You can read all about their projects on their website listed below. In addition to being a fun place for the family, feel good knowing that Virginia Safari Park is all about animal conservation. There, you will get to see several types of monkeys swinging through the trees, tigers, kangaroos, anteaters, African Penguins, reptiles, and more! Plus, you can feed goats in the petting zoo, giraffe romaine lettuce, and budgies in a huge aviary (my kids loved it!). That’s not all, folks! After you’ve driven through the safari, park your car and walk to the Village Walk-Thru, which is like a mini zoo! The Village Walk-Thru is included in your visit. It was just so special, you would have to see it yourself to truly grasp how magnificent the experience is. I saw water buffalo wading in the pond, elk charging through the woods making their loud calls, baby animals lying with their mothers. Word to the wise regarding the emu/ostrich – they peck into the bucket aggressively, so hold onto it tightly with two hands! Also, don’t wear any dangling earrings…an emu took one of the earrings my mom was wearing!Īs if feeding wild animals isn’t great enough, you also get the opportunity to watch them in their own habitat. The Zebra were beautiful and absolutely stunning to see up close! Where else would you get to feed zebras or bison! Me, chatting with a zebra He was the biggest animal we saw so we were kind of nervous as he approached our car, but he turned out to be the sweetest, most gentle animal. It’s all a part of the fun! My favorite animal was the bison. Some llamas want to stand right in front of your car and not move, so be patient. Some are bashful, but if you shake your bucket and hang it out the window, they may come for a snack. They’re saying, “feed me, lady.” Some animals are shy, some are bold (I see you llama!), some are gentle giants, and some will steal your bucket of food!Īs you slowly drive through the park, you will have the not-so-shy animals come right up to your car. This is not their first rodeo, they know exactly what’s going on. I was a little nervous (some of the animals are BIG) and excited to have that first animal come up to the side of my car. Then you drive through the entrance and see a slew of wild animals coming right to your car. So you pay to get in the park and buy your buckets of animal feed. Some of the animals you might get to feed in the drive-thru are: ostrich, llama, elk, bison, zebra, emu, deer, camels, water buffalo, Watusi Cattle, rhea, pigs, and more! If you’re like me and the best part of going to the zoo was always the kid’s petting zoo, you will LOVE Virginia Safari Park! It’s basically a drive-thru zoo that has animals you would normally never get to see up close, let alone pet or feed.
Spoiler Alert: The only food we’ll be talking about in this post is a bucket of animal food pellets :) I see you, llama! I’m not kidding when I tell you that it’s one of the funnest things I have ever done! My family and I just celebrated my birthday a couple weeks ago and you know how I chose to spend it? I went back to Virginia Safari Park to feed wild animals out of my car. Natural Bridge is a very small town, but it is definitely worth a visit! The tiny town boasts a hotel, Natural Bridge State Park, Natural Bridge Caverns, maybe a cafe or two, and my favorite part of the area – Virginia Safari Park, a 180-acre, 3-mile drive-thru safari! The entrance.
I love it there so much I decided to write a post for you all in case you ever get a chance to go! Well, after that first trip, I was hooked! I brought my mom there shortly after my first go, and I just got back from my third trip. I researched what there was to do around our new duty station and stumbled across Virginia Safari Park in a town called Natural Bridge, Virginia.
I was in desperate need for a weekend getaway with my two small kids while my husband was gone for work. I first went to Virginia Safari Park about 8 years ago. Planning a Trip to Virginia Safari Park? Here’s all you need to know about the fun, drive-thru safari and the quaint town of Natural Bridge, Virginia.
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