San Diego Trip: Day 4 - Wild Animal Park

I'll be honest, as Sean and I were driving to the Wild Animal Park, we were wondering if we would be bored a little since we had just done the zoo yesterday. The minute we walked through the turn-styles we knew we were WAY wrong. This place is so cool, no matter how many zoos you have been too! There are more trees, differently designed enclosures, and a totally awesome safari experience! It was a hotter day than the day before, and we were way more inland than at the zoo, but we did not care. We had a great time!

And now for more pictures!

Right after we got there. We knew we were in for a good day!

First thing we saw: a trainer talking about this lynx! So cool!

My friend recommended seeing the bird show. Totally awesome!

Then just outside the arena for the bird show, they have an "enclosure", but they can fly away any time! We had a huge flock of condors flying over our heads as we walked past this.

Okapi! I love him. I wanted the little stuffed animal but Sean said no. Next time I won't even ask ;)

Very beautiful gardens/vegetation

We always find little bird friends as we are out and about...

The view of the safari area from the tram station!

Mother cheetah with her cub in the shade.

Zebras!

Rhinos!

More giraffes for you Mom!

One of the paid safaris you can go on through the Park. You can get up and close to the giraffes! One day we will do that.

The lions of course.

Pretty bird!

I'm batty...

Okay, the tiger trail was a new exhibit apparently, but regardless, it is AWESOME! We took a million pictures just of the one tiger, from different view points, some through the fence and some through the glass. We were literally half an inch away from his face! (Mason slept through this whole section of the park.)

So so so crazy. And awesome. And beautiful! Jasmine was one lucky girl to have a pet tiger.

View of the safari from the tiger area of the park.

After looking at all the exhibits, we souvenir shopped for a while. Sean got both of those hats, and I got a shirt with the new tiger exhibit logo on it.

Love my little family!!

Oh, another cool thing about this park is that they do a "cheetah run" twice a day, where they show you just how fast a cheetah can go. Sean got to see him run from an overlook, I was walking Mason around because he was fussy in the stroller if we weren't moving. But, that was a life dream of Sean's, to see a cheetah run! So cool!