Burgers' Zoo

Today we went to a zoo with Oma and Opa. The zoo was called Burgers' Zoo. Burger translates as Of the People so in English it would by called The People's Zoo. It looked a lot like Dubbo Zoo. If you have never been to Dubbo Zoo it is very free range and is very large.

We went into the bush zone. It was enclosed, temperature controlled, and very humid. At the start you had to put your glasses under a Tapir snout (fake) and the steam would stop your glasses fogging up. There were loose animals there. We saw a Capybara and an Aardvark in a very nice enclosure.

We then went into the desert zone. We had to go through a dark tunnel to get to the desert. When we exited the tunnel we were in a very realistic desert. There were cacti and there was a Vulture. We saw a Roadrunner and a Porcupine. We were lucky enough to see the porcupine climb up a small tree to get some food. I did not know that porcupines could even climb!

We exited the desert zone and we walked to the safari zone. In the safari zone we had to protect Mama because there were wild Mice running around and Mama is deadly afraid of Mice.

In the safari zone there were Lions, Giraffes, Deer, Zebras and Rhinos. There was a little baby Giraffe that was trying to get the food but it was not fully grown and the food was up high. We were on a nice veranda-like-porch above ground. It was very smart except for the trees blocking the view.

We then walked to the restaurant and had some lunch.

Next was the mangrove zone. In the mangroves there were lots of loose Butterflies. One even went onto my finger! In the water there were several Manatees. There was one baby one and three adults.

We then went into the giftshop. I bought a Crab keyring. I called the Crab Bob.

We then drove back to Wageningen.

Opa went to a gathering of his club and came back at eight. There was a thunderstorm and Opa had to ride home in the rain.

I went to sleep and despite the storm I slept well.

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