Yesterday Lauren and I went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Lots of interesting and beautiful animals, heaps of fun.

San Diego Wild Animal Park from the top

This is the view from the top of the park, Condor Ridge, down over all the African animal large enclosures. If you look closely, you’ll see lots of giraffes.

Wild Animal Park - Cheetah

The cheetah was pacing.

Wild Animal Park - Colobus monkeys

These are Colobus monkeys. Lauren’s studying zoology, so it was fun to be with her going around a zoo. Any questions about the animals I had, she could at least guess at.

Wild Animal Park - wild squirrels

Of course, not being used to North American wildlife, I found some of the wild creatures wandering the zoo rather cute. We also saw hummingbirds and rabbits. Very cute indeed.

We also went to the “Lights of Africa” show after sundown with my grandmother. It was an amusing little video trip through Africa, with clips of animals in the wild and African-themed music (at least three songs from certain Disney movies), and accompanied by a laser-and-mist lightshow.

I’ve been to the Wild Animal P ark before when I was younger, but this is the first time I can remember fully exploring it. It’s a big place, and there’s lots of fascinating stuff to see. Definitely one of the most memorable zoos I’ve been to.