Last weekend, I had Saturday off so Joseph and I decided to make a trip up to the SD Wild Animal Park. It's a division of the SD Zoo and since we are members, it would be free admission. The 30-minute drive up was beautiful. The scenery was mountainous and all the plants were blossoming (not good for my allergies but luckily I had some Zyrtec in my bag!)
As soon as we entered, we decided it was pretty much the same thing as the zoo, but then quickly realized that the difference was that a lot of the animals get to roam free all around you. Joseph wasted no time being silly!
The picture doesn't do it justice but the scenery that this HUGE bird was in, was really pretty and serene. Wouldn't you love to have this view in your backyard?!
I don't remember the name of this animal but it had the funniest body. It was eating/licking a salt rock thing and almost didn't seem real.
We stumbled upon a rooftop cafe and enjoyed lunch with the view of the back of the park. It was the perfect day. You can see all the people down below and the mountains in the way back.
The elephant exhibit was my favorite. The baby elephant was just recently featured all over the news for it's birth and another had just been born a couple days before.
While walking around I found a little nest of baby duckies, so cute!
With your admission you get to take a free trolley ride within the grounds of certain exhibits that gets you even closer to the animals. Can you see the lion on top of that Range Rover?! There was one laying inside of it too!
They took our picture before we got onto the trolley... maybe as a souvenir for your family in case the animals killed you during the ride... just kidding :)
It's definitely worth a visit for anyone who hasn't been!
thanks for share...
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