As Thursday was holiday, and the weather forecast was quite promising, we packed up our stuff and headed for the zoo. Our closest zoo is about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from here and is called Kolmården Wildlife Park.
The weather was actually a lot better than expected and we had a fantastic day looking at all the animals. Above is a prairie dog. It is even possible to walk in under the place where the prairie dogs live, and look up through holes, like Linus is doing in the picture below.
Among others they also have a big African savanna with lots of animals. We found the rhinos to be very impressive, and also the Addax with their funny twisted horns (sorry, not in the pic).
Kolmården also have a Safari Park, where you drive in your own car and get to see a lot of animals close up. Keep the windows and doors shut! Here is a pack of wolfs.
And we also saw brown bears. They look so cuddly, but I guess they wouldn't be very nice if one came close. Both wolfs and bears are present in the Swedish forest, but mostly up north, and the wolfs are very limited.
I just love going to the wildlife park. Our closest park is 45 minutes away (in Borås) and we're going there in a couple of weeks.
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wow, these are stunning pictures! Seems you had a wonderful day!! And much fun for Linus!
ReplyDeleteWish you a great weekend!!
great pictures!! i guess the holiday is for the whole of europe and not just france....hehehe. it sure was a wonderful day to go to the park!! wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures of the zoo animals! My favorite is the one of the wolf.
ReplyDeleteI did not knew that there are brown bears in the swedish forrests ... so take care if you go for a walk with Ebba ;-)
Your zoo looks fantastic! I love prairie dogs, I think they're so cute when they stand up.
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