Africam Safari!

Last weekend Christian and I went to the Africam Safari! Unlike zoos in the US the Africam Safari here is set up like a car tour of Africa. You literally drive your car through the segregated habitats of exotic animals. This way you see the animals up close and personal... some too close. The most amazing and humbling animal we saw was the rhinoceros (two of them actually), which were HUGE! The size of Christian’s little yellow car paled in comparison to the massive creatures that were just feet away from my car window. We got to see elephants, giraffes, zebras and tons of other animals from the African plains. We saw camels and white Bengal tigers and lions and black bears and buffalo from Yellowstone and Kangaroos with babies in their pouches and many other exotic animals. We almost got attacked by angry ostriches that were seeking revenge on the visitors. In parts of the safari it is mandatory to roll up your windows, for example in the section where the lions and tigers live. It was torturously hot, so rolling up the windows was miserable. But in the interests of safety, perhaps when a lion passes two feet in front of your car, rolling up the windows might be a good choice. At the end of the driving part of the Safari there is a zoo of sorts where you have to get out and walk around. Here is where you can see monkeys, crocodiles, reptiles and anteaters. I took tons of pictures of all the cool animals we saw, but I think it is most appropriate if I post the picture of the rhinoceros to show just how large and intimidating it was.