Best Animal Encounter

The the Flamborough countryside has a fantastic destination that attracts people from all over... and it's right in our backyard.    African Lion Safari is a great way for you to spend the day and an awesome way to get up close to wild animals from the safety of your car or the Safari transportation.

I grew up in the Hamilton area, and as a kid we had heard of and seen commercials for African Lion Safari... but it wasn't until last year when we took our kids that I actually had my first visit.     It was a beautiful warm August day and I have to say that I became a kid again and thoroughly enjoyed all that the safari had to offer.

We started our day off with the safari tour of the animal habitats.   We chose to drive in our car instead of the park transportation... one because of the wait to get on the park transportation and we also thought that it would feel more personal to choose what areas we wanted to spend more/less time in and experiencing the monkey exhibit, having them sitting on the hood or your roof is an animal encounter not to be missed!!   I could have spent all day there with the joy of having the monkeys crawling all over our car.   But, I think I enjoyed seeing them on the cars in front, behind and beside us even more as it gave us a better view.

Our favourite areas of the safari park were the lions, monkeys, giraffes, ostrich, rhinos and buffalo.   After we enjoyed our "safari time", we took our kids to the amusement part of the park.    There is a waterpark area (more like a splash pad & small water slides) which my girls enjoyed, but at 7 and 9 yrs old,  they felt like they might be a little old for this area.   

Then we headed over to the rides and shows.    Great little rides (highly recommend the wait and extra cost of the elephant ride) and we loved the shows... the bird shows were good and we just loved the elephant show.   We also loved the petting zoo area with the baby goats and deer.     One of the best parts of the park that we enjoyed so much was at the end of the day, they walk most of the elephants to the big pond and the elephants have some fun playing in the water.   It is a real, honest and insightful look into the personality of the elephants.  

We love the African Lion Safari, it is a short drive from Waterdown, Burlington and Hamilton... a great way to spend the day with "wild" animals!!