The Cohen-Frankel Safari: The Pretoria Zoo

On Saturday, Jan 15, we checked out the Pretoria Zoo. Pretoria is the nation's capital and we'd heard the zoo was good. My favorite part is that it's so big, you can rent golf carts to tour around. (Socio-economic comment of potential interest: we thought the Afrikaaners seemed to rent them the most, which you can interpret in a few ways. But a friend recently suggested that it's very popular with black SAs, who often can't afford a car.) The cost was reasonable and the crowd fairly mixed, which was nice to see.

Some exhibits were fairly standard, only larger.

The face Noah made at every single animal. He thought they were all quite silly looking.

Crazy Red Birds

There's a hike up a hill within the confines of the zoo which offers a great view of our fair city. (Carrying the pram -- I'm practically a local! -- up 100 steps was the only downside.)

Animals on the loose

And now for the best part...

After hiking up, you can take a cable car down. (The less adventurous / smarter types do it the other way around.) It looked pretty well maintained, but I found it better not to think about it.

Big surprise... Lucy loved it.

Perhaps Pretoria is Wallingford's sister city. (Yes, Wallingford is only a neighborhood. Details... Shout out to Billie Sue who sent me this great shirt from our old 'hood in Seattle.)