{"id":51566,"date":"2017-03-22T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=51566"},"modified":"2022-04-08T22:07:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T02:07:17","slug":"disney-animal-kingdom-wild-africa-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/disney-animal-kingdom-wild-africa-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom: Wild Africa Trek Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter and I are both huge animal lovers. We love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/parks\/animal-kingdom-park\/\">Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s a different experience every time because the animals never act the same.\u00a0 Some of our favorite things we like to do is walk the Gorilla Trails, watch Siamangs over by Expedition Everest and also the Maharajah Jungle Trek and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/parks\/animal-kingdom-park\/gorilla-falls-exploration-trail-africa-animal-kingdom\/\">Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail<\/a>.\u00a0 The fruit bats are adorable and the little mole rats are the cutest to watch as well.\u00a0 I could sit for hours and just watch these beautiful creatures.<\/p>\n<p>My daughter has a keen interest in animals and I hope to encourage her to pursue a career in this someday.\u00a0 This is what prompted our booking of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/parks\/tours\/#AK\">Wild Africa Trek<\/a>.\u00a0 I wanted her to see that what opportunities she might be able to encounter in this field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wat-2.jpg\" alt=\"wat 2\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wat-2.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wat-2-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We booked it for the afternoon in January. It wound up being beautiful, even a tad bit chilly during certain points.\u00a0 We checked in right next to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/parks\/animal-kingdom-park\/kilimanjaro-safaris-animal-kingdom\/\">Kilimanjaro Safaris<\/a>.\u00a0 After our whole group was there, we began to put on all of our gear.\u00a0 They had lockers for us to leave our stuff behind in that we weren\u2019t taking with us, but they were able to secure our phones to our gear, as well as a water bottle they provided for us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-gear.jpg\" alt=\"WAT gear\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-gear.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-gear-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We set off through the Gorilla Falls Exploration trail and at one point set off the path from there into the back area of the safari.\u00a0 Our first stop was down by the hippos.\u00a0 An animal researcher came out to feed the hippos and tell us some interesting facts about them and answer any questions.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, we hiked a bit further and then we went across two bridges.\u00a0 This part was really fun!!\u00a0 At the end of the second bridge was a crocodile pit.\u00a0 Here, we met with another animal expert who told us all about crocodiles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51568 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-bridge-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Africa Trek Review\" width=\"355\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-bridge-1.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-bridge-1-258x400.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From there, we hiked up to our safari vehicle.\u00a0 We went out on the savanna.\u00a0 It\u2019s the same area that the Kilimanjaro Safari, but we were able to stay out there for a while.\u00a0 We got to hang out by the giraffes for quite a while, then down to the elephants.\u00a0 We got to see the baby giraffe, baby elephant and baby rhinos.\u00a0 After the elephants, we went up to a gazebo on the savanna to have a light snack of some tandoori shrimp, curry chicken salad, fruit salad and truffles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-snack.jpg\" alt=\"WAT snack\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-snack.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-snack-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We got back on our safari vehicle and finished our tour of the safari.\u00a0 We made our way back and got our gear off.\u00a0 Then we gathered our belongings and the tour ended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-1.jpg\" alt=\"WAT\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-1.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WAT-1-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I would highly recommend the Wild Africa Trek and can\u2019t wait to take my daughter on some of the other animal-based tours. It was a great experience that we will never forget.\u00a0 It was nice to take our time out on the safari and get to really observe the animals.\u00a0 One of the best parts was that all the pictures they take are included!<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you participated in the Wild Africa Trek? What were your thoughts of your experience? Share in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Incoming search terms:<\/h4><ul><li>animal kingdom trek review<\/li><li>https:\/\/www themouseforless com\/blog_world\/disney-animal-kingdom-wild-africa-trek\/<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter and I are both huge animal lovers. We love Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom.\u00a0 It\u2019s a different experience every time because the animals never act the same.\u00a0 Some of our favorite things we like to do is walk the Gorilla Trails, watch Siamangs over by Expedition Everest and also the Maharajah Jungle Trek and Gorilla&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":51568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1695],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theme-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51566"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52265,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51566\/revisions\/52265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}