![]() You can also bring your grill and have a cookout in the safari’s picnic area.Ģ35 Zoo Trail, Johnson City | 9 a.m. Bring your binoculars, get a cup of feed (free with admission), and try to identify the 38 species in the park and petting zoo: zebras, emus, axis deer and yaks among them. Since 2005, she’s run the 59-acre Grapeland Safari, halfway between Crockett and Palestine. Nona Herring has been in the drive-thru safari business since the 1980s, when her family used to own a safari park outside of Tyler. ![]() You can go on a private tour of the park, but manager Sharon Ivey says most people’s favorite part is the Baby Room, where guests can play with some of the park’s exotic babies, such as lemurs and coatimundi, for an extra $20.ġ3440 Us Highway 287 N, Grapeland | 9 a.m. Get a feed bucket for $5, or make friends with the monkeys with a $2 cup of peanuts. There’s also a 10-acre walking section where you might spot kangaroos, anteaters camels, or Natalia, a baby giraffe. Watch for more than 50 different animal species on the mile-long drive. ![]() This 100-acre park is home to 500-plus animals. Animals peer in to your vehicle as you hold in hand food meant for them alone to eat.Īt these safaris, you can learn about animals from all over the world as they roam freely like they would in the wild-but, you know, all from the comfort of your own car and only a couple hours from home.įranklin | 9 a.m. Well, at our state’s many drive-through safaris, the roles are reversed. We didn’t even need a second drive around cause we saw so much the first time.REMEMBER GOING TO THE ZOO AS A KID, wandering past exotic creatures that you’d only ever seen in movies like The Lion King? All the magic and joy in the air, as you stand just outside enclosures of zebras, monkeys, and wildebeest, peering inside, ice cream cone in hand? You can also drive thru as many times as you want as long as you don’t leave the park. You do pay an extra 3 bucks a person to feed the birds but that was worth It in my opinion as so many landed on us and my son loved It. The gibbons were so entertaining, as was the bird experience. We also loved walking around after driving thru. The ostriches were pretty hilarious, one pecked our windows when we rolled them up after he tried to stick entire head in the car! My five year old son got a kick out of this. We saw every animal listed on the map and many came right to our windows. The weather was cooler, low 60s, and the animals were active. We arrived at about 9:15 and I would definitely recommend being early, as we were one of the first cars to drive thru. Not all animals will eat It, but many do. We did buy animal food and I would say 1-2 bags is definitely worth It. We decided to go to the safari during our stay in hill country and I’m so glad we did. After a couple of spins through the ranch, stop at Safari Camp Grill for a burger, get dessert at Safari Sweet Shop and purchase some souvenirs at Safari Trading Post. And a lot of animals I've never heard of before, like an Addax, Watusi, Blesbok, Springbok, Emu, Gnu, Bongos and Gemsbok. There's animals everywhere.white rhino, kangaroo, Bactrian camel, elk, gazelle, giraffe, llama, ostrich, antelope, wildebeest, zebra. Pick up free bag of food-you'll need more-and meander along the Safari Drive-Thru in your automobile or enjoy the Ranch Walk-a-Bout or let the kids experience the petting barnyard or relax at Lemur Island surrounded by a Koi Pond. Located at 26515 Natural Bridge Caverns Road and open from 9 to 5 daily,, this habitat covers 450 acres for more than 500 animals representing more than 40 species from every continent except Antarctica. Taking a hour-and-a-half drive through Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch in San Antonio, Texas, gives you a "King Solomon's Mines" feeling, where the wild animals are free to roam. On this occasion, our automobile was surrounded by a band of hungry zebras. This reminds me of the time my wife and I drove through Yellowstone National Park and were interrupted by bison who blocked the road.
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