If you go to San Diego and are trying to decided between the Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, make the trip to the Safari Park. It's worth the 30 minute drive!
The safari park sits on 1800 acres. This give the animals lots of room to roam around.
The elephants especially love it.
This little one had a great time playing with a box.
We paid a little extra to take a photo safari. It was a splurge that was well worth it. We had close encounters with grazing animals, rhinos and giraffe.
A bonus to this safari was feeding the giraffes!
We were all pretty darn excited about this development! The giraffes were so cool!
After our time at the Safari Park, the San Diego Zoo seemed really anti-climatic. My advice if you want to experience both parks is to go to the Zoo first then go to the Safari Park. You won't be able to do both in one day. We spent all day at the Safari Park, but only a couple hours at the Zoo, that's because there were only two animals we wanted to see.
Koalas
And Pandas
We also saw Baboons having sex but none of us had the guts to photograph that event!
(I'm still editing Sea World pictures, so it will be a few days before that post hits the internet!)
LOVE the giraffes!
Posted by: Tracey of These Nine Acres | April 19, 2011 at 07:15 AM
I have always wanted to visit both places! I will definitely remember to visit the zoo first. Elephants are my favorite:)
Posted by: The Incredible Woody | April 19, 2011 at 08:35 AM
I can't believe you got to get so up close & personal w/ the giraffes. How amazing! I've always heard that the San Diego Zoo is the best in the U.S. & I love, love, love going to zoos. What fun!
Posted by: Liz C. | April 19, 2011 at 02:26 PM
Love those giraffes! And the koala love??? Squeeee!
Posted by: Mental P Mama | April 19, 2011 at 04:18 PM
nice pictures. those are some tammed animals.
Posted by: Syed Housein | April 19, 2011 at 06:08 PM
I would very much like a koala and a panda bear! Love the giraffe pics.
Posted by: Meg | April 19, 2011 at 07:16 PM
Very nice pictures. I guess these animals are rare. Thats good you got chance to see them.
Posted by: After dark | February 27, 2012 at 02:32 AM