31 August
2007
We arrived at about 10.30 am
and resolved to drive round the safari park first – before having lunch and the
rides. Our animal recognition was not
too good to start with – for a moment we thought the black-faced sheep were the
wolves! The ankole cattle got far too
close to be mistaken!
Not wolves in sheep’s clothing after all Got any food
for me?
The
highlight of the day was to be the African white lion – a new attraction and no
doubt partly responsible for the long queue of cars. We kept to the inside track to get a good
view, but paid the penalty of very slow progress behind all those with the same
idea.
About the white lions – click image to read
Already
nose-to-tail entering the African enclosure
On into the Asian enclosure, and luckily this
I expect he knew we were behind the fence
Leaving the big cats behind, the main attractions were the larger
mammals.
The bactrian camels …
… harassing the cars
It took
nearly two hours to get round. In a
strange echo of our last visit, the car again managed to squeak and whistle
most of the way, but at least did not embarrass us by stopping.
We were quite glad after that to park and stretch our legs. Teresa and Jay made for the rides with their
wristbands. Roger exercised his
discretion and settled for an ice cream.
Travelling light, we ditched the camera at this point, so you’ll have to
take it from me that they did the Twister, the Rhino Rollercoaster (twice), the
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