African Safari
I went with some friends to the [tag]African Lion Safari[/tag], some 100 km south-west of [tag]Toronto[/tag]. It was a nice place to go, especially if you have kids and they haven’t seen animals. All the wildlife is out in the open, while the visitors are en-caged in their cars or the Safari buses.
Since we were inside the car, I couldn’t take good pictures. Few of them are here:
It was quite warm that day (perhaps around 25-28 deg C). Main attraction of the place, the [tag]Lions[/tag], were resting calmly. It was thrilling to see them from so close.
Lions sleeping
Monkeys were all over our cars. They loved to sit on the car roofs and enjoy the drive. We had [tag]Monkeys[/tag] on our side-view mirrors and were wondering how to get rid of them. As the car started moving, and crossed a yellow painted line, surprisingly all of them jumped off. It was really strange!
Monkeys
Then there were…
Wild [tag]Buffaloes[/tag]
Maybe this was the first time I saw…
[tag]Giraffe[/tag]
The [tag]Ostrich [/tag]were pecking at windows of cars as we stopped to observe them. It was funny, the animal was pecking the sides of cars. No clue why…. pea brain indeed!
Ostrich
Rhinos are endangered species
[tag]Rhinoceros[/tag]
I don’t remember the name of this animal. Looks like an antelope or a goat or something of that kind. Does anyone know?
[tag]Antelope[/tag]?
The safari claims to have about 1000 species of birds and animals. I must have seen about 100 or so, but it was impossible to take pictures all the time. There are demonstrations showing how the birds hunt, elephant rides for kids, toy train and boat cruises for all.
Nice place to go. At least once.
Another blue-sky-blue-water photo was posted last week.
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#1
Vaarun Vijairaghavan Jul 14, 2007 4:56U seem to have had a really great time man..
By any chance, were you trying to be nice to people who were feeling lonely that night?
#2
Gauri Jul 14, 2007 14:13Lovely photos pri
#3
arbit Jul 15, 2007 0:29So the animals that were caged at the zoo were humans.. :)Nice pics.
#4
arbit Jul 15, 2007 0:32That antelope seems similar to the Nilgai..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Boselaphus_tragocamelus1.jpg
#5
Priyank Jul 15, 2007 1:56Vaarun:
Hahaha! You guys are too much!
Gauri:
Thanks!
Arbit:
Yeah, you could say that. I’m still trying to figure out that animal…
#6
Cuckoo Jul 15, 2007 4:02If these are not nice pictures, I dare show mine when I went to Borivili Park! First, they don’t allow private vehicles to go inside. We have to buy tickets & go in a literally caged bus, bus doesn’t stop anywhere. And one cannot take pictures through the mesh.
Your pictures are surely making me envious. The monkey thing was nice. The Ostrich was trying to say hello to you ! ;
@Neelgai-Neelgai is a bit darker having blue tinge than the one shown in picture by arbit. SO I am confused now.
Yes, worth a visit.
#7
maverick Jul 16, 2007 1:39kool we went to a nearby out of africa park too. it promised of serengiti n their website was fabulous, but when we went their it wasnt even closer. the lions were in the cages and we went in a safari van which we got down to see them.the only saving grace was tht we got to feed the giraffes. their saliva is so stickyyyyyy
#8
Raji Jul 19, 2007 6:55you know already that I envy you for being able to travel and see so much!
mera vaqt bhi aayega na ?
I can hear you say “Amen!”
ha ha
#9
Priyank Jul 20, 2007 21:57Cuckoo:
awww… sorry to hear abt that. I’ve never been to Borivali National Park (Sanjay Gandhi NP, right?) inspite of living in Dombivli, pretty close!
Maverick:
Feeding the giraffe’s eh! Sounds fun ! We were not allowed to do anythin like that!
Raji:
Amen Amen. Amen to that!
#10
Ayush Kumar Nov 16, 2007 2:02Nice Photos!!
#11
Priyank Nov 16, 2007 7:27Ayush:
Thanks