San Diego Animal Park Review

We were just in San Diego a couple of weeks ago on our honeymoon, and the Wild Animal Park was one of our stops. I like how they had it set up where we walk through quite a few other exhibits before getting to the "safari" part of the park, but we were beginning to wonder exactly how far we had to go to finally get there! The bus ride we took through the African safari part was so cool, getting to see all the animals in their "natural habitats." It also made it very enjoyable that we had a great tour guide, explaining everything to us. There were a couple of parts of the tour where it seemed like we just went by the animals too fast, and later we found out that the tours were limited to 25 minutes, which was one thing I didn't like, because the time went by so fast.

Another thing we didn't like so much was that the exhibits were so spread out. I didn't mind the hiking part, which was what you had to do to get to the various exhibits throughout the park, some of the paths being extremely steep, but they should forewarn the guests other than having it written only on the map of the park. I found in one brochure where it did say to "bring your walking shoes," but that was it. I mean, what if someone has asthma or something and isn't fully prepared for something like that? I know it winded me a few times! Once we did make it to most of the exhibits, it was worth the hike, though... especially the elephants, since we arrived right at feeding time.

I would still recommend the park, just be prepared for the hiking! The drive out to the park is also very nice and scenic, and you get to see an ostrich farm on the way! :)