out from a cave.
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| After we were standing there for a few this big dude came out from the cave and started people watching. I wonder what they think of us...hmm. |
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| Here were the initial two we could see. After a while he decides he is bored and walks away, heading into his cave (just like a real man) and leaving her alone in the corner. |
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| She then proceeded to start rolling around looking completely helpless and confused (just like a real woman). It was pretty funny. |
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| Not a gorilla (obviously) but so flippin' adorable! |
Here are some other random shots from the day:
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| I watched the meerkat habitat for awhile - they made me laugh a lot. Such personalities! |
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| Every time I see a lemur forever now I am going to think of the movie Madagascar. "I like to move it, move it!" |
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| They had quite a few elephants at the park - including some babies. So huge! |
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| The end! |
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