Tanganyika Wildlife Park

Friday, my sister and her kids came up to spend some time with us before going out to church camp. We are keeping Charis, the youngest, with us for the week while Grace and the older two go out to camp for the first time! This is the church camp my mom, siblings and I grew up attending every summer since we were 8-9!! But, I digress! On Saturday, we all met for breakfast and then headed out to Tanganyika Wildlife Park, a local zoo. (We received pre-paid tickets for Christmas!! They came in handy!) It isn't your typical zoo! It is more hands on and with animals you don't see as often! The pictures tell most of it and I will fill in where needed.

Rafikki! (Lion King)

We didn't get to feed this guy. We got to do something else instead!

One of many tortoises. Later we found out later that the other one in this area was named Emmitt! Who would have guessed?

Conrad petting the Kangaroo.

The whole experience was a bit traumatic for Charis who is just a month and a half younger than Jesstine. So Lexi and Jesstine were pretty much inseparable!

Emmitt has a bit of a vicious pet with animals.

This joey is a bit big for his mamma's pouch!

Jesstine was NOT so enthusiastic with the tortoises! I did manage to get her to feed this one!

Emmitt fed one like a CHAMP!

One of the favorite parts of the whole experience for everyone was the camel ride! A friend and former colleague of mine was running the camel rides (she was taking the tokens, not leading the camels). It was great catching up with her while standing in line. She gushed about my beautiful children!

We spent a LOT of time at the playground!

Silly girls!

Emmitt was Grandma's buddy a majority of the time!

Albino Alligator.

The little girls HATED feeding the lemurs! The big kids LOVED it! E really enjoyed it too! We were told not to pet them and he did anyway, so I had to hold his hands back. Here is a picture of Conrad feeding them.

This was taken RIGHT as the girls freaked out! Oh, and this is Gabbi from church!

Mom bought this picture for us at the photo kiosk!

Other than the lemurs, this was the other most enjoyable experience!

(Jesstine still needed a lot of coaxing but begged to do it again and cried when we told her no!)

Emmitt was pretty much game for anything, but he was getting tired and hot at this point. You can tell he enjoyed it though!

We promptly went home, ate lunch and took naps! Jesstine had a birthday party (her best friend, Kylie's) to attend later! It was a great time!

In Him,

The Hutchins Family