The last time we went, we didn't do the drive through part, so we were determined to do it this time. The morning started off rainy, but we figured it would clear, and that, ultimately, it would make for a slightly less hot day. Given the weather, it made sense to do the driving part first, so we went through double chain linked fences into the park. The first part you drive through is what you see from the giraffe feeding station, so there were lots of herbivores going about their business.
Some of them came right up to the van to check us out.
The birds on the lake were also really cool, especially in flight, but the flying was too hard to capture in pictures.
Elena was intrigued, but, because of the weather, both her window and Jeff's camera lens started to fog up. Jeff took fewer pictures, and I passed Elena up to Young in the front since she was sitting up with the driver and had the best view. Luckily, I did it right before we went through another set of gates into the tiger enclosure. Elena was up there roaring with all her little might.
There were lots of tigers lounging, but some of them (cubs I think) were chasing each other around and playing, so that was fun to watch.
After the tigers, we went into a bear area.
We were hoping for some lions, so that we could have lions and tigers and bears, but the weather is really not good for lions here, so there aren't any out in the park.
By the time we drove back around to the main entrance, the rain had pretty much let up. We went into the park at the same time as a bunch of tour groups. They went left, so we went right.We had a good time walking around, pointing, and making animal sounds. Just as we were getting really hot, we got to Egg World, our air conditioned pit stop. There are some benches inside right in front of an air conditioning unit, so we set up there for a while. The other family who was with us also have a toddler, almost exactly the same age as Elena, so the little people were toddling around and all the kids got some snacks. It was a nice break before walking to everyone's favorite part, the giraffe feeding area.
Vivian is an old pro at this point.
Elena, on the other hand, was as intrigued as we had hoped she would be.
And really, who can blame her? When a giraffe comes right up to you and sticks out its big purple tongue, it's pretty cool.
Both girls had fun feeding the giraffes, and so did the friends who came with us. It was their first time at Safari World. At the end of the day, we decided it was a tough call between which part was the most fun, the drive through the park or feeding the giraffes. Either way, we started and ended on high notes.
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