Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Copenhagen day trips - Safari park and the Danish Riviera

We had a car for the weekend so we decided to make the most of it. We got very lucky with fantastic weather - sunny and highs in the 70s both days.

One day we went 2 hours south to the Safari Park at Knuthenborg. It was done really well. With the exception of the tigers and the wolves, all the animals were loose and just hanging around and you could drive around in your car and see groups of buffalo, camels, ostriches, elephants, giraffes, zebras, etc. Shockingly you had to stay in your car when you went to see the tigers and the wolves. They gave out a program that said if a tiger or wolf starts to come towards your car that you should keep driving away. Ha!

 
 
 
 
 
below we are riding in a trailer pulled by a tractor - Wyatt's favorite - and you put food out on this tray for the  monkeys to come up and get it and they hang from the trailer the whole time. This one in particular had a newborn monkey attached to her belly feeding the whole time. It was pretty cool.
 
the wolves below feeding
 
They also claim to have the largest playground in Denmark - and I don't doubt it - it was quite large and hard to make the kids leave at the end of the day.

 Wyatt immediately found the jeep



 
The following day we drove 30 minutes north of our house to an area called the Danish Riviera, specifically to the nice little beach town of Hornbaek. We stopped and let the kids play in the soft white sand and had a picnic. I think the kids expectations were that they would also swim in the ocean and Ron took them to it but it was definitely too cold for them!
 


 
...I will leave it to your imagination all the pictures that Ron took with incredulity, which I will of course not post here...
 
We then drove over to Helsingor to a beautiful castle - Kronborg Slot - that is right on the beach.







 

 

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