I took my 7 year old daughter to the Phoenix Zoo. It was the first time that I had been to the Phoenix Zoo since I was about her age and I must say that it was a pretty nice zoo compared to some of the many other zoos which I have visited all across the country. The weather was absolutely beautiful. When we arrived to the zoo, the sky was a clear blue color, there was a light crisp breeze in the air and the temperature was 78 degrees.
I read online that the zoo is approximately 125 acres and because of this, I was slightly concerned that due to its size, my daughter may grow tired from all of the walking before we would be able to see all of the exhibits and animals. She actually ended up doing very well and seemed to have plenty of energy the entire time we were there.
While I enjoyed the Arizona Trail (Native wildlife and Flora to Arizona) and the Tropics Trail (Wildlife of Central and South American Rain Forests) the most, my daughter seemed to enjoy seeing the giraffes, rhino and ostriches of the African Savanna and the Primates exhibits the most. However, I do believe that the highlight of the day and visit to the zoo for the both of us, was when my daughter was able to hand feed a giraffe. The look of joy and excitement on her face while the 25 year old, 16 foot tall giraffe gently ate the zoo provided food out of my daughter's hand was nothing less than priceless.
Wow!!
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I took my family to San Diego a couple years back and we went to this Wildlife zoo outside of San Diego. There we went on a safari ride and the Giraffes walked up to the truck and we too fed them eucalyptus leaves. What a tongue!! Love the picture!!
We went to the world wildlife zoo last year and had a blast. I have 3 children myself (all boys), and they really had a great time. They liked the big cats the most, and thought the giraffes were pretty cool too. Speaking of giraffes, that ones tongue is a long as your daughters forearm lol.
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