You drive for 9 1/2 miles along a scenic trail through the park viewing the animals roaming at large on 1,800 acres of land. A visitor can purchase a bag of pellets to feed the animals along the drive through the park. Some animals will come up to your car window looking for the food, but many wait for you to toss it on the ground for them to eat. It was amazing to see many species of antelope, deer, ostrich, emu, zebra, giraffe....
We were given a leaflet to help identify the wildlife we saw.
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| Bison were one of the animals you were not allowed to feed |
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| female Blackbuck |
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| male Blackbuck |
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| Ostrich |
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| Blesbok |
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| baby Wildebeest feeding |
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| Wildebeest |
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| Emu |
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| Emu coming to our car window for food |
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| Bev's photo of Emu as taken above |
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| Dama Gazelle |
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| Fallow Deer |
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| Zebra coming to feed |
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| Big teeth but so gentle taking pellet. |
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| a young zebra among the herd |
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| Giraffes getting handouts |
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| giraffe coming to Vic's window looking for pellets |
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| Licking the post...check out that loooong black tongue! |
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| Arabian Oryx |
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| Scimitar-horned Oryx |
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| Aoudad |
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| This one left a sprinkling of mud on the window sill. |
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| European Red Deer |
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| Waterbuck |
We were able to view 5 Cheetah in the special compound for the Cheetah propagation program.
There was also a special compound for Black Rhinos. We were about 5 minutes too late as these were being rounded up and put in a corral for the night.
The drive took us 4 hours but we found it delightful to see these exotic creatures up close.
Link to Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
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