With so many parks to go to in San Diego, it was tricky deciding which ones to go to. On Saturday morning we decided we should visit San Diego zoo because it is a world famous zoo. I’m not 100% sure why it is famous but it is and having spent the day there I have to say it is definitely a very impressive zoo!
Once we parked up and bought our tickets the first thing to think about was breakfast! Having checked out the flamingos we bought two chocolate muffins and two apple and cinnamon. Considering it was zoo/park food they were very nice and the same can be said about the burgers we had for lunch later!
After demolishing the muffins we set off along the monkey trail. The good thing about the zoo if that there is no set way to go round the zoo – you follow trails and they lead you all over the place. There were all sorts of colorful, bare bottomed monkeys about and some with very long arms, there were also some very human like gorillas. Their feet and hands are just like humans but they are also the most incredibly muscular things – I wouldn’t like to mess with one!
After the monkeys we saw a few eagles including the Andes condor:
This eagle is pretty impressive, mainly for its soaring ability. Apparently it can 100 miles without flapping its wings.
After the eagles we saw zebras, something that looked like it was half zebra, half pygmy giraffe, and polar bears – who must have felt slightly out of place in the heat of San Diego. Then we took in a 15 minute Ice-Age movie in 4d which basically meant we got covered in water, bubbles, snow and other concoctions.
Once the movie had finished we onto the Skyfari which was a cable car ride across the top of the zoo. Toby wasn’t overly keen on going on this but we ignored him and went on it anyway – unbeknown to us he was to have his revenge the following day at Legoland when he refused to go on a ride!
The Skyfari took us to the other side of the zoo where we tucked into some lovely burgers and hot dogs. The it was back across on the Skyfari and Toby was a little more relaxed about it this time.
When we were back on the ground it was time to check out the elephants and jaguars. The jaguar was my favourite animal of the day – he’d look lovely stuffed in the house! Only kidding! He did look mighty impressive though and another animal I wouldn’t want to meet in the jungle – not that I often find myself there.
Just by the elephants I saw some proper wildlife and managed to snap another eagle. I’ve no idea what it was but it was clearly taunting the other eagles by flying around over the top of them:
By this time it was starting to get very hot and we had been walking for a fair old way. So we took in a quick look at the pandas, checked out the meerkats and then we did Toby’s favourite thing of the day. Instead of walking up a hill by the road and steps route we took an escalator! Of all the animals he saw, the 4d movie and a cable car ride the true highlight was an escalator – nothing is wasted on him!
After checking out the shops because Toby wanted to get a cuddly toy – no idea why or where he will put it – we got back in the car and went back to the hotel. After all the walking and the heat there was only one thing to do – hit the pool! Harry and Toby demonstrated their range of swimming and diving skills and after a couple of hours there it was back to the room.
What an exhausting day! We only just had enough energy to walk down to the restaurant and get something to eat before retiring to bed and some well deserved sleep.
Check the animals out here!