West Midland Safari Park

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We had a fabulous day at West Midland Safari Park.

It is essentially in three sections - there is the safari trail, that takes about an hour to drive yourself around; there is a section where you can view other animals, such as penguins, reptiles, birds, bats etc and the animatronic Ice Age and dinosaur parts, where you walk around and view them; and finally a theme park section, which was closed for the season when we visited. When the theme park section is open, there is an additional charge to go on the rides.

You pay to get in at booths, which look a bit like toll booths. If you have a blue disabled parking badge, a carer can get in for free. It’s here that you can also buy guide books and animal food, if you wish to feed some of the animals while driving around on the safari trail. It is clearly stated which animals you are allowed to feed as you drive around.

After you have paid you have a choice of either driving around the safari trail or parking up and walking to see the other animals, or going to the theme park section.

We chose to park up and go and view the other animals first. It’s here, in the car park, that there’s a toilet block that contains a Changing Places toilet, which was fantastic to see and really makes the safari park accessible to everyone.

We looked at penguins, reptiles, bats, birds, and the animatronic sections. In the dinosaur section we encountered a “Georgasaurous” dinosaur with a loud roar, which was following us around! 🙂 The animatronics are really good and give a good idea of what the animals were like during the times of the dinosaurs and the Ice Age.

We also saw the sea lion show, which was informative as well as entertaining, with an ecological message in there too.

After our lunch we went for a drive around the safari trail. We’d purchased some food for the animals, which they couldn’t seem to get enough of! The car was a bit dirty and the animals seemed to like that too, as they were licking the car! When we left we had cattle, deer, camel and zebra slobber down the side of the car!

If you do feed the animals while on the safari trail, I would recommend that you have some wipes/antibacterial gel in the car to clean your hands, until you can wash them properly.

All in all, it was a really enjoyable day and we’d definitely visit again.