Yesterday morning, my friends, Melissa, Christie, and I took our 4 kiddos:
Jeb, Maggie, Brock, and
Caden to Tanganyika Wild Life Park in Goddard. Inc ase you're wondering Tanganyika is the longest lake in the world located in central Africa. After paying the slightly pricey admission ($12 for adults; $8 for kids 3+, plus tax), we hoped it was worth the drive and the money. We discovered in just a few minutes that it was well worth every mile and penny! Tanganyika has some interactive exhibits, where you are allowed to feed and/or pet the animals. AMAZING is the only word! God created some beautiful creatures! Some of the interactive exhibits include (as you'll see in the pictures below): feeding/petting lemurs; petting kangaroos, feeding
lorakeets, feeding/petting tortoises and rabbits. We took a picnic lunch and had a wonderful visit. Tanganyika is beautifully landscaped, clean, not too large, and at least yesterday wasn't crowded at all. I highly recommend this for
families with children 3+. A wonderful experience on a beautiful Kansas day with some of our really good friends, who can beat that!
white tigers; gorgeous and NOT interactive, thank goodness
ring-tailed lemur; wow! can they jump!
African penguins; they hung in this pack all day
up close with a kangaroo
with a joey in its pouch
baby joey peeking out
joey looks like it will fall out
petting a kangaroo; amazingly soft fur
the group petting a kangaroo
this bunny was literally on my feet
feeding the rabbits lettuce
the rabbits loved
Jeb
zebra: white with black stripes or black with white stripes??
lorakeet landed on
Caden and tickled him
lorakeets loved
Jeb too
Melissa being overtaken by
lorakeets; they like to peck at your hair
my favorite little guy
red panda bear; not a very nice animal
shy
leopard
graceful giraffes
our crew
though I don't like birds at all, photographic evidence for Doug
that I did in fact feed the lorakeets,
the most beautiful and loud birds I've ever seen or heard
buddies
tortoise was hungry and snipped at
Caden's finger when going after the lettuce
ring-tailed lemur; wow! can they jump!
African penguins; they hung in this pack all day
up close with a kangaroo with a joey in its pouch
joey looks like it will fall out
this bunny was literally on my feet
feeding the rabbits lettuce
zebra: white with black stripes or black with white stripes??
lorakeet landed on Caden and tickled him
lorakeets loved Jeb too
Melissa being overtaken by lorakeets; they like to peck at your hair
my favorite little guy
red panda bear; not a very nice animal
shy leopard
graceful giraffes
our crew
though I don't like birds at all, photographic evidence for Doug 
buddies
tortoise was hungry and snipped at Caden's finger when going after the lettuce
