Feb 19 Safari San Diego

Safari San Diego is actually a few miles east of Escondido or about 35 miles north northeast of San Diego.



There a lot of animals, a lot of interesting plants, a lot of places to relax.


The first image is from a a map of the safari park. The park is pretty big, over 1800 acres (as a comparison, NY's Central Park is about 840 acres).  You get into the park from the southwest near the long winding lake.



The second image is part of that long winding lake. There are a lot of wild birds that reside on or about the lake.




In addition, there are a lot of gift shops and restaurants around the lake.




The third image is from the ridge (called Condor Ridge) which is on the northwest of the park (light blue on the map with green on one side and pink and orange on the other.

The image shows there is a valley between this ridge and the ridge in the background. The ridge in the background is the eastern boundary of the park.  The ridge from where I took the picture has lots of native California plants. In this case cacti of various kinds.

The 4th image (from the internet) is one on a clearer day than we had and thus better foreground. The giraffes are in their own little valley (various portions of the valley are separated to keep predators and prey apart). You get to the giraffe valley by a tram (vehicle with viewing cars).



The final image is me enjoying a 32 ounce draft beer in the 'village' of shops and restaurants near the winding lake.

We spent most of the day at the park (from about 930am to about 430 pm) because there was so much to do.