African Safari Wildlife Park

Let me preface this post with saying that I actually found this place to be disturbing. It's a cute little zoo with pony and camel rides, but the main attraction is the wacky safari drive-through where you get to feed the animals. Complete with a Jurrasic Park-like entrance and a safari-attired trainer whipping the air to direct the animals.
When we first drove in, this is what we saw.

There were deer dashing in between and in front of cars.

There were buffalo and lama coming up to our windows trying to squish their noses through the cracks to get to whatever food we may have brought.

Then we saw this.

Yes, that's blood dripping from its antlers. No, I don't know what happened.
I realize that not everybody would feel this way, but I was more than a little creeped out.
So were the kids.

But then one of those buffalo wiped its snotty nose all over my window and Colin perked right up and was ready to start feeding.

If I were an animal rights' activist, I may have demanded that my husband turn the car around, that we get a full refund and then threaten to close the establishment or create some such ruckus. As it is, I don't get enough sleep these days to be that political so instead I joined in the revelry, busted out some carrots (thanks for the tip, Tiffany!), and made some entertaining, if somewhat disturbing, memories with my family.  

The "regular" zoo was small but pretty cute. They had fun pony and camel rides but Colin was not interested in either, to say the least, and Eli was terrified of the camel. But I think that's just because he snuck up on him.

They also had a little animal show that we watched while eating lunch. The had about 3 or 4 animals that they brought around to the tables for everyone to look at and pet. Eli was kind of interested. Colin hid under the table.

Would I recommend this place to someone who has never been. Sure, it was an interesting experience. Will we ever go again...I want to say no, but after looking back at some of these pictures, I probably will.