On the way home from NC, we stopped at this amazing Safari. If you are ever in the area of Natural Bridge, VA on I-81 you must make the time to go! We spent 4 hours there and could have stayed much, much longer!
One of the reasons were we attracted to this place was that you can feed the giraffes. Steven LOVES giraffes. It took awhile, but his patience paid off. We waited and called the giraffes for a good 10 minutes and 2 finally came over and the baby did eat out of his hand. He was in heaven. We were the only ones up with the giraffes by that time....it was amazing.
After the walk through portion, we took a wagon ride through the safari where you could feed the animals from the bucket of food each of us was given. The animals were amazing. Watsui, wilda beasts, llamas, zebra, elk, buffalo, camels, and many, many more.
It was hard to get pictures because we were all squished into the wagon and the animals came up and ate so quickly. We have a few pictures, but really it's the experience that will stick with us for a life-time.
The camels were crazy! Everyone ended up on one side of the wagon to get away from the crazy camels who were soooooooooo hungry and greedy. We made friends with Murray in the 2 hump camel area, but only have him on video.
After the wagon ride, we hopped in the car and did it again! We all agree it was a much better experience in the car since we could go at our own pace and decide who to feed. It's funny that some animals will come up to the car, but not the wagon.
This is my favorite picture of Steven feeding an elk.
You are not supposed to feed the zebra, but others were and as long as they were alone (as they nip in herds) we were ok. They were my favorite!
Here is a male elk eating from the car in front of us. We tried to stay away from horned animals in the car for fear of scratches.
This safari is amazing. We will be visiting again on our next trip. Maybe even take extra time to see Natural Bridge too.
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