Fota Wildlife Park

So I promised I'd have some more interesting posts today.  Kayla, Kyla, Montana, and I headed to Fota Wildlife Park and then to Cobh.  We took a taxi, kindly paid for by Kyla, with a particularly nice driver to the train as we did not feel like walking all the way there and then walking around all day.  At the train station we met an older man with a particularly strong Cork accent so he was a bit hard to understand but we learned a fair bit about his life on our short train ride to Fota (only 13 minutes).  The view was really great, but the tide was out so it was a different view on our way back.

Me and a Kangaroo

A Mara

Since we got there only 13 minutes after the park opened, we pretty much had the place to ourselves...well ourselves and the animals.  A lot of the animals at Fota roam around the park.  This includes peacocks, kangaroos, and maras (one of my new favorite animals).  The park was very reasonably priced, especially considering how nice the park was.

Mom and Baby on a Small Island

Yes They were that Close

Now not all animals were roaming free.  The larger and more dangerous animals, like the eagle that stared into our souls, were contained for safety reasons and most of the monkeys were on small islands, probably because visitors would grab at them or vice versa.

The park was a ton of fun, and it was really cool to get that close to the animals.  After the park it was back on the train and onto Cobh!