We went to Umi no Nakamichi today, which is a large park area in the city. There are a lot of sections to it, including a camping area, water park, flower gardens, obstacle course, bicycle routes, and a zoo. Today our first and main stop was the zoo. It was my first visit to a zoo and even though it was a relatively small zoo, I really enjoyed it!
We spotted a turtle on the way to the zoo and stopped by to say hello.
Then I found some tracks and started to track them to the zoo. Once there we saw all kinds of animals.
There were some very noisy parrots at the entrance.
We saw a lot of capybara just lounging around. I was brave enough to touch one that was out in the open. Its fur was very hard and bristly, like broom. I touched it so quickly that we don’t have a video of it, just a picture. But I was very interested in the capybara and watched them very closely.
And a bunch of very active squirrel monkeys.
There was a petting area and I touched all the animals that I could reach. Those that I couldn’t reach I just observed.
I even pet a very friendly pony!
But once I was on my feet I wanted to explore on my own which took us to far off places. Poor Mommy had a tough time chasing and herding me.
Mommy and Daddy got me back in the stroller for the rest of the zoo visit.
They had some Halloween decorations and photo spots up so we tried to take some pictures, but I was too active and not very cooperative. I was a bit of a “demon”.
But overall, I think I was very good so I think I earned my “angel” wings.
I really had fun at the mini zoo and can’t wait to go and visit the full-sized one! I hear that they have a lot more animals and of a larger scale. It sounds awesome!
I was so excited from this zoo visit and thinking about the next one that I couldn’t contain myself!