(We Chinese in America Media Editor Tang Zhao, February 18, 2022) The sprawling San Diego Zoo Safari Park has a history of more than 100 years. In February this year, the zoo offered special discounts for people over 65 years old. If you show your ID, you can enter the park for free, and you only need to pay for parking. The fee is 15 yuan, which attracts many seniors in Southern California. (Photo from The World Journal News Network)

The San Diego Wildlife Park has more than 800 species of flora and fauna and more than 4,000 animals. It is one of the top ten zoos in the world. What's more special is that it is an open space, that is, animals are not displayed in a narrow space, they are grazing grasslands and hills. Tourists need to take an open sightseeing car in the park to find animals on their own, and watch animals freely on the car.

The Safari Park is in Escondido, San Diego, about two hours south from Los Angeles, take Highway 5 or 15 south, and turn east on Highway 78.

At the gate of the zoo, there is a special person responsible for giving tickets. As long as the show ID is over 65 years old, the tickets will be issued on the spot, and the tickets will be used to enter the zoo.

The 1,800-acre zoo is worth seeing too much. First of all, refer to the travel guide's recommendations and take a park sightseeing bus to visit the African Park. After walking all the way, I finally found the starting point of the sightseeing car. Like the sightseeing cars in other theme parks, the tortuous queues are very long. Fortunately, there are not many tourists on Sunday, so I quickly boarded the sightseeing car. The tour guide and driver in the car introduced the animals on both sides of the road in detail. These animals are all from the African savannah., There are giraffes, rhinos, and all kinds of antelopes, they are free or lying or walking on the hilly grasslands, and they are content. All kinds of animals form their own groups. There are even Taiwanese buffaloes in the herd.

There are also many ponds on the prairie, and all kinds of birds live in the ponds, and the zoo specially marks their names and species.

After watching the African area by sightseeing bus, you can choose the trail by yourself, walk on different lanes, and watch different animals. There are African Elephant Valley, Tiger Trail, and Australian Kangaroo. On the day we visited the zoo, the temperature soared to nearly 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and tigers, lions, and kangaroos were all very uncomfortable and lay in the shade to enjoy the coolness. Viewers walked on the park trails, surrounded by safety nets on both sides.

The wildlife park is operated and managed by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. They are very rigorous in management, capable of being both intellectual and emotional, and have educational significance. Currently, they are more focused on the conservation of rare species and cooperate with countries around the world to save animals that are on the verge of disappearing. The park map shows that there are currently only two white rhinos in the world, one of which is at the San Diego Wildlife Park.

California condors are also on the verge of disappearing. There are five condors in a towering sky on the top of the mountain, and each one is numbered. It is hoped that these five condors will breed more.

What is impressive is that after entering the park, there have been many volunteers serving kindly, and there are volunteers at every point to answer tourists' questions at any time. It is even more considerate for tourists with limited mobility. If you are old and have difficulty walking, you can rent electric cars and electric wheelchairs. When you really can't walk, there are also park buses that you can take.

There are two zoos in San Diego, one is the San Diego Zoo (San Diego Zoo), the other is the San Diego Safari Zoo (San Diego Safari Zoo), both of which are managed by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, they are not in The same place is about 40 minutes away by car. The current discount for the elderly is the Safari Park.

(Source: World Journal Network)