San Diego Wildlife Park San Diego, California
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San Diego Wildlife Park The Wild Animal Park is not located in San Diego, but rather about 30 miles north of the San Diego Zoo in San Pasquel Valley. A picturesque area. We left early to visit the zoo and arrived a few minutes after the park opened and headed straight for the Journey into Africa Tour, which is located clear on the other end of the park. We were glad we went first, since the later it was in the day the more people there were on the tour and as a bonus the animals are lot more active in the morning. This tour takes you by giraffes, cheetahs, gazelle, the rare white rhinos (there are only 6 in the world, this park has two of them), ostrich,antelope,etc. The tour is aprox 30 min long and is a cool ride to take in the park. Our next stop were the Lions, which were one of the most fascinating to watch as the two cubs were wrestling while mom and dad looked on. The Lions area is huge compared to regular zoo enclosures. Most of the enclosures are quite large, which means lots and lots of walking for us humans. The Wild Animal Park could easily take many days to explore all of the exhibits in depth, but if you don't mind a lot of walking you cover a lot of ground in a day. The tiger was a disappointment-he is a far walk from other animals and was no where to be found. The gorillas were eating when we arrived, cheetahs were basking in the morning sun, and the meerkats were people watching. Our favorites at the park was the African tour, the lions, and suprisingly the hidden jungle where you could see many tropical birds close-up and the Lorikeet Landing exhibit. The Lorikeets are not shy and will land on your arm, or shoulder or in my case your head. We had a lot of fun interacting with the Lorikeets.
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