Safari Park - giraffes

 My favorite part of the safari was the giraffes, they are such beautiful animals and the park herd included several babies and juveniles.

Safari Park - safari

 We had taken one of these safaris last time we were in San Diego many many years ago. Back then they let you feed some of the animals which was the highlight of the trip. That stopped during the covid years and the park found that once the animals stopped following the trucks to eat they spent more of their time with each and the park had a baby boom, so they decided to keep the ban on hand feeding.

This one young animal decided the best way to eat was to just climb right into the feeding trough.

San Diego Zoo Safari Park

 The San Diego Zoo also owns the Safari Park which is about an hour north east of San Diego. The park has a normal type zoo at the front with the rest holding large areas where multiple types of animals live. The fun way to visit part of the park is taking safari through the enclosures in the back of an open air "safari truck".

From the front of the park you can see the safari trucks driving thru the enclosures.

They have a open air stadium where they hold a bird in flight show. As much as I tried I could never get an in-focus shot of any of the bird flying so I had to settle for when they landed and looked around.

San Diego Zoo too

 

A humming bird we watched while we were sitting on a bench taking a break.

San Diego Zoo is great to photographs, most of the enclosures let you photograph without going thru glass or fences. This a pose I've taken of my son multiple times, either hand in front of face or tongue out, his way of saying "enough photos dad".

Growing up I loved reptiles and amphibians so the Reptile House is always one of my favorites at any zoo. This one was pretty good because most of the glass was nice and clean, perfect for good photos.

You might have noticed no Panda Bears which are a huge draw at San Diego, the line see them was so long we skipped it since we've seen them before.